SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. (SOUN) Financial Ratio Screen

NASDAQ Technology United States USD 3158M
RATIOS FAIL*
Automated financial screen · activity assessed separately
SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. (SOUN) is potentially non-compliant in the automated ratio model. While the debt ratio of 0.6% is acceptable, the cash and interest-bearing securities ratio of 36.1% exceeds the 30% threshold. SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. operates in the Technology sector.

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MSCI new-inclusion financial-ratio snapshot

SOUN financial screening at a glance

RATIOS FAIL*Financial ratios shown separately from business review — not a fatwa
Debt ratio
0.6%
Pass vs 30%
Cash ratio
36.1%
Fail vs 30%
Receivables + cash
46.4%
Fail vs 30%
Impermissible income
5.8%
Fail vs 5%

Calculation date: 2026-08-31. Financial period used: December 2025. The ratios are automated proxies inspired by published methodologies; they are not official index determinations.

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MSCI-styleFinancial criteria not metAt least one available ratio exceeds its threshold
FTSE/Yasaar-styleFinancial criteria not metAt least one available ratio exceeds its threshold
S&P-style provisionalNot yet availableRequired denominator or financial data is incomplete
Business activityAssessment pendingFinancial results do not determine business permissibility
Complete screening result: not yet completeA complete result requires both supported financial criteria and adequate activity evidence. This site does not issue a fatwa or official index decision.
Financial periodDecember 2025Calculation date2026-08-31S&P-style historynot availableLast activity reviewnot yet reviewed

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Business activity evidence

Activity assessment in progress

The supplied classification (Software - Application) is only a starting point. Revenue evidence is being assessed before any complete screening conclusion.

Revenue segments: Not yet checked against an SEC annual filing.

Profile description reviewed: SoundHound AI, Inc. provides independent voice artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that enables businesses across the automotive, TV, IoT, and customer service industries to deliver conversational experiences to customers in the United States, Korea, France, Japan, Germany, and internationally. The company offers Houndify platform, which provides a suite of Houndify tools to help brands build conversational voice assistants, such as Application Programming Interfaces (API) for text and voice queries, support for custom commands, extensive library of content domains, inclusive software development kit platforms, collaboration capabilities, diagnostic tools, and built-in analytics; SoundHound Chat AI, a voice assistant with integrated generative AI that integrates with knowledge domains, pulling real-time data, such as weather, sports, stocks, flight status, restaurants, and other data; and SoundHound Smart Answering, which offers customer establishments the option to build an easy to use custom AI-powered voice assistant. It also provides CaiNET software that uses machine learning to enhance how domains work together to handle complex queries; CaiLAN software that arbitrates responses, so users get answers from the right domain; Dynamic Interaction, a real-time multimodal customer service interface; Smart Ordering, which offers an easy-to-understand voice assistant for restaurants; automatic speech recognition; natural language understanding; wake words; custom domains; text-to-speech; Employee Assist; and edge and cloud connectivity, which includes embedded voice solutions. In addition, the company offers Amelia Platform, which builds AI agents for enterprises; Chat AI for Automotive; Dynamic Drive-Thru for GenAI; Voice Commerce, which connects drivers and merchants with Voice AI; Autonomics Platform; Custom Voice AI Solutions; Voice AI Platform; and SoundHound Music App. SoundHound AI, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Sources to verify: Secondary company profile and classification · Issuer website · SEC issuer filings

A sector label or company description can flag a risk but cannot establish a compliant-revenue percentage. Only sourced segment disclosures may support that calculation.

Published-ratio reproductions (not certifications)

The table shows implemented MSCI and FTSE/Yasaar-style asset-based models plus a provisional S&P-style leverage reconstruction where a complete 36-month denominator exists. These are independent calculations, not official index results or Shariah determinations. See formulas, sources and limitations.

Based on financial data from December 2025

Standard Debt Ratio Cash Ratio Receivables Income Status
MSCI 0.6%
/ 30%
36.1%
/ 30%
46.4%
/ 30%
5.8%
/ 5%
RATIOS FAIL*
FTSE 0.6%
/ 33%
36.1%
/ 33%
46.4%
/ 50%
5.8%
/ 5%
RATIOS FAIL*

Financial Highlights

EPS
$-0.62
P/B Ratio
6.3
EV/EBITDA
-19.5
EV: $3.0B
Revenue
$169M
Growth: 45.0%
Beta
2.8
High volatility
Current Ratio
3.9

Profitability

Gross Margin 42.3%
Operating Margin -75.9%
Net Margin -67.5%
Return on Equity (ROE) -32.2%
Return on Assets (ROA) -19.5%

Cash Flow & Balance Sheet

Operating Cash Flow-$98M
Free Cash Flow-$103M
Total Debt$4M
Debt-to-Equity1.1
Current Ratio3.9
Total Assets$688M

Price & Trading

Last Close$7.22
50-Day MA$6.72
200-Day MA$8.52
Avg Volume30.7M
Beta2.8
52-Week Range
$5.65
$22.17

Financial data provenance and verification

The displayed fields were imported from yfinance on 2026-08-29 for the financial period December 2025. This is a secondary data feed and can differ from amended or newly filed statements.

Verification rule: check debt, cash, receivables, revenue and interest income against the latest primary filing before relying on an automated ratio.

About SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. (SOUN)

CEO
Dr. Keyvan Mohajer
Employees
954
Sector
Technology
Industry
Software - Application
Country
United States
Exchange
NASDAQ
Market Cap (listing currency)
USD 3158M
Currency
USD

SoundHound AI, Inc. provides independent voice artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that enables businesses across the automotive, TV, IoT, and customer service industries to deliver conversational experiences to customers in the United States, Korea, France, Japan, Germany, and internationally. The company offers Houndify platform, which provides a suite of Houndify tools to help brands build conversational voice assistants, such as Application Programming Interfaces (API) for text and voice queries, support for custom commands, extensive library of content domains, inclusive software development kit platforms, collaboration capabilities, diagnostic tools, and built-in analytics; SoundHound Chat AI, a voice assistant with integrated generative AI that integrates with knowledge domains, pulling real-time data, such as weather, sports, stocks, flight status, restaurants, and other data; and SoundHound Smart Answering, which offers customer establishments the option to build an easy to use custom AI-powered voice assistant. It also provides CaiNET software that uses machine learning to enhance how domains work together to handle complex queries; CaiLAN software that arbitrates responses, so users get answers from the right domain; Dynamic Interaction, a real-time multimodal customer service interface; Smart Ordering, which offers an easy-to-understand voice assistant for restaurants; automatic speech recognition; natural language understanding; wake words; custom domains; text-to-speech; Employee Assist; and edge and cloud connectivity, which includes embedded voice solutions. In addition, the company offers Amelia Platform, which builds AI agents for enterprises; Chat AI for Automotive; Dynamic Drive-Thru for GenAI; Voice Commerce, which connects drivers and merchants with Voice AI; Autonomics Platform; Custom Voice AI Solutions; Voice AI Platform; and SoundHound Music App. SoundHound AI, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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Is SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. (SOUN) halal to invest in?

The current automated result is Financial criteria not met or an activity exclusion was detected. It uses available public financial fields and simplified methodology proxies. It is not a fatwa or an official determination by AAOIFI, DJIM, MSCI, S&P, or FTSE.

What is SOUNDHOUND AI, INC.'s debt ratio?

SOUNDHOUND AI, INC.'s debt ratio is 0.6% in the MSCI new-inclusion reproduction: total debt divided by total assets, against a 30% threshold. See the methodology page for the official source and limitations.

What are SOUNDHOUND AI, INC.'s key financial metrics?

SOUNDHOUND AI, INC. has a market capitalization of USD 3158M in its listing currency, and revenue of $169M. The company maintains a gross margin of 42.3% and a net margin of -67.5%. Return on equity stands at -32.2%.

How often is the screening data updated?

Calculation date: 2026-08-31. Financial period: December 2025. These dates are shown separately because regenerating this page does not refresh the underlying data.

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