Q3 Earnings Forecast for C3.ai Issued By Northland Capmk

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) – Northland Capmk cut their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for C3.ai in a report issued on Tuesday, December 10th. Northland Capmk analyst M. Latimore now forecasts that the company will post earnings of ($0.73) per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of ($0.63). The consensus estimate for C3.ai’s current full-year earnings is ($2.31) per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for C3.ai’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.77) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($2.51) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.56) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.54) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.52) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.53) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($2.14) EPS.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Northland Securities increased their price target on shares of C3.ai from $35.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 10th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $40.00 target price on shares of C3.ai in a report on Thursday, September 5th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on C3.ai from $21.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded C3.ai from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $28.00 price objective for the company. in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded C3.ai to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $35.55.

C3.ai Stock Performance

C3.ai stock opened at $39.46 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $5.01 billion, a P/E ratio of -17.86 and a beta of 2.00. C3.ai has a one year low of $18.85 and a one year high of $45.08. The business has a fifty day moving average of $30.39 and a two-hundred day moving average of $27.65.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Hitesh Lath sold 11,339 shares of the business’s 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 851 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $35,742. The trade was a 93.02 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, 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 sale, the director now directly owns 546,495 shares in the company, valued at $22,952,790. This represents a 18.62 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 33.54% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in AI. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in C3.ai by 8.8% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,216,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,728,000 after purchasing an additional 178,870 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of C3.ai by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,121,391 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,401,000 after buying an additional 38,185 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 12.3% during the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 844,389 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,460,000 after buying an additional 92,280 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in shares of C3.ai by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 771,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,344,000 after buying an additional 1,929 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates boosted its holdings in C3.ai by 11.5% in the second quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 201,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,829,000 after acquiring an additional 20,753 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 38.96% of the company’s stock.

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.