Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ:DVLT) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest

Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ:DVLT) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 42,486,875 shares, a growth of 47.1% from the December 15th total of 28,875,126 shares. Approximately 16.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 84,995,978 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Based on an average daily volume of 84,995,978 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 16.1% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director David Marc Howitt sold 19,656 shares of Datavault AI 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 in the company, valued at approximately $508,411.67. The trade was a 5.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Brett Moyer sold 49,016 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the insider directly owned 3,738,598 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,476,896.14. This trade represents a 1.29% 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 three months. Insiders own 7.70% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Prelude Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Datavault AI in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $43,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in Datavault AI in the third quarter worth $71,000. AMH Equity Ltd purchased a new position in Datavault AI during the third quarter valued at $108,000. Synergy Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Datavault AI during the third quarter valued at $133,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought a new stake in shares of Datavault AI during the 3rd quarter valued at $303,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 0.66% of the company’s stock.

Datavault AI Stock Performance

Shares of DVLT stock opened at $0.74 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $425.81 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.71 and a beta of 0.14. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $1.37 and a 200 day moving average of $1.14. Datavault AI has a 52 week low of $0.25 and a 52 week high of $4.10. The company has a quick ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.

Datavault AI (NASDAQ:DVLT) last posted its earnings results on Friday, November 14th. The company reported ($0.33) EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of $2.90 million during 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, research analysts expect that Datavault AI will post -13.02 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

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.