Company Overview
C3.ai, Inc. operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence application software company. The company offers C3 agentic AI platform, an application development and runtime environment that enables customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications; C3 AI CRM Suite, a customer relationship management solution; C3 Generative AI that enables to locate, retrieve, present information, disparate data stores, applications, and enterprise information systems; C3 AI Health Suite to accelerate healthcare innovation; and C3 AI Financial Services Suite. Its C3 AI Applications include C3 AI Asset Performance suite, which consists of C3 AI Reliability, C3 AI Process Optimization, and C3 AI Energy Management applications. The company's C3 AI Supply Chain Suite comprises C3 AI Supply Network Risk, C3 AI Inventory Optimization, C3 AI Demand Forecasting, C3 AI Production Schedule Optimization, and C3 AI Sourcing Optimization solutions; C3 AI Sustainability Suite includes C3 AI ESG and C3 AI Energy Management applications to decrease greenhouse gas emissions; and C3 AI Defense & Intelligence Suite. It provides C3 AI State and Local Government Suite that includes various applications, such as C3 Law Enforcement for state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies; C3 AI Residential Property Appraisal and C3 AI Commercial Property Appraisal for county property assessors and appraisers; and C3 Generative AI for Government Programs and C3 Generative AI for Constituent Services for federal, state, and local governments. It has strategic partnerships with Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, McKinsey & Company, Baker Hughes, Booz Allen, and others. The company has a strategic alliance with SMX Group, LLC for the development of mission critical AI in the secure environments. The company was formerly known as C3 IoT, Inc. and changed its name to C3.ai, Inc. in June 2019. C3.ai, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
Why Investors Should Care
Revenue has grown at a 15.5% CAGR over the past five years.
Carries low leverage with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.
Recent Developments
- Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue -52.5%.
- 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 15.5%, profit CAGR -16.8%.
Growth & Price Performance
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 15.46% |
| 1 Year: | -52.50% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | -16.77% |
| 1 Year: | - |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -65.86% |
| 6 Months: | -34.74% |
| 3 Months: | +8.03% |
| 1 Month: | -18.81% |
Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.
C3.ai enterprise AI applications and generative AI for industrial use cases.
- C3 AI agentic platform C3.ai offers an enterprise AI application-development and runtime platform plus a library of pre-built AI applications for energy, defense, manufacturing and financial services.
- C3 Generative AI An enterprise GenAI product that retrieves and synthesises information across disparate corporate data stores and systems.
- Partner go-to-market Distribution partnerships (notably with hyperscalers) aim to scale enterprise AI adoption.
- A rare listed pure-play on enterprise AI applications.
- High-risk: revenue declined sharply recently (~-53%) and the company is deeply loss-making (ROE ~-63%).
- Consumption-pricing transition and partner deals are the key swing factors.
- Speculative — valuation depends on a successful return to growth and a path to profitability.
Curated from public filings and analyst commentary; figures are illustrative.
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PROS
- Compounding revenue at 15.5% over 5 years.
CONS
- Earnings shrank at -16.8% CAGR over 5 years.
- Trading 68.6% below its 52-week high.
- In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
Valuation
Growth (CAGR)
Profitability & Returns
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Ownership
Financial Snapshot
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI C3.ai, Inc. R2KAI | 9.15 | -2.73 | $1.30B | 0.00% | -36.29% | -63.05% | 15.46% | -16.77% |
| 2 | NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXAI | 211.80 | 32.43 | $5.13T | 0.49% | 74.66% | 114.29% | 24.64% | 32.12% |
| 3 | AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPX | 314.86 | 38.07 | $4.62T | 0.37% | 68.72% | 141.47% | 1.81% | 3.92% |
| 4 | MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXAI | 384.93 | 22.91 | $2.86T | 0.93% | 26.90% | 34.01% | 9.48% | 10.85% |
| 5 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AI | 420.39 | 36.18 | $2.18T | 0.90% | 30.20% | 36.21% | 18.94% | 19.57% |
| 6 | AVGO Broadcom Inc. NDXSPXAI | 389.11 | 64.85 | $1.85T | 0.68% | 16.70% | 37.28% | 24.38% | 26.24% |
| 7 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 983.12 | 46.37 | $1.11T | 0.06% | 13.69% | 39.82% | 13.68% | 26.02% |
| 8 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 548.13 | 181.50 | $893.78B | 0.00% | 6.33% | 8.06% | 13.64% | 48.64% |
| 9 | ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAI | 1,775.64 | 59.55 | $684.36B | 0.47% | 42.97% | 52.24% | 15.55% | 19.55% |
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Jan 2020 | Jul 2020 | Oct 2020 | Jan 2021 | Jul 2021 | Oct 2021 | Jan 2022 | Jul 2022 | Oct 2022 | Jan 2023 | Jul 2023 | Oct 2023 | Jan 2024 | Jul 2024 | Oct 2024 | Jan 2025 | Apr 2025 | Jul 2025 | Oct 2025 | Jan 2026 | Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 41.28M | 40.48M | 41.34M | 49.11M | 52.41M | 58.26M | 69.77M | 65.31M | 62.41M | 66.67M | 72.36M | 73.23M | 78.40M | 87.21M | 94.34M | 98.78M | 108.72M | 70.26M | 75.15M | 53.26M | - |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40.44M | 41.21M | 43.82M | 44.77M | 44.02M | - |
| Gross Profit | 30.35M | 29.98M | 31.26M | 36.88M | 39.38M | 42.29M | 52.42M | 46.90M | 41.66M | 44.40M | 40.55M | 41.11M | 45.29M | 52.17M | 57.84M | 58.35M | 67.51M | 26.44M | 30.38M | 9.23M | - |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 145.93M | 156.47M | 151.26M | 142.49M | 149.64M | - |
| Operating Income | -10.43M | -3.33M | -14.52M | -18.50M | -36.52M | -55.68M | -47.41M | -73.21M | -71.97M | -72.04M | -74.09M | -79.40M | -82.55M | -72.59M | -75.29M | -87.58M | -88.97M | -124.82M | -112.11M | -140.41M | - |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -84.46M | -85.57M | -121.40M | -108.71M | -137.01M | - |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -79.86M | -79.59M | -116.47M | -104.43M | -133.19M | - |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 336.00K | 111.00K | 300.00K | 237.00K | 174.00K | - |
| Net Income | -9.80M | 150.00K | -14.94M | -16.85M | -37.46M | -56.74M | -39.45M | -71.87M | -68.85M | -63.16M | -64.36M | -69.78M | -72.63M | -62.83M | -65.97M | -80.20M | -79.70M | -116.77M | -104.67M | -133.36M | - |
| Diluted EPS | - | - | - | - | -0.37 | -0.55 | -0.38 | -0.67 | -0.63 | -0.57 | -0.56 | -0.59 | -0.60 | -0.50 | -0.52 | - | -0.60 | -0.86 | -0.75 | -0.94 | -0.79 |
| R&D Expense | 12.33M | 13.26M | 16.13M | 18.75M | 26.71M | 36.52M | 40.93M | 55.88M | 50.05M | 55.05M | 50.87M | 50.40M | 49.48M | 52.93M | 55.72M | 59.36M | - | 64.65M | 58.35M | 58.82M | - |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Apr 2019 | Apr 2020 | Apr 2021 | Apr 2022 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2024 | Apr 2025 | Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 91.61M | 156.67M | 183.22M | 252.76M | 266.80M | 310.58M | 389.06M | - |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | 63.71M | 86.34M | 132.02M | 153.19M | - |
| Gross Profit | 61.22M | 117.88M | 138.70M | 189.05M | 180.46M | 178.56M | 235.86M | - |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | 385.17M | 470.95M | 496.90M | 560.29M | - |
| Operating Income | -36.04M | -71.50M | -60.26M | -196.12M | -290.49M | -318.34M | -324.42M | - |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | -190.93M | -284.40M | -305.62M | -311.82M | - |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | -191.28M | -268.16M | -278.90M | -287.73M | - |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | 789.00K | 675.00K | 792.00K | 976.00K | - |
| Net Income | -33.35M | -69.38M | -55.70M | -192.06M | -268.84M | -279.70M | -288.70M | - |
| Diluted EPS | - | - | - | - | -2.45 | -2.34 | -2.24 | -3.35 |
| R&D Expense | 37.32M | 64.55M | 68.86M | 150.54M | 210.66M | 201.37M | 226.39M | - |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Apr 2018 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2020 | Apr 2021 | Apr 2022 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2024 | Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 305.11M | 1.20B | 1.17B | 1.10B | 1.04B | 1.03B |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | 1.06B | 888.88M | 904.39M | 904.25M |
| Cash & Equivalents | - | 98.61M | 33.10M | 115.36M | 339.53M | 284.83M | 167.15M | 164.36M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | 80.27M | 134.59M | 130.06M | 137.23M |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | 93.80M | 135.30M | 181.41M | 173.36M | 164.87M | 187.58M |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 81.04M | 124.48M | 150.17M | 136.04M | 102.33M | 131.88M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | 3.61M | 2.34M | 3.23M | 4.79M |
| Total Equity | -139.83M | -165.43M | -182.70M | 1.06B | 989.48M | 929.66M | 873.35M | 838.30M |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | 106.23M | 113.94M | 123.71M | 133.94M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Apr 2019 | Apr 2020 | Apr 2021 | Apr 2022 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2024 | Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | -34.88M | -61.28M | -37.55M | -86.46M | -115.69M | -62.36M | -41.41M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -96.23M | -124.07M | -767.15M | 317.01M | 59.95M | -66.61M | 16.40M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 54.47M | 119.85M | 887.36M | 5.71M | 621.00K | 11.29M | 22.22M |
| Capital Expenditure | -6.81M | -2.30M | -1.63M | -4.29M | -71.52M | -28.01M | -3.04M |
| Free Cash Flow | -41.69M | -63.58M | -39.18M | -90.75M | -187.21M | -90.37M | -44.45M |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | 236.26M | -55.12M | -117.68M | -2.79M |
| Share Buybacks | - | 0 | 0 | 15.00M | 0 | 0 | - |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Apr 2019 | Apr 2020 | Apr 2021 | Apr 2022 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2024 | Apr 2025 | Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | 66.8% | 75.2% | 75.7% | 74.8% | 67.6% | 57.5% | 60.6% | - |
| Operating Margin % | -39.3% | -45.6% | -32.9% | -77.6% | -108.9% | -102.5% | -83.4% | - |
| Net Margin % | -36.4% | -44.3% | -30.4% | -76.0% | -100.8% | -90.1% | -74.2% | - |
| ROE % | 20.2% | 38.0% | -5.2% | -19.4% | -28.9% | -32.0% | -34.4% | - |
| ROCE % | - | -31.9% | -5.6% | -19.2% | -30.0% | -34.0% | -36.3% | - |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 8.03% | 12.21M | $109.89M |
| 2 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 5.62% | 8.54M | $76.92M |
| 3 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 3.84% | 5.84M | $52.58M |
| 4 | Morgan Stanley | 3.77% | 5.73M | $51.55M |
| 5 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 2.53% | 3.84M | $34.59M |
| 6 | Bank of America Corporation | 2.16% | 3.28M | $29.55M |
| 7 | State Street Corporation | 2.07% | 3.15M | $28.36M |
| 8 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1.93% | 2.93M | $26.34M |
| 9 | Millennium Management Llc | 1.87% | 2.85M | $25.65M |
| 10 | Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 1.55% | 2.36M | $21.22M |
Analyst View
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What is the current share price of C3.ai, Inc. (AI)?
As of 2026-07-14 21:23 PDT, C3.ai, Inc. (AI) trades at $9.15 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $7.76 to $29.16.
What is the market capitalisation of AI?
C3.ai, Inc. (AI) has a market capitalisation of $1.30B on NYSE.
What is the P/E ratio of AI?
AI trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -2.73. The industry average P/E is 36.02. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 2.18.
What is the return on equity (ROE) of AI?
AI has a return on equity (ROE) of -63.05%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is -36.29%.
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