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C3.ai (AI) Competitors

$40.01
-3.94 (-8.96%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$38.01
$42.14
50-Day Range
$17.24
$43.85
52-Week Range
$10.16
$44.02
Volume
72.01 million shs
Average Volume
22.65 million shs
Market Capitalization
$4.49 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$20.00

AI vs. QLYS, CVLT, PRGS, NEWR, APPF, TDC, ASAN, WK, TENB, and GTLB

Should you be buying C3.ai stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C3.ai include Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS), New Relic (NEWR), AppFolio (APPF), Teradata (TDC), Asana (ASAN), Workiva (WK), Tenable (TENB), and GitLab (GTLB). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

C3.ai vs.

C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, C3.ai had 40 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for C3.ai and 7 mentions for Qualys. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat C3.ai's score of 0.38 indicating that Qualys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
C3.ai
9 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Qualys
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

C3.ai has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

C3.ai currently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential downside of 48.29%. Qualys has a consensus target price of $138.73, indicating a potential upside of 11.30%. Given Qualys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Qualys is more favorable than C3.ai.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
C3.ai
3 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.90
Qualys
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Qualys received 134 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.91% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote while only 52.92% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
C3.aiOutperform Votes
363
52.92%
Underperform Votes
323
47.08%
QualysOutperform Votes
497
60.91%
Underperform Votes
319
39.09%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
C3.ai$252.76 million17.17-$192.07 million-$2.42-15.98
Qualys$489.72 million9.39$107.99 million$2.8943.13

Qualys has a net margin of 22.03% compared to C3.ai's net margin of -98.35%. Qualys' return on equity of 34.13% beat C3.ai's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
C3.ai -98.35% -27.12% -23.30%
Qualys 22.03% 34.13% 15.34%

42.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of Qualys shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.1% of C3.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Qualys shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Qualys beats C3.ai on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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.aiPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.49B$18.08B$14.81B$14.25B
Dividend YieldN/A1.97%4.62%4.06%
P/E Ratio-16.5338.51326.1818.30
Price / Sales17.766.63859.659.08
Price / CashN/A62.9326.2223.16
Price / Book4.3028.4117.249.09
Net Income-$192.07M$270.08M$526.84M$896.31M
7 Day Performance43.66%3.02%1.06%-1.01%
1 Month Performance124.52%8.13%4.09%-2.90%
1 Year Performance111.47%-5.04%-4.98%-10.42%

C3.ai Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QLYS
Qualys
1.5533 of 5 stars
$122.91
-3.1%
$138.73
+12.9%
-11.1%$4.54B$489.72M42.531,062Analyst Report
CVLT
Commvault Systems
1.8011 of 5 stars
$69.40
-0.1%
$71.20
+2.6%
+11.4%$3.05B$784.59M-85.682,779Short Interest ↑
PRGS
Progress Software
2.0752 of 5 stars
$60.00
+0.0%
$60.20
+0.3%
+24.1%$2.60B$602.01M26.912,071
NEWR
New Relic
2.1054 of 5 stars
$69.79
-3.5%
$81.13
+16.3%
+43.4%$4.90B$925.63M-26.142,663Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
APPF
AppFolio
1.7954 of 5 stars
$140.49
-1.6%
$134.00
-4.6%
+30.2%$4.99B$471.88M-55.531,785Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TDC
Teradata
2.2039 of 5 stars
$47.33
+1.1%
$47.44
+0.2%
+23.4%$4.79B$1.80B131.487,000Positive News
ASAN
Asana
1.4237 of 5 stars
$22.14
+4.2%
$21.84
-1.3%
-2.9%$4.75B$547.21M-10.851,782Upcoming Earnings
WK
Workiva
1.5599 of 5 stars
$97.08
+2.8%
$100.67
+3.7%
+31.5%$5.18B$537.88M-43.532,447
TENB
Tenable
2.1452 of 5 stars
$39.49
+1.0%
$48.40
+22.6%
-24.9%$4.53B$683.19M-47.581,900
GTLB
GitLab
1.4052 of 5 stars
$35.75
+3.2%
$54.35
+52.0%
-16.7%$5.43B$424.34M-30.562,170Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
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