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C3.ai, Inc. (AI) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

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In the latest trading session, C3.ai, Inc. (AI - Free Report) closed at $49.70, marking a -0.04% move from the previous day. This change lagged the S&P 500's 0.22% gain on the day.

Heading into today, shares of the company had lost 2.34% over the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 2.07% and the S&P 500's gain of 1.86% in that time.

Investors will be hoping for strength from AI as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be September 1, 2021.

For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of -$1.12 per share and revenue of $244.75 million, which would represent changes of -24.44% and +33.59%, respectively, from the prior year.

Any recent changes to analyst estimates for AI should also be noted by investors. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant. AI is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

The Computers - IT Services industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 179, putting it in the bottom 30% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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