Wedbush Has Negative Estimate for C3.ai Q3 Earnings

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) – Wedbush lowered their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for C3.ai in a research note 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 has a “Outperform” rating and a $30.00 price objective 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.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of C3.ai from $24.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. StockNews.com raised shares of C3.ai to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on C3.ai from $20.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on C3.ai from $23.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut C3.ai from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $28.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Wednesday. Four 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 stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $35.55.

C3.ai Price Performance

Shares of NYSE AI opened at $39.46 on Friday. C3.ai has a 1-year low of $18.85 and a 1-year high of $45.08. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $30.39 and a 200 day moving average price of $27.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.01 billion, a P/E ratio of -17.86 and a beta of 2.00.

Insider Transactions at C3.ai

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

Institutional Trading of C3.ai

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 92,280 shares during the period. PDT Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of C3.ai in the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,624,000. Global Assets Advisory LLC acquired a new position in C3.ai in the 3rd quarter worth about $743,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC purchased a new position in C3.ai during the third quarter worth approximately $785,000. Finally, Intech Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in C3.ai in the third quarter valued at approximately $859,000. 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.