SoundHound AI (SOUN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

SoundHound AI, Inc. develops voice artificial intelligence technologies that enable people to interact with products and services using natural language. Its platform is designed to understand conversational speech, answer questions, and support voice-enabled experiences across automotive, restaurant, consumer electronics and other industries.

The company’s offerings include the Houndify voice AI platform, which businesses can use to build customized voice assistants, and SoundHound Chat AI, a conversational assistant designed to provide responses and complete tasks through voice interaction. SoundHound also operates music-recognition services that allow users to identify songs and access related information.

SoundHound’s technology is used by customers and partners in multiple international markets, including automotive manufacturers, restaurant operators and technology companies. The company was founded in 2005 by Keyvan Mohajer, who serves as chief executive officer, and became a publicly traded company in 2022 through a business combination with a special purpose acquisition company.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.78 to $6.21
• 50-Day Range: $5.70 to $8.02
• 52-Week Range: $5.65 to $22.17
• Volume: 23.51 million shs
• Average Volume: 18.08 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.59 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $12.75
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

SoundHound AI Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

SoundHound AI scored higher than 43% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 403rd out of 593 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

SoundHound AI has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

SoundHound AI has a consensus price target of $12.75, representing about 118.3% upside from its current price of $5.84.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

SoundHound AI has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Decreasing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for SoundHound AI are expected to decrease in the coming year, from ($0.32) to ($0.35) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of SoundHound AI is -15.37, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of SoundHound AI is -15.37, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

SoundHound AI has a P/B Ratio of 5.31. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

40.78% of the float of SoundHound AI has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SoundHound AI has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.95.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SoundHound AI has recently increased by 5.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

SoundHound AI does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

SoundHound AI does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.33

News Sentiment

SoundHound AI has a news sentiment score of 0.33. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for SoundHound AI this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 81 people have searched for SOUN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -31% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

70 people have added SoundHound AI to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 46% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, SoundHound AI insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,828,598.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.84% of the stock of SoundHound AI is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

19.28% of the stock of SoundHound AI is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Today: 10/02/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:SOUN
• CIK: 1840856
• Web: www.soundhound.com
• Phone: 408-441-3200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 954
• Year Founded: 2005

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for SoundHound AI: $12.75
• High Price Target: $20.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +118.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.57
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.38)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$14.01 million
• Net Margins: -67.45%
• Pretax Margin: -64.68%
• Return on Equity: -30.22%
• Return on Assets: -20.28%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 3.91
• Quick Ratio: 3.91

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $168.92 million
• Price / Sales: 15.35
• Cash Flow: $0.06 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 103.69
• Book Value: $1.10 per share
• Price / Book: 5.31

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 444,110,000
• Free Float: 404,851,000
• Market Cap: $2.59 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.73