Veritone (NASDAQ:VERI) Receives Buy Rating from D. Boral Capital

D. Boral Capital reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Veritone (NASDAQ:VERI) in a research note released on Friday,Benzinga reports. D. Boral Capital currently has a $14.00 price target on the stock.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Veritone in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $10.00 price objective on shares of Veritone in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Veritone from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Veritone presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $8.75.

Veritone Price Performance

Shares of VERI opened at $1.84 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.77, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a current ratio of 1.31. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $3.17 and a 200 day simple moving average of $4.46. Veritone has a 52-week low of $1.22 and a 52-week high of $9.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $168.93 million, a PE ratio of -2.75 and a beta of 2.16.

Institutional Trading of Veritone

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VERI. State of Wyoming acquired a new position in Veritone during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Franklin Resources Inc. acquired a new stake in Veritone in the 3rd quarter valued at $50,000. Sherbrooke Park Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in Veritone in the 3rd quarter valued at $80,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in Veritone during the 3rd quarter worth about $82,000. Finally, EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new stake in Veritone during the 4th quarter worth about $84,000. Institutional investors own 39.18% of the company’s stock.

Key Veritone News

Here are the key news stories impacting Veritone this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strategic cloud deal with Oracle should improve scalability and enterprise credibility, and management flagged an expanded go-to-market for Veritone’s aiWARE and data products — a clear catalyst for future revenue growth. Veritone Announces Strategic Agreement with Oracle
• Positive Sentiment: Company issued a 2026 revenue target (up to $145M) that sparked a sharp intraday rally after the release — this guidance is the primary bullish driver underpinning optimism about recovery and scale. Veritone stock surges 22% on fiscal 2026 revenue outlook
• Positive Sentiment: D. Boral Capital reaffirmed a “buy” and set a $14 price target, signaling at least one analyst view that the company has significant upside if execution and growth materialize. Benzinga Rating Note
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusually large options activity: buyers purchased ~2,771 call options (≈83% above average), which can indicate speculative bullish interest or hedging ahead of volatility but is not definitive on directional conviction. (No article link available.)
• Neutral Sentiment: Company released earnings call/transcript and prepared remarks for Q4; these provide detail on outlook and execution plans that investors will parse for credibility of guidance. Earnings Call Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 results materially missed expectations: EPS of ($0.41) vs. ($0.06) expected and revenue of $18.1M vs. ~$34.3M consensus — a large shortfall that explains immediate selling pressure and questions around near-term demand. MarketBeat Earnings Summary
• Negative Sentiment: Commentary and media coverage framed the earnings miss as the reason shares were “tanking” despite the Oracle deal and guidance, amplifying negative sentiment and heavy intraday volume. Why is Veritone stock tanking Friday?

About Veritone

Veritone, Inc (NASDAQ: VERI) is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence solutions for media, legal, government and enterprise applications. Its flagship offering, aiWARE™, is a cloud-based operating system that orchestrates and automates an ecosystem of machine learning models to transform unstructured data—such as audio, video and text—into actionable intelligence. By providing a modular AI environment, Veritone enables organizations to deploy, manage and scale cognitive engines that address diverse use cases from transcription and translation to sentiment analysis and facial recognition.

Through aiWARE and its suite of purpose-built applications, the company delivers turnkey solutions for content licensing, media monitoring, eDiscovery, compliance and public safety.