SG Americas Securities LLC Lowers Stock Position in SoundHound AI, Inc. $SOUN

SG Americas Securities LLC reduced its holdings in shares of SoundHound AI, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOUN) by 26.0% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 184,481 shares of the company’s stock after selling 64,662 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in SoundHound AI were worth $2,966,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Investors Research Corp raised its stake in shares of SoundHound AI by 62.4% during the 3rd quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 1,822 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 700 shares in the last quarter. Financial Consulate Inc. acquired a new position in shares of SoundHound AI during the 3rd quarter worth $32,000. Sound Income Strategies LLC lifted its holdings in shares of SoundHound AI by 37.3% in the third quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 2,116 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 575 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in SoundHound AI by 83.1% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,336 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 1,060 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of SoundHound AI by 68.4% in the second quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,519 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 1,023 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 19.28% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting SoundHound AI

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

• Positive Sentiment: Recent quarterly results showed accelerating revenue growth and an EPS beat, indicating demand for SoundHound’s voice/AI products — a key fundamental tailwind for longer-term value creation. SoundHound AI: Buy or Sell in 2026?
• Positive Sentiment: Management says it is focused on reducing losses and moving toward profitability, which could improve investor sentiment if execution and guidance show progress. SoundHound AI: Buy or Sell in 2026?
• Positive Sentiment: SoundHound is being highlighted in AI-stock coverage for its work integrating generative AI into customer interactions — continued product traction or large commercial wins would be positive. 3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks That Could Go Parabolic in 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and media mentions: SoundHound appears in several AI-themed lists and roundups, which raises visibility but does not guarantee short-term buying pressure. Here Are My Top 10 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks for 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry activity at CES (e.g., Ultraviolette’s AI voice assistant) highlights growing demand for voice/AI interfaces — positive for long-term TAM but not an immediate driver of SoundHound’s stock. Ultraviolette unveils its AI voice assistant at CES 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short-interest data shows effectively zero days-to-cover in the latest print — the reading appears anomalous/unstable and isn’t providing a clear bearish or bullish signal right now.
• Negative Sentiment: Near-term selling pressure: a recent market note highlighted SoundHound declined while the broader market improved, signaling stock-specific weakness that can amplify short-term downside. SoundHound AI, Inc. (SOUN) Stock Declines While Market Improves
• Negative Sentiment: Structural headwinds remain: the company is still unprofitable with negative margins/ROE and analysts expect negative EPS for the year — these fundamentals keep the stock vulnerable to risk-off flows and valuation multiple compression.
• Negative Sentiment: Stock performance has lagged over the last year, which can weigh on sentiment and increase the probability of further downside if near-term execution slips. SoundHound AI: Buy or Sell in 2026?

SoundHound AI Trading Down 1.5%

NASDAQ SOUN opened at $11.57 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $11.81 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $13.56. SoundHound AI, Inc. has a 52 week low of $6.52 and a 52 week high of $22.17. The stock has a market cap of $4.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -13.77 and a beta of 2.65.

SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported ($0.03) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.09) by $0.06. The company had revenue of $42.05 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $40.48 million. SoundHound AI had a negative return on equity of 93.64% and a negative net margin of 211.16%.SoundHound AI’s revenue for the quarter was up 67.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.04) earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that SoundHound AI, Inc. will post -0.38 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other SoundHound AI news, CEO Keyvan Mohajer sold 144,326 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.28, for a total value of $1,627,997.28. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,198,287 shares in the company, valued at $24,796,677.36. The trade was a 6.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Majid Emami sold 32,741 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.66, for a total value of $349,019.06. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 532,845 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,680,127.70. The trade was a 5.79% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 432,589 shares of company stock worth $4,860,406. Corporate insiders own 9.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

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.