Key Stats for SoundHound AI Stock
- 52-Week Range: $6 to $22
- Current Price: around $7
- Street Target Price (Mean): around $14
- Street Target Price (High): $20
- Q1 Revenue: $44.2 million, up 52% year over year
- Q1 Net Loss: $25.0 million
- Cash on Hand: $216 million, no debt
- Max Drawdown: around 50% from 52-week highs
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A 50% Drawdown Meets Record Revenue Growth
SoundHound’s (SOUN) stock has been sliding for most of 2026, and the chart below shows how sharp that decline has been. The drawdown touched nearly 50% in late March, recovered briefly through the spring, then slid again to sit around 44% below its high today.
That decline has played out even as the underlying business has continued to accelerate.
First quarter revenue reached $44.2 million, up 52% year over year and ahead of analyst expectations, with the company’s core automotive and IoT business growing 88% when acquisitions are excluded. That kind of growth would typically support a rising stock price, especially when paired with an earnings-per-share beat.
Instead, much of the pressure traces back to April, when SoundHound announced an all-stock acquisition of LivePerson.
Investors have raised questions about integration risk, shareholder dilution, and how quickly a company already losing $25 million a quarter can absorb another business without pushing profitability further out.
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Why the Revenue Trajectory Still Matters
Strip away the acquisition noise, and the underlying growth curve looks intact. The chart below shows revenue climbing from around $31 million in 2022 to $169 million in 2025, with consensus estimates projecting continued growth toward around $230 million this year and above $270 million in 2027.
That trajectory depends on SoundHound converting its expanding customer base, spanning automotive manufacturers, restaurant chains, and enterprise clients across banking and healthcare, into recurring, higher margin revenue over time.
Management has guided to full-year 2026 revenue of $225 million to $260 million and pointed to a combined 2027 revenue range of $350 million to $400 million once LivePerson closes.
The company also ended the quarter with $216 million in cash and no debt, giving it room to fund the integration without an immediate need for financing.
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What the Street Is Actually Pricing In
Given how distorted a long-range valuation model becomes when built on a company still years from profitability, a Street Targets view offers a cleaner read on where analyst sentiment stands today.
The table tells an interesting story on its own. The mean analyst target has actually declined over the past year, from around $18 in mid-2025 to around $14 as of the most recent update, even as the stock itself has fallen much further.
That gap matters, as analysts have grown more cautious about SoundHound’s path to profitability, but not nearly as cautious as the market has become, since the current share price sits well below even the low end of the Street’s target range.
Should You Invest in SoundHound AI?
SoundHound’s core voice AI business continues to grow at a pace few companies can match, and its balance sheet provides real flexibility to absorb the LivePerson acquisition without an immediate cash crunch.
The stock’s collapse this year reflects genuine concerns about dilution, integration execution, and how long profitability remains out of reach, not a slowdown in customer demand.
Investors comfortable with continued losses and integration risk may see today’s price as disconnected from the underlying growth story, while those prioritizing a clearer path to profitability may want to wait for evidence that the LivePerson deal is closing on schedule and delivering the synergies management has outlined.
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