SoundHound AI, Inc. (SOUN) closed the most recent trading day at $5.84, moving -3.47% from the previous trading session. The stock fell short of the S&P 500, which registered a gain of 0.73% for the day. On the other hand, the Dow registered a gain of 0.49%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 1.19%.
The company's shares have seen a decrease of 10.24% over the last month, not keeping up with the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 6.36% and the S&P 500's gain of 0.55%.
Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of SoundHound AI, Inc. in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company is predicted to post an EPS of -$0.07, indicating a 133.33% decline compared to the equivalent quarter last year. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $62.13 million, showing a 47.74% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.
Regarding the entire year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates forecast earnings of -$0.19 per share and revenue of $239.18 million, indicating changes of -46.15% and +41.59%, respectively, compared to the previous year.
Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for SoundHound AI, Inc. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Our research suggests that these changes in estimates have a direct relationship with upcoming stock price performance. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has remained steady. SoundHound AI, Inc. is currently a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
The Computers - IT Services industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 59, this industry ranks in the top 24% of all industries, numbering over 250.
The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the vigor of our specific industry groups by computing the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks incorporated in the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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