C3.ai (AI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) is an enterprise artificial intelligence software company that develops applications and tools designed to help organizations deploy AI at scale. Its products support the development, integration and operation of AI applications using data from multiple business systems and sources.

The company’s offerings include the C3 AI Platform, which provides capabilities for data management, machine learning, application development and model operations, as well as prebuilt applications for areas such as predictive maintenance, fraud detection, supply-chain optimization, customer engagement and energy management. C3.ai also offers generative AI products intended to help users search, analyze and interact with enterprise data.

Founded in 2009 by technology entrepreneur Thomas M. Siebel, the company was initially known as C3 Energy before adopting the C3.ai name. C3.ai serves commercial, government and defense organizations across industries including energy, manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications, healthcare and the public sector. Thomas Siebel is the company’s founder and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.63 to $12.30
• 50-Day Range: $9.66 to $12.14
• 52-Week Range: $7.68 to $18.64
• Volume: 3.27 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.92 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.93 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $9.63
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

C3.ai Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

C3.ai scored higher than 32% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 458th out of 591 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

C3.ai has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.64, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 7 sell ratings.

Downside Risk

C3.ai has a consensus price target of $9.63, representing about 21.6% downside from its current price of $12.28.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

C3.ai has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for C3.ai are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($2.20) to ($1.81) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of C3.ai is -3.99, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of C3.ai is -3.99, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

C3.ai has a P/B Ratio of 2.78. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

32.35% of the float of C3.ai has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

C3.ai has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.57.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in C3.ai has recently decreased by 1.62%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

C3.ai does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

C3.ai does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.70

News Sentiment

C3.ai has a news sentiment score of 0.70. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for C3.ai this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 29 people have searched for AI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -3% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added C3.ai to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 450% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, C3.ai insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $17,117,621.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

19.80% of the stock of C3.ai is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

38.96% of the stock of C3.ai is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/02/2026
• Today: 10/22/2026
• AGM 2026: 10/26/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 4/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AI
• CIK: 1577526
• Web: www.C3.ai
• Phone: 650-503-2200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 764
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for C3.ai: $9.63
• High Price Target: $16.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -20.3%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.64
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($3.08)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$470.37 million
• Net Margins: -192.10%
• Pretax Margin: -191.81%
• Return on Equity: -61.25%
• Return on Assets: -49.03%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 6.16
• Quick Ratio: 6.16

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $232.38 million
• Price / Sales: 8.35
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $4.42 per share
• Price / Book: 2.73

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 160,780,000
• Free Float: 128,946,000
• Market Cap: $1.94 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.11