C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) Receives Average Recommendation of “Reduce” from Analysts

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Reduce” from the fifteen ratings firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation, one has given a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $15.9333.

AI has been the subject of several research reports. Wolfe Research reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $6.00 target price on shares of C3.ai in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Citizens Jmp downgraded C3.ai from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on C3.ai from $10.00 to $7.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. UBS Group reissued a “reduce” rating on shares of C3.ai in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their target price on shares of C3.ai from $7.00 to $8.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday.

Key C3.ai News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Unusually heavy call-option buying on C3.ai suggests traders are positioning for a further upside move, which can support the stock.
• Positive Sentiment: Some analysts remain constructive, with Wedbush reaffirming an outperform rating and a $15 target, while Canaccord raised its target to $8, signaling at least limited confidence in the shares.
• Positive Sentiment: Broader AI enthusiasm is helping sentiment, as recent commentary argues the current AI rally is more rational than the dot-com bubble and tied to real demand.
• Neutral Sentiment: Tom Siebel’s return as CEO has kept C3.ai in the spotlight, but the management change is still being digested by investors.
• Negative Sentiment: Recent preliminary Q4 FY26 results showed revenue roughly in line with guidance and narrowing losses, but bookings missed expectations and the company is undergoing restructuring, which pressured shares.
• Negative Sentiment: DA Davidson reiterated an underperform rating with a $7 price target, reinforcing concerns about valuation and execution risk after the latest earnings update.
• Negative Sentiment: Some sector weakness also weighed on software names as higher Treasury yields and renewed geopolitical tension hit the group.

Insider Buying and Selling at C3.ai

In other C3.ai news, Chairman Thomas M. Siebel sold 326,189 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, April 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.31, for a total transaction of $2,710,630.59. Following the completion of the transaction, the chairman directly owned 722,362 shares in the company, valued at $6,002,828.22. This represents a 31.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Stephen Bradley Ehikian sold 52,194 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.22, for a total value of $429,034.68. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 721,485 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,930,606.70. This represents a 6.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,111,051 shares of company stock worth $9,547,130. 26.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of C3.ai

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AI. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 267.9% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 181,354 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,788,000 after buying an additional 132,056 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 48.7% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,442 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP bought a new position in shares of C3.ai in the first quarter valued at about $346,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 4.6% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 242,784 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,111,000 after buying an additional 10,675 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth raised its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 2.6% in the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 59,004 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,242,000 after buying an additional 1,503 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 38.96% of the company’s stock.

C3.ai Price Performance

AI stock opened at $9.02 on Friday. C3.ai has a 52-week low of $7.68 and a 52-week high of $30.24. The company has a 50-day moving average of $8.86 and a two-hundred day moving average of $11.81. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.86 and a beta of 2.00.

C3.ai (NYSE:AI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported ($0.40) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.29) by ($0.11). C3.ai had a negative return on equity of 55.40% and a negative net margin of 141.35%.The company had revenue of $53.26 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $75.91 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted ($0.12) EPS. The company’s revenue was down 46.1% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts expect that C3.ai will post -3.22 EPS 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.