AVAI vs SOUN vs BBAI Stock Comparison

Avai Bio, Soundhound Ai and BigBear.ai Holdings Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AVAI Avai Bio, Inc.
$0.10 -9.1% 1M -74.4% 1Y
Market cap
$14.47M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
AI Platforms Technology
1 win
SOUN Soundhound Ai, Inc.
$4.32 -26.5% 1M -71.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.78B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$203.20M
Div. yield
–
AI Platforms Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Soundhound Ai leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Soundhound Ai 5, Avai Bio 1, BigBear.ai Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAVAISOUNBBAILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $14.47M $1.78B $1.08B SOUN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -8.0x -13.0x -6.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +54.6% -1.5% SOUN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -67.5% -126.8% SOUN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -28.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.4x — 1.3x AVAI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -74.4% -71.4% -55.1% BBAI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -43.6%/yr — — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 130.4% 67.6% 76.9% SOUN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 19/100 37/100 37/100 SOUN

Percentile Scorecard

AVAISOUNBBAI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAVAISOUNBBAI
Valuation 15 #106 of 124 22 #97 of 124 25 #93 of 124
Growth 9 #104 of 114 59 #47 of 114 12 #101 of 114
Profitability – 26 #83 of 111 22 #87 of 111
Financial Health 2 #126 of 128 66 #44 of 128 83 #23 of 128
Shareholder Returns 53 #35 of 73 13 #64 of 73 42 #43 of 73
Overall 19 37 37
  • AVAI ranked among 136 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • SOUN ranked among 136 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • BBAI ranked among 136 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAVAISOUNBBAISPY
1 month -9.1%-26.5%-1.9% -1.0%
3 months -16.7%-32.8%-15.2% -0.4%
6 months -69.7%-53.9%-41.2% +4.5%
Year to date -73.7%-56.7%-52.4% +12.4%
1 year -74.4%-71.4%-55.1% +13.6%
3 years -90.1%+134.8%+78.5% +76.4%
3 years, per year -53.8%+32.9%+21.3% +20.8%
5 years -94.3%—— +63.7%
5 years, per year -43.6%—— +10.4%

Risk

MeasureAVAISOUNBBAISPY
Volatility, 1Y 130.4%67.6%76.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 151.8%61.8%70.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.792.913.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.57-1.06-0.72 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.9%-93.5%-95.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -87.2%-72.5%-64.2% -1.6%
52-week high $0.78$15.72$7.17 $779.14
52-week low $0.09$4.09$2.12 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAVAISOUNBBAI
P/E now vs peer median -8.5xmedian 41.0x -13.6xmedian 41.0x -6.9xmedian 41.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 4.4x 8.6xmedian 4.4x 8.7xmedian 4.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -9.0xmedian 28.9x -15.9xmedian 28.9x -4.7xmedian 28.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -13.0xmedian 23.9x -12.2xmedian 23.9x -17.0xmedian 23.9x
P/B now vs peer median -4.8xmedian 3.1x 3.6xmedian 3.1x 1.8xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.05median 1.36 -0.66median 1.36 -1.76median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAVAISOUNBBAI
Revenue – $203.20M $142.07M
Gross profit – $85.94M $42.91M
Operating income -$1.81M -$139.29M -$233.30M
Net income -$1.81M -$137.06M -$180.20M
Free cash flow -$1.18M -$142.38M -$72.72M
R&D – $101.02M $23.30M
EPS (diluted) $-0.07 $-0.31 $-0.38
Cash & equivalents $83.59K $202.80M $77.11M
Total debt $756.29K – $16.69M
Shares (diluted) 26.28M 438.65M 480.32M
Enterprise value $14.22M $846.49M -$161.22M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAVAISOUNBBAI
P/E -8.5x -13.6x -6.9x
P/FCF -13.0x -12.2x -17.0x
P/Operating cash flow -13.0x -15.2x -17.2x
P/S – 8.6x 8.7x
P/B -4.8x 3.6x 1.8x
P/Tangible book -4.6x 5.8x 2.2x
EV/EBITDA -9.0x -15.9x -4.7x
EV/EBIT -8.9x -11.1x -4.1x
EV/Revenue – 7.6x 6.8x
EV/FCF -13.6x -10.8x -13.3x
EV/Operating cash flow -13.6x -13.4x -13.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.05 -0.66 -1.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAVAISOUNBBAI
Revenue growth (1Y) – 54.6% -1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 77.8% -2.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 61.4% 9.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 47.1% 2.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) -53.0% 42.2% -64.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -285.4% -12.5% -60.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -64.8% 39.1% 57.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -15.5% -7.1% -39.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 16.0% 44.4% 60.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -169.8% 20.6% 3.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 14.7% -2.1% -105.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -299.3% -12.0% -35.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 14.7% -26.2% -105.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -299.3% -20.1% -36.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAVAISOUNBBAI
Gross margin – 42.3% 30.2%
EBITDA margin – -47.7% -145.2%
Operating margin – -68.5% -164.2%
Pretax margin – -64.7% -142.6%
Net margin – -67.5% -126.8%
FCF margin – -70.1% -51.2%
Operating cash flow margin – -56.4% -50.4%
Return on equity – -28.8% -24.8%
Return on assets -265.2% -20.9% -22.5%
Return on invested capital – – -28.0%
Return on capital employed – -23.8% -32.0%
Asset turnover – 0.3x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.7x 0.8x 0.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 38.7% 13.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAVAISOUNBBAI
Debt / assets 95.5% – 2.2%
Debt / equity -0.2x – 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.4x – 1.3x
Debt / FCF -0.6x – -0.2x
Liabilities / assets 507.0% 26.6% 10.1%
Equity / assets -407.0% 73.4% 89.9%
Interest coverage – -350.0x -47.5x
Current ratio 0.0x 3.9x 4.9x
Quick ratio 0.0x 3.6x 4.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 2.9x 4.0x
Altman Z-score – 3.73 7.40

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAVAISOUNBBAI
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -0.1% -10.7% -0.2%
Shareholder yield -0.1% -10.7% -0.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAVAISOUNBBAI
EPS, next fiscal year – $-0.43FY2026 $-0.25FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year – $225.08MFY2026 $108.97MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +33.2%FY2026 -14.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +56.2% +23.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAVAISOUNBBAI
Held by institutions – 39.1% 39.1%
Institutions holding – 443 328
Change in shares held, QoQ – -2.7% +1.0%
Institutions buying – 231 185
Institutions selling – 121 90
Buyers to sellers – 1.91 2.06

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AVAISOUNBBAI
AVAI 1.00 0.09 0.04
SOUN 0.09 1.00 0.65
BBAI 0.04 0.65 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AVAI, SOUN and BBAI?

Soundhound Ai (SOUN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Avai Bio (AVAI) $14.47M, Soundhound Ai (SOUN) $1.78B, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) $1.08B.

Which company is growing faster?

Soundhound Ai (SOUN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Soundhound Ai (SOUN) +54.6%, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Soundhound Ai (SOUN) has the highest net margin (Soundhound Ai (SOUN) -67.5%, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -126.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) returned the most: Avai Bio (AVAI) -74.4%, Soundhound Ai (SOUN) -71.4%, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) -55.1%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Soundhound Ai (SOUN) has been the steadiest (Avai Bio (AVAI) 130.4%, Soundhound Ai (SOUN) 67.6%, BigBear.ai Holdings (BBAI) 76.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AVAI, SOUN and BBAI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Soundhound Ai (SOUN) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.