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

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$12.45 +0.42 (+3.52%)
Closing price 10/23/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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$12.36 -0.09 (-0.74%)
As of 10/23/2026 07:59 PM Eastern
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About C3.ai Stock (NYSE:AI)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$11.83
▼
$12.50
50-Day Range
$9.66
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$12.45
52-Week Range
$7.68
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$18.64
Volume
5.85 million shs
Average Volume
5.12 million shs
Market Capitalization
$2.00 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$9.63
Consensus Rating
Reduce

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.

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C3.ai Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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30th Percentile Overall Score

AI MarketRank™: 
1.488539445625 of 5 stars

C3.ai scored higher than 30% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 486th out of 587 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • 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 22.7% downside from its current price of $12.45.

  • 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.

  • Read more about C3.ai's stock forecast and price target.
  • 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 -4.04, 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 -4.04, 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 2.82. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about C3.ai's valuation and earnings.
  • 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 Yield

    C3.ai does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

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

  • News Sentiment

    C3.ai has a news sentiment score of 0.79. 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 0.47 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for C3.ai this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 30 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.
  • 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.

  • Read more about C3.ai's insider trading history.
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AI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

C3.ai's stock was trading at $13.47 on January 1st, 2026. Since then, AI stock has decreased by 7.6% and is now trading at $12.4530.

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September, 2nd. The company reported ($0.20) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.26) by $0.06. C3.ai's revenue was down 25.4% compared to the same quarter last year.
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C3.ai (AI) raised $574 million in an initial public offering on Wednesday, December 9th 2020. The company issued 15,500,000 shares at a price of $36.00-$38.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and BofA Securities acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Deutsche Bank Securities was co-manager.

C3.ai's top institutional shareholders include Vontobel Holding Ltd. (0.05%), SBI Securities Co. Ltd. (0.05%), Inspire Investing LLC (0.04%) and Forum Financial Management LP (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert David Schilling, Edward Y Abbo, Thomas M Siebel, Stephen Bradley Ehikian, Stephen M Ward Jr, Jim H Snabe, Hitesh Lath, Juho Parkkinen, Richard C Levin, John E Hyten, Merel Witteveen and Guy Wanger.
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Shares of AI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that C3.ai investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Micron Technology (MU), Intel (INTC) and PayPal (PYPL).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
9/02/2026
Today
10/24/2026
AGM 2026
10/26/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
12/02/2026
Fiscal Year End
4/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Software
Sub-Industry
Application Software
Current Symbol
NYSE:AI
CIK
1577526
Fax
N/A
Employees
764
Year Founded
2009

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$16.00
Low Price Target
$6.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-22.7%
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
8.00
Cash Flow
N/A
Price / Cash Flow
N/A
Book Value
$4.42 per share
Price / Book
2.82

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
160,780,000
Free Float
128,946,000
Market Cap
$2.00 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
2.11

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This page (NYSE:AI) was last updated on 10/23/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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