Equities Analysts Set Expectations for C3.ai Q3 Earnings

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) – Equities researchers at KeyCorp issued their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for C3.ai in a report released on Thursday, December 19th. KeyCorp analyst E. Heath expects that the company will earn ($0.64) per share for the quarter. KeyCorp has a “Underweight” rating and a $29.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for C3.ai’s current full-year earnings is ($2.31) per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for C3.ai’s Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.59) EPS.

AI has been the subject of several other research reports. Bank of America cut their price objective on C3.ai from $24.00 to $20.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 5th. StockNews.com raised shares of C3.ai to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of C3.ai in a research report on Thursday, September 5th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of C3.ai in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. Finally, Northland Securities raised their price objective on C3.ai from $35.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $35.00.

C3.ai Stock Up 0.7 %

Shares of AI opened at $35.71 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $31.93 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $28.09. C3.ai has a twelve month low of $18.85 and a twelve month high of $45.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.61 billion, a P/E ratio of -16.16 and a beta of 2.00.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On C3.ai

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of C3.ai by 8.8% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,216,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,728,000 after purchasing an additional 178,870 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in C3.ai by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,121,391 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,401,000 after acquiring an additional 38,185 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in C3.ai by 12.3% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 844,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,460,000 after purchasing an additional 92,280 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in shares of C3.ai by 0.3% during the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 771,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,344,000 after purchasing an additional 1,929 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates grew its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 11.5% in the second quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 201,262 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,829,000 after purchasing an additional 20,753 shares during the last quarter. 38.96% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Stephen M. Ward, Jr. sold 125,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $42.00, for a total value of $5,250,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 546,495 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $22,952,790. This trade represents a 18.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Hitesh Lath sold 3,949 shares of C3.ai stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $42.36, for a total transaction of $167,279.64. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 851 shares in the company, valued at approximately $36,048.36. This trade represents a 82.27 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 644,988 shares of company stock valued at $27,597,453 over the last three months. Insiders own 33.54% of the company’s stock.

About C3.ai

C3.ai, Inc operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software company in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company provides C3 AI platform, an application development and runtime environment that enables customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications; C3 AI Ex Machina for analysis-ready data; C3 AI CRM, an industry specific customer relationship management solution; and C3 Generative AI Product Suite that enables to locate, retrieve, and present information.