KeyCorp Weighs in on C3.ai’s Q3 Earnings (NYSE:AI)

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) – Equities researchers at KeyCorp issued their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for shares of C3.ai in a research note issued on Thursday, December 19th. KeyCorp analyst E. Heath anticipates 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.

A number of other research analysts also recently commented on the stock. StockNews.com raised shares of C3.ai to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Wedbush decreased their target price on C3.ai from $40.00 to $30.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded C3.ai from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $28.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Bank of America cut their price target on C3.ai from $24.00 to $20.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 5th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on shares of C3.ai from $23.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. 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 given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, C3.ai has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $35.00.

C3.ai Stock Up 2.5 %

Shares of NYSE AI opened at $36.34 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $4.69 billion, a PE ratio of -16.44 and a beta of 2.00. C3.ai has a twelve month low of $18.85 and a twelve month high of $45.08. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $31.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $28.05.

Insider Buying and Selling at C3.ai

In other news, Director Jim H. Snabe sold 499,700 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $43.05, for a total value of $21,512,085.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 10,000 shares in the company, valued at approximately $430,500. This represents a 98.04 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Hitesh Lath sold 3,949 shares of the company’s 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 851 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $36,048.36. The trade was a 82.27 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 644,988 shares of company stock valued at $27,597,453 over the last 90 days. 33.54% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of AI. 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 worth $53,728,000 after acquiring an additional 178,870 shares during the period. Hodges Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in C3.ai during the third quarter worth $1,955,000. State Street Corp raised its position in C3.ai by 1.8% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,121,391 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,401,000 after acquiring an additional 38,185 shares in the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its holdings in C3.ai by 21.3% in the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 52,182 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,265,000 after acquiring an additional 9,160 shares during the period. Finally, Holocene Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of C3.ai by 98.4% during the 3rd quarter. Holocene Advisors LP now owns 75,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,836,000 after purchasing an additional 37,594 shares in the last quarter. 38.96% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

C3.ai Company Profile

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.