Datavault AI (NASDAQ:DVLT) Shares Down 9.4% – Here’s What Happened

Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ:DVLT)’s stock price dropped 9.4% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as $0.7960 and last traded at $0.8131. Approximately 90,035,238 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 33% from the average daily volume of 134,173,516 shares. The stock had previously closed at $0.8972.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on DVLT shares. Maxim Group upped their price objective on Datavault AI from $3.00 to $4.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 5th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Datavault AI in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Datavault AI to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, September 26th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $4.00.

Datavault AI Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 0.68 and a quick ratio of 0.64. The company has a market cap of $466.42 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.77 and a beta of 0.14. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $1.31 and a 200 day moving average price of $1.14.

Datavault AI (NASDAQ:DVLT) last posted its earnings results on Friday, November 14th. The company reported ($0.33) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $2.90 million for the quarter. Datavault AI had a negative return on equity of 100.90% and a negative net margin of 1,394.07%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Datavault AI Inc. will post -13.02 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Datavault AI

In related news, insider Brett Moyer sold 49,016 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $0.93, for a total value of $45,584.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 3,738,598 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,476,896.14. This represents a 1.29% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director David Marc Howitt sold 19,656 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1.63, for a total value of $32,039.28. Following the transaction, the director owned 311,909 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $508,411.67. This trade represents a 5.93% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 31,221,535 shares of company stock valued at $32,475,682 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 7.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of DVLT. Anson Funds Management LP bought a new position in shares of Datavault AI during the third quarter worth about $3,218,000. Vanguard Group Inc. acquired a new position in Datavault AI during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,294,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets acquired a new position in Datavault AI during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $416,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought a new position in shares of Datavault AI during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $303,000. Finally, Synergy Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Datavault AI in the third quarter valued at approximately $133,000. 0.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Datavault AI Company Profile

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.