Q3 Earnings Estimate for C3.ai Issued By Wedbush (NYSE:AI)

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) – Analysts at Wedbush cut their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of C3.ai in a research report issued on Tuesday, December 10th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now expects that the company will earn ($0.69) per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of ($0.60). Wedbush 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.

AI has been the topic of several other reports. StockNews.com raised C3.ai to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Northland Securities upped their price target on C3.ai from $35.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Bank of America reduced their price objective on C3.ai from $24.00 to $20.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, September 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of C3.ai from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $28.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Piper Sandler Companies reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $24.00 price target on shares of C3.ai in a research note on Thursday, September 5th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus 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 stock has a market cap of $5.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -17.91 and a beta of 2.00. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $30.08 and its 200-day moving average price is $27.54. C3.ai has a 52 week low of $18.85 and a 52 week high of $45.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On C3.ai

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its position in C3.ai by 2.1% in the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 21,447 shares of the company’s stock worth $621,000 after buying an additional 432 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in C3.ai by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 14,078 shares of the company’s stock valued at $341,000 after purchasing an additional 457 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its position in C3.ai by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 11,165 shares of the company’s stock worth $323,000 after purchasing an additional 462 shares during the period. Forum Financial Management LP lifted its stake in C3.ai by 4.4% in the second quarter. Forum Financial Management LP now owns 12,893 shares of the company’s stock worth $373,000 after purchasing an additional 539 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rhumbline Advisers grew its stake in shares of C3.ai by 0.5% during the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 125,344 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,630,000 after buying an additional 572 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 38.96% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Stephen M. Ward, Jr. sold 125,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 owns 546,495 shares in the company, valued at $22,952,790. This trade represents a 18.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Hitesh Lath sold 11,339 shares of C3.ai 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 directly owns 851 shares in the company, valued at approximately $35,742. The trade was 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.

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.