Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for C3.ai Q3 Earnings

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) – Wedbush reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for C3.ai in a report released on Tuesday, December 10th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.69) per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of ($0.60). Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $30.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for C3.ai’s current full-year earnings is ($2.31) per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for C3.ai’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.73) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($2.43) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.60) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.58) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.57) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.55) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($2.30) EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently issued reports on AI. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their target price on C3.ai from $23.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of C3.ai from $21.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Northland Securities boosted their price objective on C3.ai from $35.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. StockNews.com upgraded shares of C3.ai to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. Finally, JMP Securities lifted their price target on C3.ai from $40.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, C3.ai presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $35.55.

C3.ai Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of AI stock opened at $38.24 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $30.08 and its 200-day simple moving average is $27.54. C3.ai has a 12-month low of $18.85 and a 12-month high of $45.08. The company has a market cap of $4.86 billion, a PE ratio of -17.30 and a beta of 1.99.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Stephen M. Ward, Jr. sold 125,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $42.00, for a total transaction of $5,250,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 546,495 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,952,790. This represents a 18.62 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Hitesh Lath sold 11,339 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $42.00, for a total transaction of $476,238.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 851 shares in the company, valued at $35,742. This trade represents a 93.02 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 33.54% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On C3.ai

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC bought a new position in C3.ai during the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. Unique Wealth Strategies LLC acquired a new position in shares of C3.ai during the second quarter valued at $28,000. Blue Trust Inc. grew its position in shares of C3.ai by 148.9% during the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 615 shares during the last quarter. JTC Employer Solutions Trustee Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of C3.ai in the 3rd quarter worth about $25,000. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in C3.ai by 311.8% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,050 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 795 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 38.96% 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.