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SOUN (SoundHound AI) Degree of Operating Leverage : 1.71 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is SoundHound AI Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. SoundHound AI's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.71. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

The industry rank for SoundHound AI's Degree of Operating Leverage or its related term are showing as below:

SOUN's Degree of Operating Leverage is ranked worse than
63.87% of 2668 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.78 vs SOUN: 1.71

SoundHound AI Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for SoundHound AI's Degree of Operating Leverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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SoundHound AI Degree of Operating Leverage Chart

SoundHound AI Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Degree of Operating Leverage
- -0.01 1.33 -0.76 4.84

SoundHound AI Quarterly Data
Dec20 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Degree of Operating Leverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.73 -0.31 0.24 4.84 1.71

Competitive Comparison of SoundHound AI's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, SoundHound AI's Degree of Operating Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Operating Leverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


SoundHound AI's Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, SoundHound AI's Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where SoundHound AI's Degree of Operating Leverage falls into.


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SoundHound AI Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

SoundHound AI's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage=% Change in EBIT**/% Change in Revenue
=( -189.724 (Mar. 2025) / -69.335 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )/( 102.228 (Mar. 2025) / 50.76 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )
=1.7363/1.0139
=1.71***

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

** TTM data of EBIT and Revenue was used to calculate Degree of Operating Leverage.
*** Please be aware that the Degree of Operating Leverage calculations are based on company-level data using the primary share class. The calculated data provided is for demonstration purposes and may slightly differ from the results displayed in the title due to potential variations caused by currency exchange rate differences throughout the year.


SoundHound AI  (NAS:SOUN) Degree of Operating Leverage Explanation

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) is a leverage ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company’s operting income, also referred to as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), to fluctuations in its Revenue. DOL is a method used to quantify a company’s operating risk. This risk is related to the company's structure of variable costs and fixed costs. Since the fixed costs do not allow the company to adjust the operating costs, the operating risk rises with a higher fixed-to-variable costs proportion.

A high Degree of Operating Leverage indicates that the company’s fixed costs exceed its variable costs. By increasing the sales, the company can earn more profits. In addition, the company must be able to maintain relatively high sales to cover all fixed costs.

Be Aware

The use of operating leverage varies across different industries and business sectors, and the application of Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) should be adjusted accordingly.


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SoundHound AI Business Description

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5400 Betsy Ross Drive, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
SoundHound AI Inc is an innovator of conversational intelligence, offering an independent Voice AI platform that enables businesses across industries to deliver high-quality conversational experiences to customers. The company's voice AI delivers speed and accuracy in numerous languages to product creators and service providers across retail, financial services, healthcare, automotive, smart devices, and restaurants via groundbreaking AI-driven products like Smart Answering, Smart Ordering, Dynamic Drive-Thru, and Amelia AI Agents.
Executives
Timothy Stonehocker officer: Chief Technology Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
James Ming Hom director, officer: VP, Products 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Keyvan Mohajer director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Diana Sroka director 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Michael Zagorsek officer: Chief Operating Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Nitesh Sharan officer: Chief Financial Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Majid Emami 10 percent owner, officer: VP, Engineering 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Lawrence Marcus director 2105 WOODSIDE RD., WOODSIDE CA 94062
Eric R. Ball director C/O GLU MOBILE INC., 45 FREMONT STREET, SUITE 2800, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Global Catalyst Partners Iii L P 10 percent owner 6239 MOJAVE DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95120
Zubin Irani officer: Chief Revenue Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Global Catalyst Venture Management Iii, Llc 10 percent owner 6239 MOJAVE DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95120
Stephen N Cannon director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 13/F TOWER 2, NEW WORLD TOWER, 18 QUEENS ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG K3 K3 00000
Bryant B Edwards director 25/28 OLD BURLINGTON STREET, LONDON X0 W1S 3AN
Daniel L Sheehan officer: Chief Operating Officer 38 KEYES AVENUE SUITE 204, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129