Datavault AI (NASDAQ:DVLT) Trading Down 9.3% Following Insider Selling

Shares of Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ:DVLT) traded down 9.3% on Friday following insider selling activity. The stock traded as low as $0.8526 and last traded at $0.9163. 155,421,741 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 13% from the average session volume of 178,170,406 shares. The stock had previously closed at $1.01.

Specifically, major shareholder Holding Co Scilex sold 3,824,201 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1.07, for a total transaction of $4,091,895.07. Following the transaction, the insider owned 229,731,770 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $245,812,993.90. This represents a 1.64% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, major shareholder Holding Co Scilex sold 4,835,581 shares of Datavault AI stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1.20, for a total transaction of $5,802,697.20. Following the sale, the insider owned 233,555,971 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $280,267,165.20. The trade was a 2.03% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In other Datavault AI news, major shareholder Holding Co Scilex sold 6,053,708 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1.37, for a total value of $8,293,579.96. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 238,391,552 shares in the company, valued at approximately $326,596,426.24. This represents a 2.48% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

More Datavault AI News

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

Datavault AI Trading Down 9.3%

The stock has a market cap of $261.34 million, a PE ratio of -0.87 and a beta of 0.14. The company’s fifty day moving average is $1.48 and its 200-day moving average is $1.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 0.68 and a quick ratio of 0.64.

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

Institutional Trading of Datavault AI

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Prelude Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Datavault AI in the 3rd quarter worth about $43,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Datavault AI in the third quarter valued at approximately $71,000. AMH Equity Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Datavault AI in the third quarter valued at approximately $108,000. Synergy Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Datavault AI in the third quarter worth approximately $133,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. purchased a new stake in shares of Datavault AI during the third quarter worth approximately $303,000. 0.66% of the stock is 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.