New York, Feb 17, 2026, 06:16 (EST) — Premarket
Shares of Datavault AI Inc (DVLT) jumped roughly 11% to $0.79 in Tuesday’s premarket, after the Nasdaq-listed firm bumped its early fiscal 2025 revenue outlook to a range of $38 million to $40 million—an increase from the prior $30 million estimate. The stock previously finished at around $0.71.
The update strips things down for investors, highlighting what’s hitting revenue in real time ahead of the audited results. For a penny stock, shifting guidance often packs more punch than rolling out a new product.
The Philadelphia-based firm pointed to higher customer tech-licensing fees, plus rising demand for tokenization and monetization services within its Data Science group—tokenization refers to creating digital tokens that represent actual assets. The company kept its $200 million revenue goal for fiscal 2026, noting that the midpoint of the updated outlook signals about 1,300% year-over-year growth. CEO Nate Bradley described Datavault’s new-business pipeline heading into 2026 as its “most robust.” Datavault also expects to submit audited 2025 financials to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission next month. Datavault AI Inc.
Preliminary numbers here haven’t cleared an audit—the outside auditor hasn’t given the green light, so these figures could move before everything’s finalized. That estimate-to-audit gap? Smaller firms often see markets get twitchy right there.
Datavault is also moving ahead with a planned dividend: shareholders are set to receive one warrant for every 60 shares, each allowing them to buy stock at a $5 exercise price. These warrants will expire a year after they’re distributed. To use them, investors will need to hold a “Dream Bowl Meme Coin II” token in a Datavault account, according to the company. Datavault AI Inc.
It’s all about what happens once the U.S. cash session kicks off—Tuesday’s early action could evaporate or pick up steam. Microcap stocks, in particular, can whip around when that initial order flow hits.
Still, Datavault described the revenue range as an early estimate—drawn from current data—and noted its outside auditor hasn’t vetted the numbers. The company cautioned that real results may vary significantly, also pointing to standard execution risks tied to its 2026 goal.
Looking ahead, Feb. 23 stands out—Datavault has set that as the target for distributing warrants, but the board isn’t locked in; timing or the entire distribution could still shift. The company is also moving to file a prospectus supplement for the warrant distribution and for the shares tied to those warrants.
