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Wall Street’s mood: cautiously cheerful
SoundHound AI is getting a decent amount of love from analysts, who now tag the stock as a consensus Moderate Buy. The average 1-year price target is about $14.93, which is a lot higher than the stock’s roughly $6.97 price tag. In other words: Wall Street is basically saying, “Nice little AI story you’ve got there. Mind if we double it?”
The catch? It’s still a money pit
Here’s the part that keeps this from being a pure victory lap: SoundHound’s latest quarter showed EPS of -$0.02, which was at least in line with expectations, and revenue came in at $55.06 million, up 59.4% year over year. That’s solid top-line growth, but the company is still unprofitable, and analysts expect about -0.38 EPS for the full year.
Investors should care because sentiment and fundamentals are dueling
This is the classic growth-stock tug-of-war. On one side, analysts are pointing to a juicy upside target and strong revenue growth. On the other, the business still hasn’t made the leap to profitability, which means every quarter is basically a new episode of “Will the margins finally behave?”
And then there’s insider activity, which adds a little spice: the CEO and CFO both sold shares on March 20, and insiders have sold roughly 307,973 shares over the past three months. Not exactly a neon sign, but it’s the kind of thing investors notice when they’re deciding whether the story is getting better or just more expensive.
Big picture: analysts are clearly still buying the AI narrative, but the stock will probably need more than vibes and voice tech to keep climbing. It needs profits — or at least a convincing path to them.