C3 AI INC CLASS A (AI)
Information Technology · Enterprise AI Software · NYSE
C3 AI provides a platform for enterprises to build, deploy, and manage custom AI applications and autonomous agents at scale across cloud and on-premises environments.
What C3 AI INC CLASS A does
C3 AI is an enterprise AI application software company that provides a comprehensive platform for developing, deploying, and operating large-scale AI applications. Its technology, built on a patented model-driven architecture, includes the C3 Agentic AI Platform, industry-specific AI applications, and a library of generative AI tools that allow organizations to orchestrate autonomous agents and extract actionable insights from enterprise data.
Recent developments
In the fiscal first quarter 2027, the company reported bookings growth of 73% quarter-over-quarter and achieved positive free cash flow of $2.1 million. Management indicated that a turnaround plan involving sales restructuring, expense control, and leadership changes is on track.
From C3 AI INC CLASS A's filing of 2026-09-09.
Themes: enterprise AI software, generative AI, agentic AI orchestration, AI infrastructure, SaaS
Fundamentals
- Price$11.34 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$1.8B as of 2026-08-31 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-40.7% 2025-10-08 close $19.13 → 2026-10-08 close $11.34
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-187.9% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+30.9% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- ROE-71.9% FY2026, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)-35.7% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-2.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.97 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-09-02 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How AI compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 10% 380 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating marginbottom 10% 375 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross marginbottom 25% 311 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitybottom 10% 370 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 385 covered Information Technology peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 10% 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2026
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How C3 AI INC CLASS A looks technically
C3 AI INC CLASS A (AI) is trading 10.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 4 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 24 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-06-01, pushing above its recent trading range. It is 43.9% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 8% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
9
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 10.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +10.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $10.43 | $10.43 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $10.23 | $10.23 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 10.2. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 4 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 4 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 10.8% above | +10.8% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 24 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 24.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 62.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($10.20 to $11.47) — its "stochastic" reading is 90 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 89.8 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $20.22 | $20.22 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 43.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -43.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 47.8% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +47.8% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 43.9% below its highest point of the past year | 43.9% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day high, its first since 2026-06-01, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it just made a new 55-day high, its first since 2026-06-01, pushing above its recent trading range | 1 session |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $307.00 (set on 2005-07-12) | $307.00 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($7.76 to $19.66), and it has recovered roughly a third of its fall from last year’s high — 30% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $15.11 to $15.49. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 30.1% |
| From the all-time high | it is 96.3% below its all-time high | -96.3% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a resistance level at $11.37 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-06-15, most recently on 2026-09-14. Since 2024-10-08 it has 6 such levels below the current price and 12 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.20 (set on 2008-12-02) | $1.20 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 845.0% above its all-time low | +845.0% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 8% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 8th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.4672 between its high and its low — about 4.1% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.4672 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $10.28 and $11.42 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $10.28 – $10.85 – $11.42 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.1% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.1% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.4 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (10.8% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.4 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.87× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 2 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 2 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.5% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.5% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.4% above the previous close 29 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 9.7 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.4% |
| Gap filled | a 2.5% gap down opened on 2026-09-08 has been "filled" 22 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 22 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 6.9 percentage points (the stock gained 7.9% while the market gained 1.0%) | +6.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 24.2 percentage points (the stock gained 28.0% while the market gained 3.8%) | +24.2% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 11.9 percentage points (the stock gained 29.3% while the market gained 17.5%) | +11.8% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 55.7 percentage points (the stock lost 40.7% while the market gained 15.0%) | -55.7% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day high, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: near the top of its 14-day range (overbought) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 14% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 5.0% of the share price. | +13.6% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 12% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $10.17 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 191 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +11.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 5% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-09-02 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $10.76 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 26 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +5.3% |
Channel up, bullish — forming · entry $11.59 · 73 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
AI last closed at $11.34 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 6 prices below its last close and 12 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $11.37 | Resistance | 0.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-15 to 2026-09-14 |
| $9.96 | Support | 12.2% below the last close | turned there five times · 2026-02-05 to 2026-09-08 |
| $9.55 | Support | 15.8% below the last close | turned there four times · 2026-03-05 to 2026-08-26 |
| $8.60 | Support | 24.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-26 to 2026-07-09 |
| $14.75 | Resistance | 30.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-11 to 2025-09-04 |
| $16.34 | Resistance | 44.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-20 to 2025-12-10 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $10.20.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $11.52 and $12.33 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close below $10.20.
This reading has stood for 3 trading days, since 2026-10-06.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Recent golden cross (50-day crossed above 200-day) · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke out to a new 20-day high · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingUnderperform (3.69 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 10 analysts
- Mean price target$8.30 range $6.00 – $12.00; median $7.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-08. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for AI
- Consensus EPS estimate-$0.2125 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-08
- Estimate change, 30 days+$0.00107 from -$0.2136, on 2026-09-07, 31-day window
- Readings revised upward22% of 9 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["History of net losses and potential inability to achieve future profitability.","Dependency on a limited number of large customers and risks associated with contract renewals/usage fluctuations.","Execution risks related to sales force restructuring and management discipline."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of AI's 10-Q filed 2026-09-09 against the prior one filed 2026-03-11.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (filed 2026-09-09) states net losses of approximately $92.8 million and $116.8 million for the three months ended July 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
- Newer filing (filed 2026-09-09) states an accumulated deficit of $1.9 billion as of July 31, 2026.
- Newer filing (filed 2026-09-09) describes the decline in revenue as experienced "in the fiscal year 2026 as compared to the prior fiscal year."
- Newer filing (filed 2026-09-09) refers to "Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chairman's unanticipated health limitations" instead of solely the Executive Chairman's health limitations.
- Removed:
- Older filing (filed 2026-03-11) stated net losses of approximately $133.4 million and $80.2 million for the three months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $354.8 million and $209.0 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
- Older filing (filed 2026-03-11) stated an accumulated deficit of $1.7 billion as of January 31, 2026.
- Older filing (filed 2026-03-11) contained the sentence: "Our results of operations may be negatively impacted by our Executive Chairman's inability to engage in some key business initiatives of the Company." This sentence does not appear in the newer filing.
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (filed 2026-09-09) changed "we anticipate our operating expenses will continue to increase in the future" to "we anticipate our operating expenses will increase in the future."
- Newer filing (filed 2026-09-09) changed "We will also face increased compliance costs" to "We also face increased compliance costs."
- Newer filing (filed 2026-09-09) changed "in the first three quarters for the fiscal year 2026 as compared to one year prior" to "in the fiscal year 2026 as compared to the prior fiscal year."
- Newer filing (filed 2026-09-09) changed "our Executive Chairman's unanticipated health limitations" to "our Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chairman's unanticipated health limitations."
- Notes:
- The provided extracts appear to be from the risk factors portion of the filing, not the traditional MD&A section despite the heading; the comparison is limited to the provided text.
- The newer text appears truncated at the end ("If we are not able to attract new customers, it will have an adverse effec"); the older text also ends abruptly at a parallel point, limiting full comparison of subsequent text.
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 11 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 4 sells ($5M) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 11 sells ($16M) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 23 sells ($32M) — 3 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-16. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about AI's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding AI as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 27,958,247
- Reported value $254,140,469
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
AI had 42,395,077 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for AI because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 42,395,077
- Prior settlement (shares) 46,699,653
- Reported change -9.22%
- Days to cover (reported) 6.93
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
- Microsoft (MSFT)
- Google (GOOGL)
- Amazon Web Services (AMZN)
- DataRobot
- Snowflake (SNOW)
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Frequently asked questions
What does C3 AI INC CLASS A (AI) do?
C3 AI is an enterprise AI application software company that provides a comprehensive platform for developing, deploying, and operating large-scale AI applications. Its technology, built on a patented model-driven architecture, includes the C3 Agentic AI Platform, industry-specific AI applications, and a library of generative AI tools that allow organizations to orchestrate autonomous agents and extract actionable insights from enterprise data.
What sector is C3 AI INC CLASS A (AI) in?
C3 AI INC CLASS A (AI) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Enterprise AI Software. It trades on NYSE.
Who are C3 AI INC CLASS A's (AI) competitors?
Notable peers of C3 AI INC CLASS A (AI) include Palantir Technologies, Microsoft, Google, Amazon Web Services and DataRobot. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is C3 AI INC CLASS A (AI) overbought or oversold right now?
C3 AI INC CLASS A (AI) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 62, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on AI come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.