D. Boral Capital Reiterates Buy Rating for Veritone (NASDAQ:VERI)

Veritone (NASDAQ:VERI)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by equities researchers at D. Boral Capital in a note issued to investors on Friday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $14.00 target price on the stock.

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

Veritone Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VERI opened at $1.84 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $3.17 and a 200-day moving average of $4.46. Veritone has a 12 month low of $1.22 and a 12 month high of $9.42. The company has a current ratio of 1.31, a quick ratio of 1.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $168.93 million, a PE ratio of -2.75 and a beta of 2.16.

Institutional Trading of Veritone

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Banta Asset Management LP acquired a new stake in Veritone during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $12,268,000. Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Veritone in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $11,718,000. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its stake in shares of Veritone by 16,314.3% in the 3rd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,676,397 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,080,000 after purchasing an additional 1,666,184 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Veritone by 63.1% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,754,165 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,275,000 after buying an additional 1,065,460 shares during the period. Finally, Themes Management Co LLC bought a new position in Veritone during the fourth quarter worth $2,750,000. 39.18% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Veritone

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.