SoundHound AI (SOUN) Competitors $8.30 -0.36 (-4.16%) Closing price 04/3/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.19 -0.11 (-1.31%) As of 04:09 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock SOUN vs. PAYC, MNDY, AUR, MBLY, BSY, RBRK, DOCS, PCTY, PCOR, and NICEShould you be buying SoundHound AI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SoundHound AI include Paycom Software (PAYC), monday.com (MNDY), Aurora Innovation (AUR), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Bentley Systems (BSY), Rubrik (RBRK), Doximity (DOCS), Paylocity (PCTY), Procore Technologies (PCOR), and NICE (NICE). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry. SoundHound AI vs. Paycom Software monday.com Aurora Innovation Mobileye Global Bentley Systems Rubrik Doximity Paylocity Procore Technologies NICE SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) and Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SOUN or PAYC? 19.3% of SoundHound AI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Paycom Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of SoundHound AI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Paycom Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SOUN or PAYC? Paycom Software received 664 more outperform votes than SoundHound AI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave SoundHound AI an outperform vote while only 63.63% of users gave Paycom Software an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformSoundHound AIOutperform Votes2764.29% Underperform Votes1535.71% Paycom SoftwareOutperform Votes69163.63% Underperform Votes39536.37% Does the media refer more to SOUN or PAYC? In the previous week, SoundHound AI had 39 more articles in the media than Paycom Software. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for SoundHound AI and 13 mentions for Paycom Software. Paycom Software's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat SoundHound AI's score of 0.30 indicating that Paycom Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment SoundHound AI 15 Very Positive mention(s) 6 Positive mention(s) 29 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 2 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Paycom Software 12 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do analysts prefer SOUN or PAYC? SoundHound AI presently has a consensus price target of $12.86, indicating a potential upside of 54.91%. Paycom Software has a consensus price target of $212.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.31%. Given SoundHound AI's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SoundHound AI is more favorable than Paycom Software.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score SoundHound AI 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.43Paycom Software 0 Sell rating(s) 11 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.08 Is SOUN or PAYC more profitable? Paycom Software has a net margin of 26.66% compared to SoundHound AI's net margin of -163.58%. Paycom Software's return on equity of 33.53% beat SoundHound AI's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets SoundHound AI-163.58% -55.58% -31.70% Paycom Software 26.66%33.53%10.76% Which has more volatility & risk, SOUN or PAYC? SoundHound AI has a beta of 2.62, indicating that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paycom Software has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SOUN or PAYC? Paycom Software has higher revenue and earnings than SoundHound AI. SoundHound AI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paycom Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioSoundHound AI$84.69M39.10-$88.94M-$0.98-8.47Paycom Software$1.88B6.49$502M$8.9023.98 SummaryPaycom Software beats SoundHound AI on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get SoundHound AI News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SOUN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart SOUN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSoundHound AIPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$3.31B$22.10B$21.77B$7.49BDividend YieldN/A2.09%2.84%4.04%P/E Ratio-23.06103.3440.0518.07Price / Sales39.1019.811,988.6586.81Price / CashN/A86.0634.5934.64Price / Book166.007.805.733.99Net Income-$88.94M$436.62M$735.24M$247.18M7 Day Performance-6.53%-3.22%-4.47%-6.41%1 Month Performance-19.57%-8.17%49,730.25%-7.42%1 Year Performance64.36%2.49%52,619.41%-4.30% SoundHound AI Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SOUNSoundHound AI2.0834 of 5 stars$8.30-4.2%$12.86+54.9%+64.4%$3.31B$84.69M-23.06200Gap DownPAYCPaycom Software4.4628 of 5 stars$218.660.0%$212.80-2.7%+7.4%$12.49B$1.88B24.507,306Positive NewsGap DownMNDYmonday.com4.0627 of 5 stars$244.06-1.2%$354.45+45.2%+8.5%$12.41B$972.00M407.501,060Short Interest ↑Gap DownAURAurora Innovation2.8483 of 5 stars$6.75+0.9%$9.07+34.4%+107.9%$11.79B$68M-14.411,700Positive NewsGap DownMBLYMobileye Global3.4371 of 5 stars$14.49-4.1%$22.24+53.4%-56.3%$11.76B$1.65B-3.803,700Gap DownBSYBentley Systems4.8918 of 5 stars$39.13-1.4%$55.13+40.9%-18.4%$11.40B$1.35B35.235,000Positive NewsRBRKRubrik2.6435 of 5 stars$59.92-5.9%$70.00+16.8%N/A$11.11B$886.54M-4.353,100Insider TradePositive NewsGap DownDOCSDoximity3.3788 of 5 stars$58.27-0.4%$64.22+10.2%+112.0%$10.88B$550.17M58.29890Positive NewsGap DownPCTYPaylocity4.8497 of 5 stars$186.95+0.3%$233.25+24.8%+9.9%$10.48B$1.50B48.075,300Positive NewsPCORProcore Technologies3.5525 of 5 stars$65.75-1.6%$89.65+36.3%-20.4%$9.82B$1.15B-91.002,880News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownNICENICE3.9721 of 5 stars$154.04-0.9%$231.64+50.4%-40.3%$9.70B$2.74B22.828,384 Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies PAYC Competitors MNDY Competitors AUR Competitors MBLY Competitors BSY Competitors RBRK Competitors DOCS Competitors PCTY Competitors PCOR Competitors NICE Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:SOUN) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDOGE Social Security bombshell?Elon Musk just dropped another bombshell... 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