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AI vs. AMZN, BKR, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT, NVDA, PLTR, SOUN, CVLT, and QLYS

Should you be buying C3.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C3.ai include Amazon.com (AMZN), Baker Hughes (BKR), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), NVIDIA (NVDA), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), SoundHound AI (SOUN), CommVault Systems (CVLT), and Qualys (QLYS).

C3.ai vs. Its Competitors

C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

C3.ai presently has a consensus price target of $29.38, suggesting a potential upside of 11.26%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $246.41, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than C3.ai.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
C3.ai
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.98

39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.5% of C3.ai shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.14% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -74.21%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 24.14% beat C3.ai's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
C3.ai-74.21% -33.51% -27.48%
Amazon.com 10.14%24.14%10.90%

C3.ai has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 269 more articles in the media than C3.ai. MarketBeat recorded 276 mentions for Amazon.com and 7 mentions for C3.ai. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat C3.ai's score of 0.62 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
C3.ai
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
166 Very Positive mention(s)
44 Positive mention(s)
37 Neutral mention(s)
21 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
C3.ai$389.06M9.12-$288.70M-$2.24-11.79
Amazon.com$637.96B3.65$59.25B$6.1435.73

Summary

Amazon.com beats C3.ai on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AI vs. The Competition

MetricC3.aiIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.55B$17.62B$27.32B$20.45B
Dividend YieldN/A1.47%3.12%3.72%
P/E Ratio-11.7940.5537.0927.80
Price / Sales9.1212.491,952.1949.81
Price / CashN/A26.7234.7718.22
Price / Book4.225.137.184.58
Net Income-$288.70M$434.10M$763.56M$982.91M
7 Day Performance7.49%2.18%2.13%1.31%
1 Month Performance1.85%0.63%5.72%4.85%
1 Year Performance-11.64%28.28%52,367.21%14.09%

C3.ai Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AI
C3.ai
3.7544 of 5 stars
$26.41
+3.0%
$29.38
+11.3%
-14.4%$3.55B$389.06M-11.791,181
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7392 of 5 stars
$223.29
-0.1%
$245.60
+10.0%
+11.7%$2.37T$650.31B36.371,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
BKR
Baker Hughes
4.6663 of 5 stars
$39.02
-1.6%
$48.50
+24.3%
+14.2%$38.68B$27.83B13.3357,000
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8903 of 5 stars
$177.20
-1.9%
$206.38
+16.5%
-7.5%$2.15T$350.02B19.76190,200Trending News
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.2375 of 5 stars
$176.25
-1.8%
$199.95
+13.4%
-7.2%$2.14T$350.02B19.65183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MSFT
Microsoft
4.6793 of 5 stars
$496.81
-0.4%
$524.71
+5.6%
+6.5%$3.69T$245.12B38.39228,000Trending News
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.8857 of 5 stars
$158.34
-0.6%
$176.47
+11.5%
+25.8%$3.87T$148.52B51.1136,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
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PLTR
Palantir Technologies
2.5775 of 5 stars
$138.03
+2.7%
$89.32
-35.3%
+410.9%$325.94B$2.87B600.513,936Trending News
SOUN
SoundHound AI
0.5388 of 5 stars
$11.37
+2.5%
$10.50
-7.6%
+171.6%$4.56B$84.69M-20.65200Trending News
Gap Up
CVLT
CommVault Systems
4.5077 of 5 stars
$172.54
-1.2%
$182.86
+6.0%
+39.6%$7.69B$995.62M102.173,300Positive News
QLYS
Qualys
2.0982 of 5 stars
$147.69
-1.6%
$137.50
-6.9%
+1.1%$5.36B$607.57M30.162,400Positive News
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This page (NYSE:AI) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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