Wedbush Issues Pessimistic Estimate for C3.ai Earnings

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) – Wedbush reduced their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of C3.ai in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, December 10th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now forecasts that the company will earn ($0.69) per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate 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.

AI has been the topic of several other research reports. Bank of America dropped their price objective on shares of C3.ai from $24.00 to $20.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 5th. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on C3.ai from $24.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Northland Securities increased their price target on C3.ai from $35.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded shares of C3.ai from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $28.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price target on shares of C3.ai in a research report on Thursday, September 5th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, C3.ai presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $35.55.

C3.ai Stock Up 0.2 %

AI opened at $38.24 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $4.86 billion, a PE ratio of -17.30 and a beta of 1.99. The company has a fifty day moving average of $30.08 and a 200-day moving average of $27.54. C3.ai has a twelve month low of $18.85 and a twelve month high of $45.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On C3.ai

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in AI. JTC Employer Solutions Trustee Ltd bought a new stake in shares of C3.ai during the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Blue Trust Inc. increased its stake in C3.ai by 148.9% in the 2nd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 615 shares in the last quarter. Unique Wealth Strategies LLC purchased a new position in C3.ai in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of C3.ai in the second quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 311.8% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,050 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 795 shares during the last quarter. 38.96% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at C3.ai

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 transaction, the director now directly owns 546,495 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $22,952,790. This trade represents a 18.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Hitesh Lath sold 11,339 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $42.00, for a total value of $476,238.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 851 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $35,742. This represents a 93.02 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 33.54% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About C3.ai

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.