Datavault AI Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Datavault AI Inc. had return on equity of -48.8%, an operating margin of -83.1%, debt equal to 4.1% of equity and a current ratio of 5.32. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Datavault AI Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Gross margin	−14.3%	−17.3%	−4.3%	17.8%	28.5%	11.7%	—	14.1%	77.8%	71.0%
Operating margin	−614.8%	−842.1%	−669.9%	−469.5%	−176.0%	−536.2%	<−999%	−790.5%	−83.1%	−145.1%
Net margin	<−999%	<−999%	−722.6%	−528.5%	−180.7%	−480.0%	−898.8%	<−999%	−202.1%	−370.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	−939.5%	−730.6%	−664.3%	−412.3%	−177.4%	−521.8%	−714.2%	−656.7%	−61.4%	−195.6%
Return on equity	—	—	—	—	−99.8%	—	—	−127.6%	−48.8%	−71.7%
Return on assets	<−999%	<−999%	−250.1%	−163.7%	−77.0%	−104.7%	−230.1%	−97.5%	−42.1%	−62.9%
Asset turnover	0.76	0.40	0.35	0.31	0.43	0.22	0.26	0.05	0.21	0.17
Current ratio	0.13	3.73	1.49	4.87	6.47	3.03	1.12	1.57	5.32	4.95
Debt to equity	—	0.0%	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	—	—	11.2%	4.1%	0.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	n/m	n/m	—	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m	n/m
R&D as % of revenue	329.3%	354.7%	325.8%	190.2%	80.0%	212.3%	357.9%	292.4%	42.2%	48.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue	5.9%	6.3%	2.1%	2.2%	1.5%	1.3%	2.4%	1.3%	1.0%	1.9%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Datavault AI Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026
Gross margin	19.3%	24.6%	11.0%	2.0%	3.3%	89.3%	3.2%	42.8%
Operating margin	−447.4%	−702.0%	<−999%	−718.1%	−508.1%	12.3%	−906.0%	−393.9%
Net margin	−434.5%	−705.0%	<−999%	<−999%	<−999%	2.0%	<−999%	<−999%
Free-cash-flow margin	−361.7%	−472.0%	−966.0%	−392.3%	−357.2%	−2.2%	−263.2%	<−999%
Current ratio	2.26	1.57	0.65	0.47	0.68	5.32	4.62	4.95
Debt to equity	—	11.2%	11.4%	9.2%	—	2.5%	—	0.0%
R&D as % of revenue	189.8%	231.6%	375.4%	243.5%	171.3%	14.6%	167.7%	107.7%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

6 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $277m

Short-term assets $135mLonger-term assets $142m

What it owes, and who funded it · $277m

Short-term liabilities $27mLonger-term liabilities $3mShareholders' equity $246m

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $135m of assets due within a year against $27m of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $135m short-term assets against $3m of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $1m of cash against $0 of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 0% of equity.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 0% to 0% over five years.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt No debt to cover.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$68m against $5m of interest.

From Datavault AI Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

0 /100

Weak moat

How hard Datavault AI's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 0 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median -66.3% of total assets over 8 years.
Pricing power 0 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 0.8%, moving by 49.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.
Durability 10 / 20

Operating margin has been a median -729.2%; its worst year was -1147.3%.
Cash conversion 0 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 0 of 9 years, at a median -653.4% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (12 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Datavault AI Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Datavault AI Inc.