The stock price of C3.ai Inc (NYSE: AI) has plunged by -0.04 when compared to previous closing price of 22.59, but the company has seen a 17.54% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-04-28 that The latest trading day saw C3.ai, Inc. (AI) settling at $22.58, representing a -0.04% change from its previous close.
Is It Worth Investing in C3.ai Inc (NYSE: AI) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.97. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 6 as “hold,” and 4 as “sell.”
The public float for AI is 116.76M, and at present, short sellers hold a 18.60% of that float. On April 29, 2025, the average trading volume of AI was 4.43M shares.
AI’s Market Performance
AI stock saw an increase of 17.54% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 0.22% and a quarterly increase of -27.49%. The volatility ratio for the week is 5.02%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 6.91% for C3.ai Inc (AI). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 10.53% for AI stock, with a simple moving average of -17.88% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AI
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AI stocks, with KeyBanc Capital Markets repeating the rating for AI by listing it as a “Underweight.” The predicted price for AI in the upcoming period, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets is $29 based on the research report published on December 19, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
JP Morgan, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AI reach a price target of $28. The rating they have provided for AI stocks is “Underweight” according to the report published on December 11th, 2024.
Northland Capital gave a rating of “Outperform” to AI, setting the target price at $35 in the report published on May 30th of the previous year.
AI Trading at -0.18% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AI to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -49.91% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.91%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 5.02%, as shares surge +3.53% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -31.39% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AI rose by +17.54%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -24.63% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $20.43. In addition, C3.ai Inc saw -34.42% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AI starting from SIEBEL THOMAS M, who sale 356,418 shares at the price of $20.19 back on Apr 14 ’25. After this action, SIEBEL THOMAS M now owns 241,768 shares of C3.ai Inc, valued at $7,195,902 using the latest closing price.
SIEBEL THOMAS M, the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of C3.ai Inc, sale 228,201 shares at $19.92 during a trade that took place back on Apr 15 ’25, which means that SIEBEL THOMAS M is holding 13,567 shares at $4,545,764 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AI
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.87 for the present operating margin
- 0.6 for the gross margin
The net margin for C3.ai Inc stands at -0.77. The total capital return value is set at -0.35. Equity return is now at value -32.07, with -26.61 for asset returns.
Based on C3.ai Inc (AI), the company’s capital structure generated 0.01 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -6.98.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -305.62 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.4. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.62. The receivables turnover for the company is 2.03for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.35. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 6.74.
Conclusion
To sum up, C3.ai Inc (AI) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
