Datavault AI (NASDAQ:DVLT) Shares Down 17.5% – Time to Sell?

Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ:DVLT)’s stock price was down 17.5% on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $1.13 and last traded at $1.1550. Approximately 92,967,812 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 55% from the average daily volume of 208,673,875 shares. The stock had previously closed at $1.40.

Datavault AI News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Expanded IBM collaboration and multi?city edge deployments: Datavault said it is expanding its collaboration with IBM to deploy the SanQtum AI platform and will activate GPU?powered, zero?trust edge nodes in New York and Philadelphia (Q2 completion targeted). These deployments support potential enterprise revenue opportunities in insurance, finance and healthcare if customer adoption follows. Article Title Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Token distribution announced: the board set Feb. 21, 2026 as the distribution date for the Dream Bowl Meme Coin II tokens to eligible record equityholders — a retail/engagement play that could boost attention but has unclear near?term revenue impact. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Warrants distribution may be dilutive: the board also set Feb. 21, 2026 to distribute warrants to purchase common stock, which will increase potential share supply and could pressure the share price as warrants are exercised. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Updated outstanding share count revealed ~573.6M shares: the company disclosed a sizable share base, a metric investors treat as dilutive to per?share value and earnings power. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider selling by major shareholder Holding Co. Scilex: Scilex sold roughly 14.7M shares across Jan. 6–8 (blocks at ~$1.37, $1.20 and $1.07), trimming its stake and raising selling?pressure concerns; the trades were filed with the SEC. SEC Filing

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on DVLT shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Datavault AI to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, September 26th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Datavault AI in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Maxim Group boosted their price target on shares of Datavault AI from $3.00 to $4.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Datavault AI has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $4.00.

Datavault AI Trading Down 9.3%

The company has a quick ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The company’s fifty day moving average is $1.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $1.13.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Datavault AI

In other Datavault AI news, major shareholder Holding Co Scilex sold 6,053,708 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1.37, for a total transaction of $8,293,579.96. Following the transaction, the insider owned 238,391,552 shares in the company, valued at approximately $326,596,426.24. This trade represents a 2.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director David Marc Howitt sold 19,656 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1.63, for a total value of $32,039.28. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 311,909 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $508,411.67. This trade represents a 5.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 15,255,994 shares of company stock valued at $19,239,246. 7.70% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Datavault AI

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of DVLT. JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought a new position in shares of Datavault AI during the third quarter worth $303,000. Prelude Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Datavault AI during the 3rd quarter worth $43,000. Anson Funds Management LP bought a new position in Datavault AI during the third quarter worth about $3,218,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Datavault AI in the third quarter valued at about $71,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets bought a new stake in shares of Datavault AI in the third quarter worth about $416,000. 0.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Datavault AI

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.