Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for C3.ai Q3 Earnings

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) – Equities researchers at Wedbush reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of C3.ai in a research report issued on Tuesday, December 10th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now anticipates that the company will earn ($0.69) per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of ($0.60). Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $30.00 target price 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.

A number of other research firms have also commented on AI. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on C3.ai from $21.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Tuesday. Northland Securities raised their target price on C3.ai from $35.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. JMP Securities upped their price target on C3.ai from $40.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Piper Sandler Companies restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $24.00 price objective on shares of C3.ai in a research report on Thursday, September 5th. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their price objective on shares of C3.ai from $20.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, C3.ai currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $35.55.

C3.ai Stock Up 3.2 %

NYSE AI opened at $39.46 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $30.08 and its 200-day moving average is $27.54. C3.ai has a 12-month low of $18.85 and a 12-month high of $45.08. The firm has a market cap of $5.01 billion, a P/E ratio of -17.91 and a beta of 2.00.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On C3.ai

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of C3.ai in the second quarter worth about $29,000. Unique Wealth Strategies LLC purchased a new position in shares of C3.ai during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in C3.ai by 148.9% in the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 615 shares during the period. JTC Employer Solutions Trustee Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of C3.ai in the 3rd quarter worth about $25,000. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in shares of C3.ai by 311.8% during the second 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 in the last quarter. 38.96% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at C3.ai

In other C3.ai news, CFO Hitesh Lath sold 11,339 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $42.00, for a total transaction of $476,238.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 851 shares in the company, valued at $35,742. This represents a 93.02 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Stephen M. Ward, Jr. sold 125,000 shares of C3.ai 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 completion of the transaction, the director now owns 546,495 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,952,790. This represents a 18.62 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 33.54% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.