Investors Purchase Large Volume of Call Options on C3.ai (NYSE:AI)

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) saw some unusual options trading on Friday. Stock investors purchased 253,259 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 271% compared to the typical daily volume of 68,304 call options.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently commented on AI. Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $20.00 target price on shares of C3.ai in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of C3.ai in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Bank of America set a $10.00 target price on C3.ai in a report on Friday, January 30th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of C3.ai in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $16.00 price objective on shares of C3.ai in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $21.00.

Insider Transactions at C3.ai

In other news, CFO Hitesh Lath sold 15,042 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.38, for a total transaction of $216,303.96. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 223,120 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,208,465.60. The trade was a 6.32% 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 Stephen Bradley Ehikian sold 234,918 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $13.56, for a total transaction of $3,185,488.08. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 924,074 shares in the company, valued at $12,530,443.44. This trade represents a 20.27% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,884,304 shares of company stock worth $24,970,674. Company insiders own 26.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of C3.ai

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AI. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 5.9% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,813,233 shares of the company’s stock worth $69,129,000 after acquiring an additional 156,925 shares during the last quarter. Magnetar Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of C3.ai in the second quarter valued at $556,000. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. raised its position in shares of C3.ai by 1,481.6% in the second quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 502,173 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,338,000 after purchasing an additional 470,422 shares during the period. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of C3.ai during the 2nd quarter worth about $1,063,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 1,149.9% during the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 178,846 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,101,000 after buying an additional 164,537 shares during the period. 38.96% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

C3.ai News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting C3.ai this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New Vonage partnership positions C3.ai to embed agentic AI into telecom-enabled field operations, which could accelerate recurring revenue and customer scale. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage highlights how Vonage APIs will let C3.ai push AI agents into frontline services — a partner-led GTM that can lower sales cycles and broaden deployments. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary notes the partner strategy (Vonage telecom deal) as a way to scale agentic AI and drive more predictable, recurring revenue — a strategic shift investors may view favorably if adoption follows. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: C3.ai set its fiscal Q3 2026 results release for Feb 25; the report will be a catalyst for near-term direction given recent revenue declines and analyst EPS expectations. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Chairman Thomas Siebel disclosed a large sale (511,732 shares, ~$5.97M at ~$11.66) that cut his stake ~41% — an insider divestiture of this size often spooks investors and can weigh on the stock. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: A circulating “merger leak” story has generated volatility and headline risk; even unconfirmed merger rumors can drive rapid selling or speculative trading. Read More.

C3.ai Stock Up 3.8%

AI stock opened at $10.78 on Friday. C3.ai has a twelve month low of $9.99 and a twelve month high of $32.97. The company has a market cap of $1.52 billion, a P/E ratio of -3.81 and a beta of 1.98. The business has a fifty day moving average of $13.24 and a 200-day moving average of $15.86.

C3.ai (NYSE:AI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported ($0.25) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.33) by $0.08. The business had revenue of $75.15 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $74.86 million. C3.ai had a negative net margin of 108.06% and a negative return on equity of 46.51%. C3.ai’s revenue was down 20.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.06) earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that C3.ai will post -2.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About C3.ai

C3.ai, Inc is a leading enterprise software provider focused on delivering scalable artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to large organizations. The company’s core offering, the C3 AI Suite, is a comprehensive, model-driven platform that unifies data ingestion, model development, and application deployment. Through its suite of tools, C3.ai enables customers to accelerate digital transformation initiatives by applying advanced machine learning, predictive analytics, and AI-driven insights across a broad range of business functions.

The C3 AI Suite provides a low-code environment for data scientists and application developers to rapidly design, test, and deploy enterprise-scale AI applications.