Datavault AI (NASDAQ:DVLT) Shares Down 12.2% – Here’s Why

Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ:DVLT)’s share price fell 12.2% during trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $0.5001 and last traded at $0.5146. 112,135,726 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 88% from the average session volume of 59,769,070 shares. The stock had previously closed at $0.5861.

Datavault AI News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Datavault highlighted more than $800 million in tokenization contracts, strategic partnerships, and plans to expand its quantum-ready edge computing and AI infrastructure platform, which supports the longer-term growth narrative. Datavault AI Inc (DVLT) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Partnerships and …
• Positive Sentiment: The company reiterated a $200 million full-year revenue target and pointed to strong first-quarter revenue growth, reinforcing hopes that its business is scaling quickly. Datavault AI posts 443% revenue jump, reiterates $200M full-year target
• Positive Sentiment: Management’s proposed spinout of the Acoustic Sciences division into “API Media” could unlock value if the separate business attracts investor interest. Why Datavault AI’s (DVLT) Proposed “API Media” Move Is Drawing Attention
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent commentary notes that the stock has already seen big swings around the earnings release and equity-funding news, suggesting the market is still reassessing valuation and execution risk. Datavault AI (DVLT) Valuation Check After Major Tokenization Deals And Funding News
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are reacting to the revenue miss versus much higher Street estimates, which is overshadowing the growth rate and weighing on the shares. Datavault stock: why market may be misreading the Q1 earnings
• Negative Sentiment: The company also raised capital through a large equity offering, which helps fund growth but adds dilution and may have contributed to selling pressure. Datavault AI (DVLT) Is Down 5.1% After $60M Equity Raise To Fund AI Infrastructure Push – Has The Bull Case Changed?

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have commented on DVLT. Maxim Group reduced their price objective on Datavault AI from $4.00 to $3.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Datavault AI in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Datavault AI from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $3.00.

Datavault AI Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $359.43 million, a PE ratio of -0.49 and a beta of 0.34. The company has a quick ratio of 5.29, a current ratio of 5.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02. The company has a 50-day moving average of $0.67 and a 200-day moving average of $1.04.

Datavault AI (NASDAQ:DVLT) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 18th. The company reported $0.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $33.82 million for the quarter. Datavault AI had a negative return on equity of 64.06% and a negative net margin of 202.09%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp boosted its position in shares of Datavault AI by 93.0% during the first quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp now owns 123,900 shares of the company’s stock valued at $77,000 after buying an additional 59,700 shares during the last quarter. Themes Management Co LLC purchased a new position in shares of Datavault AI during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,223,000. State of Wyoming purchased a new position in shares of Datavault AI during the first quarter valued at approximately $43,000. SEB Asset Management AB purchased a new position in shares of Datavault AI during the first quarter valued at approximately $268,000. Finally, Independent Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Datavault AI during the first quarter valued at approximately $61,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 0.66% of the company’s stock.

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.