Datavault AI (NASDAQ:DVLT) Stock Price Up 1.8% – Time to Buy?

Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ:DVLT)’s share price shot up 1.8% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $0.7749 and last traded at $0.7596. 22,330,651 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 74% from the average session volume of 85,534,336 shares. The stock had previously closed at $0.7465.

Key Headlines Impacting Datavault AI

Here are the key news stories impacting Datavault AI this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strategic cultural and Web3 partnership with TBURN Chain to align K‑Pop, esports and Korean cultural exports with enterprise-grade data-asset infrastructure and tokenized real-world assets — expands addressable market and RWA use cases. From Seoul’s Global K-Wave to Web3 Leadership
• Positive Sentiment: Formation of Mandela Digital Ventures with members of the Nelson Mandela family to develop digital-asset products focused on financial inclusion — brand partnership that could open new product lines and marketing reach. Honoring Nelson Mandela’s Legacy of Financial Empowerment and Inclusion
• Positive Sentiment: Announced anticipated launch of a Josh Gibson stablecoin and Josh Gibson NIL strategies for a forthcoming NIL digital-asset exchange — targets sports/NIL market and leverages recent MLB recognition of Negro Leagues for marketing momentum. Datavault AI Announces Anticipated Launch of Josh Gibson Stablecoin
• Positive Sentiment: Partnership with the World Boxing Council to enhance fan engagement via Datavault’s digital-credentialing/tokenization tech — another sports/entertainment commercialization channel. Datavault AI (DVLT) Partners With World Boxing Council
• Neutral Sentiment: Board changed the distribution dates for previously announced dividends of Dream Bowl Meme Coin II tokens and warrants to February 27 (record date unchanged) — a short postponement that delays value realization for holders but preserves entitlement. Datavault AI Announces Change in Distribution Date
• Neutral Sentiment: Included in a retail-focused “Top 2 stocks to buy” article — the coverage may draw retail interest but is not a company-filed development. Top 2 stocks to buy before March 1
• Negative Sentiment: Technical and liquidity/financial metrics are mixed-to-weak: the stock is trading below its 50‑ and 200‑day moving averages, the company shows low quick/current ratios (0.64 / 0.68) and a negative P/E — these factors increase sensitivity to execution risk and amplify downside if anticipated tokenization revenues are delayed.
• Negative Sentiment: Public short‑interest reporting in recent feeds shows inconsistent/zero figures (likely data noise) — unclear short positioning can increase intraday volatility and complicate sentiment interpretation among traders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on DVLT. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Datavault AI in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Maxim Group raised their price target on shares of Datavault AI from $3.00 to $4.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $4.00.

Datavault AI Trading Down 3.9%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 0.64 and a current ratio of 0.68. The firm has a market cap of $418.87 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.70 and a beta of 0.15. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $0.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1.15.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director David Marc Howitt sold 19,656 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1.63, for a total value of $32,039.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 311,909 shares in the company, valued at $508,411.67. This trade represents a 5.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder Holding Co Scilex sold 10,674,816 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $0.88, for a total transaction of $9,393,838.08. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 219,056,954 shares in the company, valued at $192,770,119.52. The trade was a 4.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 31,184,722 shares of company stock valued at $32,385,858 over the last quarter. 7.70% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Datavault AI

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of DVLT. Vident Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Datavault AI during the 4th quarter worth about $255,000. XTX Topco Ltd bought a new stake in Datavault AI in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $290,000. Millennium Management LLC bought a new stake in Datavault AI in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $58,000. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in Datavault AI by 668.9% during the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 121,486 shares of the company’s stock worth $79,000 after purchasing an additional 105,686 shares during the last quarter. Finally, OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp bought a new position in Datavault AI during the 4th quarter worth approximately $42,000. 0.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Datavault AI

Datavault AI Inc, a data sciences technology company, owns and operates data management and supercomputer platforms. It offers data technology and software solutions. The company was formerly known as WiSA Technologies, Inc and changed its name to Datavault AI Inc in February 2025. Datavault AI Inc was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon.