SoundHound AI (SOUN) Competitors

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) and DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SOUN or DOCU?

DocuSign has higher revenue and earnings than SoundHound AI. SoundHound AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DocuSign, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SoundHound AI	$102.23M	39.38	-$88.94M	-$0.55	-18.22
DocuSign	$3.03B	5.25	$73.98M	$5.29	14.85

Which has more volatility and risk, SOUN or DOCU?

SoundHound AI has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DocuSign has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SOUN or DOCU more profitable?

DocuSign has a net margin of 34.73% compared to SoundHound AI's net margin of -163.58%. DocuSign's return on equity of 14.90% beat SoundHound AI's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SoundHound AI	-163.58%	-55.58%	-31.70%
DocuSign	34.73%	14.90%	6.90%

Do analysts prefer SOUN or DOCU?

SoundHound AI presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.79%. DocuSign has a consensus target price of $88.77, suggesting a potential upside of 12.97%. Given DocuSign's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DocuSign is more favorable than SoundHound AI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SoundHound AI	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
DocuSign	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19

Does the media favor SOUN or DOCU?

In the previous week, DocuSign had 58 more articles in the media than SoundHound AI. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for DocuSign and 19 mentions for SoundHound AI. SoundHound AI's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat DocuSign's score of 0.30 indicating that SoundHound AI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SoundHound AI	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DocuSign	20 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	17 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SOUN or DOCU?

19.3% of SoundHound AI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of DocuSign shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of SoundHound AI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of DocuSign shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SOUN or DOCU?

DocuSign received 399 more outperform votes than SoundHound AI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.39% of users gave SoundHound AI an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave DocuSign an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SoundHound AI	Outperform Votes 31 67.39%	Underperform Votes 15 32.61%
DocuSign	Outperform Votes 430 57.10%	Underperform Votes 323 42.90%

Summary

DocuSign beats SoundHound AI on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.