HC Wainwright Has Negative View of SoundHound AI Q4 Earnings

SoundHound AI, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOUN) – Equities research analysts at HC Wainwright cut their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of SoundHound AI in a research note issued on Monday, January 12th. HC Wainwright analyst S. Buck now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.09) for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of ($0.08). HC Wainwright currently has a “Buy” rating and a $26.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for SoundHound AI’s current full-year earnings is ($0.38) per share.

SOUN has been the subject of several other research reports. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH upgraded shares of SoundHound AI to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on SoundHound AI from $15.00 to $11.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 5th. DA Davidson set a $14.00 target price on SoundHound AI in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded SoundHound AI from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $13.00 to $15.00 in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of SoundHound AI in a report on Friday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $16.07.

SoundHound AI Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SOUN opened at $11.08 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.65 billion, a PE ratio of -13.19 and a beta of 2.65. SoundHound AI has a fifty-two week low of $6.52 and a fifty-two week high of $22.17. The company has a fifty day moving average of $11.73 and a two-hundred day moving average of $13.57.

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported ($0.03) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.09) by $0.06. SoundHound AI had a negative return on equity of 93.64% and a negative net margin of 211.16%.The business had revenue of $42.05 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $40.48 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.04) earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 67.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On SoundHound AI

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of SOUN. Stonehage Fleming Financial Services Holdings Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of SoundHound AI during the 4th quarter worth about $168,000. Firethorn Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in SoundHound AI during the fourth quarter worth about $189,000. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in SoundHound AI by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 52,310 shares of the company’s stock worth $522,000 after buying an additional 2,450 shares during the period. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd increased its position in shares of SoundHound AI by 67.9% during the third quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd now owns 17,001 shares of the company’s stock valued at $273,000 after acquiring an additional 6,878 shares during the last quarter. Finally, KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp purchased a new stake in shares of SoundHound AI in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $354,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 19.28% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Nitesh Sharan sold 60,780 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.28, for a total transaction of $685,598.40. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,705,148 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,234,069.44. This trade represents a 3.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, COO Michael Zagorsek sold 73,406 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.28, for a total transaction of $828,019.68. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 1,787,459 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,162,537.52. This trade represents a 3.94% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 462,265 shares of company stock worth $5,216,518. Insiders own 9.17% of the company’s stock.

SoundHound AI Company Profile

SoundHound AI, Inc is a voice AI and conversational intelligence company specializing in speech recognition, natural language understanding and sound identification technologies. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company initially gained recognition with its music discovery app before pivoting to enterprise-grade voice AI solutions. Over the years, SoundHound AI has built a comprehensive platform that enables developers and businesses to embed conversational intelligence into a wide range of products and services.

The company’s core offering is the Houndify voice AI platform, which provides customizable speech-to-meaning technology, domain-specific natural language understanding and text-to-speech capabilities.