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

Company Overview

C3.ai, Inc. is an enterprise software company that develops artificial intelligence applications and tools for businesses and government organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers use data to address operational and analytical needs across industries including energy, manufacturing, financial services, healthcare and defense.

The company’s products include the C3 AI Platform, which provides tools for developing, deploying and operating AI applications using enterprise data, as well as ready-made applications for use cases such as predictive maintenance, supply chain management and fraud detection. C3.ai also offers generative AI solutions for searching and analyzing information held in business systems.

Founded in 2009 by Thomas M. Siebel, the company initially focused on energy management software and later expanded into enterprise AI. It serves customers in multiple geographies, and Siebel serves as its chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $11.74 to $12.16
• 50-Day Range: $10.34 to $12.78
• 52-Week Range: $7.68 to $16.40
• Volume: 3.43 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.50 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.95 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 29% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 491st out of 597 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 20.5% downside from its current price of $12.10.

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 Book Value per Share Ratio

C3.ai has a P/B Ratio of 2.74. 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

32.69% 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 8.51.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in C3.ai has recently decreased by 0.01%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

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: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.63

News Sentiment

C3.ai has a news sentiment score of 0.63. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for C3.ai this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 32 people have searched for AI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -9% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added C3.ai to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% 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 $15,867,365.00 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: 11/12/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/09/2026
• 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: -20.5%
• 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: $250.27 million
• Price / Sales: 7.78
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $4.42 per share
• Price / Book: 2.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 160,780,000
• Free Float: 128,946,000
• Market Cap: $1.95 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.17