** Voice AI platform SoundHound AI's SOUN.O shares rise 1.53% to $22.09 premarket
** Brokerage H.C. Wainwright raises PT to $26 from $8
** New PT is a 19.5% upside to stock's Dec. 20 close
** SOUN shares have risen 187.7% vs a 6.2% decline in the Russell 2000 index since the company posted Q3 results on Nov. 12, the brokerage says
** Brokerage says co's "outperformance" driven by increasing demand for its AI-enabled services; SUON signed new contracts with Church’s Texas Chicken and Torchy's Tacos, which have over 1,600 locations combined
** Brokerage says SOUN's rarity as a pure-play AI company justifies premium valuation, and that its $7 bln+ market cap attracts institutional investors
** Brokerage values SOUN at 48x enterprise value to revenue, in line with "high quality AI peers, which are currently trading as high as 58.0x 2025 revenue estimates"
** Avg. rating of seven brokerages is "buy"; median PT $9 - LSEG
** As of last close, stock has risen 926.2% YTD
(Reporting by Kamal Choudhury in Bengaluru)
((Kamal.Choudhury@thomsonreuters.com;))
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