C3.ai, Inc. (AI) Stock Analysis
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Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $11.02: Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.5/10. Specifically: High short interest: 37%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
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... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $11.02: Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.5/10. Specifically: High short interest: 37%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 66. Score 3.5/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 87d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-14Recent Developments — C3.ai, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Consumer Tech News (June 1-3): AI Demand Surge Prompts Big Earnings Beat, AI Can Steal Jobs & More — benzinga Jun 7, 2026 positive
- NEWS White House Says U.S. AI Technologies Shall Neither Be Developed Nor Used By The National Security Enterprise To Censor — benzinga Jun 5, 2026 neutral
- NEWS President Trump Says Meeting Scheduled With AI Companies Soon; They Are Coming To White House, Maybe Next Week — benzinga Jun 5, 2026 positive
- NEWS C3.ai: Restructuring Seems Largely In Rearview Mirror, Founder Returns As CEO — benzinga Jun 4, 2026 positive
- NEWS Morgan Stanley Maintains Underweight on C3.ai, Raises Price Target to $7 — benzinga Jun 4, 2026 negative
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Rating Breakdown
6 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -187.9%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Volatile — 7.5% daily ATR makes tight stops impractical. Position-size conservatively.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Negative sentiment — recent news tone and/or analyst downgrades drag the composite below neutral.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $11.02: Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.5/10. Specifically: High short interest: 37%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 66. Prior stop was $10.14. Score 3.5/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $11.58 (+6.2% upside). Prior stop was $10.14. Stop-loss: $10.14.
Target reached (-29.6% upside); Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0).
C3.ai, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -24.2). TrendMatrix value score: 4.2/10. Verdict: Sell.
22 analysts cover AI with a consensus score of 2.4/5. Average price target: $9.
What does C3.ai, Inc. do?C3.ai, Inc. operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence application software company. The company offers C3...
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.