AI · NYSE
C3.ai, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · United States
- Market cap (USD)
- US$1.68B
- Trailing P/E
- —
- Forward P/E
- —
- Quarterly revenue growth
- -25.5%
- Trailing net margin
- -192.1%
- Indicated dividend yield
- —
Snapshot 2026-09-20 · Latest financial period 2026-07-31 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Company background
C3.ai, Inc. operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence application software company in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It offers C3 agentic AI platform, an application development and runtime environment that enables customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications; C3 AI Studio, an integrated development environment in the C3 Agentic AI Platform that enables engineers, data scientists, and business analysts to design, build, test, and deploy AI applications; C3 AI Applications, a portfolio of industry-specific enterprise AI applications that enables the digital transformation of organizations globally; and C3 Generative AI, a library of agentic AI applications to retrieve data, analyze information, surface insights, and orchestrate workflows. The company also provides C3 Code, a solution that enables users to build, configure, and deploy a complete and production-grade Enterprise AI applications automatically, including data pipelines, AI models, business logic, security controls, and user interfaces. It has strategic partnerships with Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, McKinsey & Company, and Baker Hughes. 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.
Company websiteQ4 FY2026
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| Metric | AIC3.ai, Inc.Snapshot 2026-09-20Financial period: 2026-07-31 |
|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$1.68B |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | — |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | — |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | -25.5% |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | -186.3% |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | 0.9% |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | — |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | 0.09x |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | — |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 2.41x |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | 4.71x |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | — |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 29.1% |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | -192.1% |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | -59.8% |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 6.8% |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | — |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 0.0% |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 6.16x |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 2.09 |
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