Shares of voice AI recognition company SoundHound (NASDAQ:SOUN) jumped 12.6% in the morning session after Piper Sandler analyst James Fish initiated coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and a $12 price target.
SoundHound AI's stock jumped Tuesday, recovering from a sell-off despite mixed Q1 earnings. The voice AI company recently missed revenue estimates but beat on adjusted loss per share.
Growth is oxygen.
But when it evaporates, the consequences can be extreme - ask anyone who bought Cisco in the Dot-Com Bubble (Nvidia?) or newer investors who lived through the 2020 to 2022 COVID cycle.
A surplus of cash can mean financial stability, but it can also indicate a reluctance (or inability) to invest in growth.
Some of these companies also face challenges like stagnating revenue, declining market share, or limited scalability.
