Venture Visionary Partners LLC Acquires Shares of 25,325 C3.ai, Inc. $AI

Key Points

• Venture Visionary Partners LLC acquired 25,325 shares of C3.ai, Inc. for approximately $533,000, according to a recent SEC filing.
• Multiple large investors have also adjusted their stakes in C3.ai, with institutional ownership at 38.96% of the company’s stock.
• C3.ai reported quarterly earnings of ($0.16) EPS, surpassing estimates, and a 25.5% increase in revenue year-over-year, totaling $108.72 million.

Venture Visionary Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 25,325 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $533,000.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its stake in C3.ai by 100.7% during the fourth quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 909 shares of the company's stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 456 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of C3.ai by 8.4% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 6,546 shares of the company's stock worth $138,000 after purchasing an additional 510 shares during the last quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors raised its stake in shares of C3.ai by 35.6% in the first quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 2,668 shares of the company's stock worth $56,000 after purchasing an additional 700 shares during the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of C3.ai by 2.0% in the first quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 35,460 shares of the company's stock worth $773,000 after purchasing an additional 708 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Probity Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of C3.ai by 4.4% in the first quarter. Probity Advisors Inc. now owns 17,444 shares of the company's stock worth $367,000 after purchasing an additional 738 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 38.96% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AI has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on C3.ai from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Needham & Company LLC restated a "hold" rating on shares of C3.ai in a research note on Monday, August 11th. KeyCorp restated a "mixed" rating on shares of C3.ai in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Westpark Capital upgraded C3.ai to a "strong-buy" rating and set a $40.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 9th. Finally, UBS Group cut their price objective on C3.ai from $28.00 to $27.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, June 26th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and five have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Reduce" and a consensus price target of $27.43.

C3.ai Stock Performance

NYSE:AI opened at $16.9150 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $23.99 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.02. C3.ai, Inc. has a 52-week low of $14.70 and a 52-week high of $45.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.27 billion, a PE ratio of -7.55 and a beta of 1.98.

C3.ai (NYSE:AI - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The company reported ($0.16) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.20) by $0.04. C3.ai had a negative return on equity of 33.51% and a negative net margin of 74.21%.The business had revenue of $108.72 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $107.85 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.11) earnings per share. C3.ai's revenue for the quarter was up 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. C3.ai has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. FY 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts forecast that C3.ai, Inc. will post -2.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other C3.ai news, VP Merel Witteveen sold 5,485 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.95, for a total transaction of $131,365.75. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 13,740 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $329,073. The trade was a 28.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Thomas M. Siebel sold 577,678 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $16.78, for a total value of $9,693,436.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,973,572 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $49,896,538.16. This trade represents a 16.27% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 2,257,074 shares of company stock worth $53,260,950. Company insiders own 33.54% of the company's stock.

About C3.ai

C3.ai, Inc operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software company in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company provides C3 AI platform, an application development and runtime environment that enables customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications; C3 AI Ex Machina for analysis-ready data; C3 AI CRM, an industry specific customer relationship management solution; and C3 Generative AI Product Suite that enables to locate, retrieve, and present information.

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