C3.ai, Inc. (AI)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Redwood City, United States | NYSE
9.24 USD
-0.08
(-0.858%) ⇩
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 9.22 -0.02 (-0.020%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 8 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:16 p.m. EDT
C3.ai, Inc. (AI) is currently in a volatile and uncertain position, with mixed signals from the market and options activity. The recent price dip and negative fundamentals, including a negative profit margin and low forward EPS, suggest that the stock is not a strong candidate for short-term investment. Long-term investors should also be cautious, as the company's fundamentals are not strong enough to justify a long-term hold. The lack of dividend payouts further reduces its appeal for income-focused investors. Overall, the stock appears to be a high-risk investment with limited upside potential. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.256125 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.290087 |
| MSTL | 0.290743 |
| AutoETS | 0.292328 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 48% |
| H-stat | 4.91 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.089 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.03 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 8.374 |
| Revenue per Share | 2.239 |
| Market Cap | 1,342,490,752 |
| Forward P/E | -11.00 |
| Beta | 2.07 |
| Profit Margins | -141.35% |
| Website | https://www.c3.ai |
As of April 11, 2026, 3:16 p.m. EDT: The options data indicates a mix of speculation and volatility. The high IV spikes and significant OI walls around strikes like 8.5 and 9.0 suggest that traders are positioning for potential price movements, with a focus on the ATM anchor and surrounding strikes. The recent dip in price and the presence of major OI walls could indicate a potential short-term bounce or a continuation of the downward trend, depending on the overall market sentiment and the underlying fundamentals. However, the high volatility and mixed signals from options activity suggest caution.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.514836 |
| Address1 | 1,400 Seaport Boulevard |
| All Time High | 183.9 |
| All Time Low | 7.675 |
| Ask | 9.22 |
| Ask Size | 1,800 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.5 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 4,854,820 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 6,688,586 |
| Average Volume | 6,688,586 |
| Average Volume10Days | 4,854,820 |
| Beta | 2.07 |
| Bid | 9.21 |
| Bid Size | 1,600 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 4.99 |
| City | Redwood City |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 9.24 |
| Current Ratio | 6.581 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 9.725 |
| Day Low | 9.17 |
| Debt To Equity | 8.374 |
| Display Name | C3.ai |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,056,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,056,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,053,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,779,912,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,779,912,000 |
| Ebitda | -453,099,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | -1.4740199 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -1.723 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.54 |
| Enterprise Value | 780,817,920 |
| Eps Current Year | -1.39245 |
| Eps Forward | -0.83985 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -3.13 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 9.2892 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.049200058 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.0052964794 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -51.4836 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 30.24 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -21.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6944445 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 7.675 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.5649996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.20390874 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 7.675 - 30.24 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,607,524,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 135,184,765 |
| Forward Eps | -0.83985 |
| Forward P E | -11.001965 |
| Free Cashflow | 11,594,375 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 1,181 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.43452 |
| Gross Profits | 133,569,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.23409 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.589 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 145,291,222 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,020-12-09 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,745,971,200 |
| Long Business Summary | C3.ai, Inc. operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence application software company. The company offers C3 agentic AI platform, an application development and runtime environment that enables customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications; C3 AI CRM Suite, a customer relationship management solution; C3 Generative AI that enables to locate, retrieve, present information, disparate data stores, applications, and enterprise information systems; C3 AI Health Suite to accelerate healthcare innovation; and C3 AI Financial Services Suite. Its C3 AI Applications include C3 AI Asset Performance suite, which consists of C3 AI Reliability, C3 AI Process Optimization, and C3 AI Energy Management applications. The company's C3 AI Supply Chain Suite comprises C3 AI Supply Network Risk, C3 AI Inventory Optimization, C3 AI Demand Forecasting, C3 AI Production Schedule Optimization, and C3 AI Sourcing Optimization solutions; C3 AI Sustainability Suite includes C3 AI ESG and C3 AI Energy Management applications to decrease greenhouse gas emissions; and C3 AI Defense & Intelligence Suite. It provides C3 AI State and Local Government Suite that includes various applications, such as C3 Law Enforcement for state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies; C3 AI Residential Property Appraisal and C3 AI Commercial Property Appraisal for county property assessors and appraisers; and C3 Generative AI for Government Programs and C3 Generative AI for Constituent Services for federal, state, and local governments. It has strategic partnerships with Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, McKinsey & Company, Baker Hughes, Booz Allen, and others. The company has a strategic alliance with SMX Group, LLC for the development of mission critical AI in the secure environments. The company was formerly known as C3 IoT, Inc. and changed its name to C3.ai, Inc. in June 2019. C3.ai, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California. |
| Long Name | C3.ai, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,342,490,752 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_24249083 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,769,817,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -434,502,016 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,777,507,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,354,114,188 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 11 |
| Open | 9.63 |
| Operating Cashflow | -124,524,000 |
| Operating Margins | -2.63627 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 650 503 2200 |
| Post Market Change | -0.019999504 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.21644485 |
| Post Market Price | 9.22 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,400 |
| Previous Close | 9.32 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -6.6357856 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.8517034 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 4.3673716 |
| Profit Margins | -1.4135201 |
| Quick Ratio | 6.268 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.5 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0799999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.858368 |
| Regular Market Day High | 9.725 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 9.17 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 9.17 - 9.725 |
| Regular Market Open | 9.63 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 9.32 |
| Regular Market Price | 9.24 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 5,128,684 |
| Return On Assets | -0.29877 |
| Return On Equity | -0.55012 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.461 |
| Revenue Per Share | 2.239 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 141,791,230 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.2907 |
| Shares Short | 42,240,293 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 42,583,720 |
| Short Name | C3.ai, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.318 |
| Short Ratio | 7.48 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | AI |
| Target High Price | 17.0 |
| Target Low Price | 6.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 8.81818 |
| Target Median Price | 7.0 |
| Total Cash | 621,923,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 4.281 |
| Total Debt | 60,250,000 |
| Total Revenue | 307,391,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -3.13 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 15.53895 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -6.29895 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.40536523 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 5,128,684 |
| Website | https://www.c3.ai |
| Zip | 94,063 |