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DATAVAULT AI INC
Private betaSector unavailable · Industry unavailable
$0.1900
-5.00%
Close on Sep 11, 2026
Insufficient Data
Updated date unavailable
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Investment Report Card
DATAVAULT AI INC
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No Suggested Investment Score today
Risk Intelligence is unavailable
Long-Term Potential
Research Model
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Not Available
Insufficient Data
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
This reading is not available for this company yet.
Fundamental Momentum
Research Model
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Not Available
Insufficient Data
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
This reading is not available for this company yet.
Ownership Intelligence
Supplemental Intelligence
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Not Available
Insufficient Coverage
What are important owners actually doing?
This reading is not available for this company yet.
Valuation Intelligence
Research Model
C+
66 / 100
Attractive
Is today's price reasonable?
Around the middle of the covered universe — and valuation is researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
Capital Returns Intelligence
Research Model
F
5 / 100
Limited Capital Returns
How effectively does the company reward shareholders?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure — and capital returns are researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
Why it stands out
- Attractive valuation: the stock reads 66 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence (Attractive) relative to its own history and comparable companies.
What holds it back
- Ownership evidence is incomplete and should not be read as comprehensive.
Long-term view
Long-Term Potential is not available for this company, so no long-term reading is shown.
Ownership view
No disclosed ownership reading is available at the required confidence, so ownership is left blank rather than estimated.
Valuation view
DATAVAULT AI INC reads 66 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Attractive. The stock currently trades below most of its own recent valuation history and above comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
Capital returns view
DATAVAULT AI INC reads 5 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Limited Capital Returns), reflecting a share count rising about 1487.1% a year. Direct capital returns are limited because the company continues reinvesting most of its cash. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
What changed
No meaningful recorded changes in the stored history.
Risk Intelligence is a core model, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence are research models, and Ownership Intelligence is supplemental descriptive evidence. Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence each contribute 0% to the Suggested Investment Score. Nothing here is a recommendation.
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60-Second Brief
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Composite discovery model
Suggested Investment Score
Suggested Investment Score
Not currently in the Suggested Investment ranking
Risk Intelligence is unavailable. A composite score is only published when every required input is available for this company. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap, and exclusion from the ranking is not a sell instruction.
COMPOSITE DISCOVERY MODEL — RESEARCH STAGE · Ranking updated September 12, 2026
Researched separately
Valuation Intelligence 66 · Attractive
RESEARCH MODEL
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
Researched separately
Capital Returns Intelligence 5 · Limited Capital Returns
RESEARCH MODEL
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
Why this company scores the way it does
This company does not currently hold a stored Suggested Investment Score, so no contribution breakdown can be shown.
Stored snapshots only
What changed
Research-score history available since September 2026.
Stored research history does not yet cover a full 30 days comparison for this company.
A change is reported as meaningful at 8 score points, 5 rank places, or any change of research classification. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.
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Plain-English definitions, with the formula and the limitations of each measure.
Fifth research lens · outside the score
Valuation Intelligence
Valuation Intelligence
Is today's price reasonable?
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
66/ 100
Attractive
RESEARCH MODEL
Good coverage
Compared with its history
63
Attractive
Is this company expensive or inexpensive compared with its own history?
Compared with peers
43
Elevated
How expensive is this stock compared with similar companies?
Earnings & cash flow
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Not Available
How much financial output does an investor receive relative to the price paid?
No positive earnings or cash-flow yield is available, so this lens is not scored.
Growth-adjusted
100
Very Attractive
Does the company's growth help justify the valuation investors are paying?
DATAVAULT AI INC reads 66 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Attractive. The stock currently trades below most of its own recent valuation history and above comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value.
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended June 30, 2026
Valuation history
Stored readings only. The dashed line is this company's own median for the selected measure.
Only one stored valuation reading exists so far, so there is nothing to chart yet. Valuation history builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Current EV/Sales 3.9x · own median 8.3x · peer median 3.4x
Valuation is inherently uncertain. A stock that appears inexpensive can continue falling, and a stock that appears expensive can continue rising. Valuation Intelligence provides context about the price investors are paying — it does not predict short-term market movements, and it never produces a fair value, a price target or a buy or sell range. Model VALUATION_INTELLIGENCE_V1.
Sixth research lens · outside the score
Capital Returns Intelligence
Capital Returns Intelligence
How effectively does the company reward shareholders?
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
5/ 100
Limited Capital Returns
RESEARCH MODEL
Good coverage
Dividend Quality
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Not Applicable — No Dividend
Dividend reliability
This company currently retains rather than distributes cash through dividends. Capital Returns Intelligence therefore places more emphasis on its other measurable shareholder-return behaviors according to the frozen V1 methodology.
Buyback Effectiveness
5
Limited Capital Returns
Do buybacks actually reduce shares?
No net share repurchases are recorded in the stored cash-flow statements.
Dilution Control
5
Limited Capital Returns
Is your ownership share protected?
Capital Return Sustainability
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Not Available
Can the cash flow support it?
The company returned no measurable capital in the latest period, so there is nothing to sustain.
Shareholder Yield
5
Limited Capital Returns
Cash returned versus company value
DATAVAULT AI INC reads 5 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Limited Capital Returns), reflecting a share count rising about 1487.1% a year. Direct capital returns are limited because the company continues reinvesting most of its cash.
This company currently retains rather than distributes cash through dividends. Capital Returns Intelligence therefore places more emphasis on its other measurable shareholder-return behaviors according to the frozen V1 methodology.
No measurable cash was returned to shareholders through dividends or net repurchases in the latest stored statements.
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended June 30, 2026
Capital returns history
Stored readings only. History builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Only one stored reading exists for this measure so far, so there is nothing to chart yet.
Why higher yield isn't always better
A very high dividend yield may reflect a falling share price or an unsustainable payout. Capital Returns Intelligence emphasizes consistency and sustainability rather than simply rewarding the highest yield.
Why buybacks can be misleading
Announced or gross buyback spending does not always mean shareholders are gaining ownership. Companies can simultaneously issue shares through employee compensation or acquisitions. Suggested Investments therefore considers actual share-count changes alongside repurchase spending.
What these terms mean
- Dividend Yield
- The annual dividend relative to the current share price.
- Payout Ratio
- The share of company earnings used to pay dividends.
- Free Cash Flow Payout
- How much of the company's available cash is being used for dividends.
- Share Repurchases
- When a company buys back its own stock.
- Dilution
- When the number of shares increases, reducing each existing share's percentage ownership of the company.
- Shareholder Yield
- A combined view of dividends and net share repurchases relative to the company's market value.
Capital Returns Intelligence describes how a company returns capital to shareholders. It is not a measure of stock-price performance, it does not predict future returns, and a strong reading is never a recommendation to buy. Dividends and repurchases can be reduced or stopped at any time. Model CAPITAL_RETURNS_INTELLIGENCE_V1, contributing 0% to the Suggested Investment Score.
Stored daily snapshots only
Ranking history
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| 30 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| 90 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| First suggested | Not yet suggested | |
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In the company’s own words
What this company does
Datavault AI Inc. ("Datavault," the "Company," "us," "our," or "we") is a pioneering technology licensing company that owns a portfolio of patented, secure platforms designed to redefine how data is managed, valued, and monetized in the modern era. Leveraging our proprietary high-performance computing ("HPC") capabilities and advanced software, our technology offerings are designed to ensure data ownership immutability, experiential data observability, precise data asset valuation, and secure monetization—which we believe will unlock significant opportunities for businesses in an increasingly data-driven world. Datavault has two synergistic platforms—Data Sciences and Acoustic Sciences—that our executive leadership is focusing on as key drivers of future revenue growth.
Our Data Sciences division is focused on the delivery of cyber-secure, privacy protected data management and monetization technologies, the heart of which are our offerings of artificial intelligence ("AI")-driven agents—branded as Data Vault , DataValue , DataScore , and Data Vault Bank . We believe our Data Sciences division will redefine data management by providing a software as a service ("SaaS") platform designed to enable organizations to acquire, value, refine, and monetize their data assets with unparalleled security and control. Our Acoustic Sciences division is focused on technological innovations that have already produced advanced technologies in data-over-sound, low latency spatial audio and high-definition ("HD") audio transmission, and our patented semiconductor and digital module technologies are currently being deployed by several key customers, including Bang & Olufsen, Harmon Kardon, Klipsch and other leading electronics manufacturers.
On January 4, 2026, we entered into a Master Purchase Order Agreement with AP Global Holdings LLC (d/b/a Available Infrastructure) in which we agreed to purchase SanQtum infrastructure and cybersecurity services under a services-based delivery model. The agreement provides for an upfront payment of $250,000 and has an initial term of twelve months, subject to earlier termination in accordance with its terms. Concurrent with execution of the agreement, the Company placed purchase orders to deploy the services across 100 cities within the contiguous United States.
On January 22, 2026, we completed the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding equity interests of API Media Innovations Inc. ("API Media"), a New Jersey-based provider of audio and visual technologies serving the media, sports, and entertainment industries, for aggregate cash consideration of $14.0 million pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement dated October 28, 2025.
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed March 18, 2026. Read the filing
Four distinct intelligence areas
The IA view
Risk Intelligence
Production core
19
Exit Review
No prior period to compare
Business Quality qualification score from the locked IA Defensive Research Core. Price Risk stays a separate category and is never blended in.
As of Sep 11, 2026
Long-Term Potential
Research model
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Insufficient Data
No prior period to compare
Durable business economics and reinvestment characteristics. Independent external validation is pending.
Fundamental Momentum
Research model
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Insufficient Data
No prior period to compare
Direction and breadth of change in underlying business fundamentals. Not a price-momentum signal.
Elite Investor Activity
Supplemental
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Insufficient Data
No prior period to compare
No tracked manager filings mapped to this company.
Intelligence history
Not enough stored history to chart DVLT yet. A company needs at least two published research or ownership periods before a trend can be shown.
Share price
DVLT price history
Closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends, through Sep 11, 2026. Past prices do not indicate future results.
- 6M change
- -72.4%
- 1Y change
- -45.7%
- 3Y change
- -99.8%
- 5Y change
- -100.0%
- Max change
- -100.0%
Last stored close $0.19 · -45.7% over the selected range · 52 sessions shown
Balanced evidence
Why IA likes it
- No positive evidence is available under the current coverage.
Risk and uncertainty
What IA doesn’t like
- Ownership evidence is incomplete and should not be read as comprehensive.
What would change our view
- Business Quality falling below the frozen qualification threshold.
- Price Risk moving to a less favorable category.
- A sustained reversal in the Fundamental Momentum research evidence.
- New material public ownership disclosures.
Public filings · descriptive only
Elite Investor Activity
Reporting holders
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New holders
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Coverage
Insufficient
Insufficient Coverage · Report period unavailable · Public date unavailable
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Insufficient high-confidence manager coverage.
Objective stored changes
What changed
No qualifying changes are recorded for this company in the stored research and filing history.
Ownership timeline
No high-confidence public ownership events are available.
General research only. Not personalized advice. Public filings may be delayed, amended, incomplete, or reflect positions that have changed since the reporting date.