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AIC3.ai, Inc. — stock analysis & sentiment

NYSETechnologySoftware - Infrastructure
$11.34

Last analyzed · v2

Sentiment-7·neutral

C3.ai, Inc. (AI) last closed at $11.34, in the lower half of its 52-week range of $7.68–$19.80. Composite market sentiment across 2 analyses is neutral (-7 on a −100 to +100 scale), as of Oct 9, 2026.

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What changed

Since the previous analysis (v1) on Aug 16, 2026.

Price
+14.20%

AI rose to $11.34, from $9.93 at the previous analysis.

Sentiment▲ +10
-7

Composite sentiment climbed from -17 to -7, turning neutral from negative.

News flow
37 new

37 headlines since the last analysis — 5 positive, 12 negative, 20 neutral.

Forward P/E-8.19%
-23.8

Forward P/E fell -8.19%, from -22 to -23.8.

The written analysis on this page was refreshed for v2.

What the data says

An overview of the public data behind AI.

At $11.34, the stock sits in the lower third of a 52-week range that runs from $7.675 to $19.80 — roughly 43% below the high and about 48% above the low. A band that wide, with the top more than two and a half times the bottom, describes a stock that has covered a lot of ground in a year rather than settling into a narrow channel, and the current price is well under the midpoint of that span.

The market is valuing the business at about $1.8 billion, or roughly 2.6 times book value. There is no positive earnings figure to price against: the forward P/E is negative at about -23.8, and the profit margin of roughly -192% means losses currently exceed revenue, which itself contracted about 26% over the period measured. No dividend is paid. A beta near 2.1 indicates the shares have historically moved about twice as much as the broad market in either direction, so the wide 52-week range is consistent with that sensitivity rather than separate from it.

Recent coverage splits between the company and its neighborhood. Company-specific items include the first-quarter report at the start of September — a loss alongside revenue above estimates — follow-up pieces examining the quarter's key metrics against expectations, a note that CEO Thomas Siebel sold over 444,000 shares worth about $4.8 million following a 40% decline in the stock, and a piece on the stock's elevated retail attention. The rest is sector context rather than news about this business: comparisons with UiPath on revenue trends, and articles on other AI and automation names including Innodata, BigBear.ai, and Serve Robotics. The flow is therefore anchored by one earnings event and one insider transaction, with much of the surrounding commentary driven by the wider enterprise-AI group.

Written from public market data. Research, not financial advice — the thesis, signals and risk levels are in the full report.

Price chart

AI daily price history.

Market sentiment

A composite of the public market data in this analysis, from −100 (bearish) to +100 (bullish).

BearishBullish
-7
neutral

This gauge blends news tone, analyst views, insider and congressional activity, and price momentum into a single score. The full report breaks down each driver and pairs it with the thesis.

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Key stats

A public snapshot of commonly used market and valuation measures.

52-week range$11.34
$7.68$19.80
Current price $11.34 sits 30% of the way between the 52-week low of $7.68 and high of $19.80.

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About C3.ai, Inc.

C3.ai builds enterprise artificial intelligence software. Its core offering is a platform for developing, deploying, and running AI applications, along with tools such as an integrated development environment for engineers, data scientists, and analysts; a portfolio of prebuilt applications aimed at specific industries; and a set of generative and agentic applications that retrieve data, surface insights, and coordinate workflows. More recent tooling extends this toward automatically generating the components of a production application, including data pipelines, models, business logic, security controls, and user interfaces. The company sells to customers in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, and works through partnerships with cloud providers including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud, as well as with McKinsey & Company and Baker Hughes. Incorporated in 2009 and originally named C3 IoT, it adopted the C3.ai name in 2019 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

Latest news

Recent headlines related to AI, with vendor tone.

AI — frequently asked questions

Answered from the public data on this page.

What is the current market sentiment for AI?

As of Oct 9, 2026, C3.ai, Inc. (AI) carries neutral (-7 on a −100 to +100 scale) composite sentiment. The score fuses recent news tone, analyst recommendations, technical posture, insider and congressional activity, and market attention into a single figure. The full breakdown of each component is in the report.

How has AI stock been performing?

C3.ai, Inc. last closed at $11.34, in the lower half of its 52-week range of $7.68–$19.80.

What is AI's market cap and valuation?

C3.ai, Inc. has a market capitalization of about $1.82B, a dividend yield of 0.00%.

What sector is AI in, and who are its competitors?

C3.ai, Inc. operates in the Technology sector, specifically Software - Infrastructure. Comparable companies include PRCH, NN, KEEL, AMPL, BL.

Where can I find a full analysis of AI?

The full AI report covers the bull and bear cases, technical signals with entry, stop and target levels, complete financial statements, earnings history, insider and congressional trades, and the conditions that would invalidate the thesis. It requires a free account.

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