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C3.ai, Inc. (AI) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: Here's Why

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C3.ai, Inc. (AI - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $15.31, demonstrating a -4.79% change from the preceding day's closing price. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.21%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 1.18%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 0.25%.

Shares of the company witnessed a loss of 16.99% over the previous month, trailing the performance of the Computer and Technology sector with its gain of 6.68%, and the S&P 500's gain of 4.36%.

Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of C3.ai, Inc. in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to go public on December 3, 2025. On that day, C3.ai, Inc. is projected to report earnings of -$0.33 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 450%. Meanwhile, the latest consensus estimate predicts the revenue to be $75.14 million, indicating a 20.35% decrease compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

In terms of the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates predict earnings of -$1.33 per share and a revenue of $299.06 million, indicating changes of -224.39% and -23.13%, respectively, from the former year.

Investors should also pay attention to any latest changes in analyst estimates for C3.ai, Inc. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the 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.

The Zacks Rank system, spanning from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), boasts an impressive track record of outperformance, audited externally, with #1 ranked stocks yielding an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has remained steady. Currently, C3.ai, Inc. is carrying a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

The Computers - IT Services industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. Currently, this industry holds a Zacks Industry Rank of 70, positioning it in the top 29% 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.

Be sure to use Zacks.com to monitor all these stock-influencing metrics, and more, throughout the forthcoming trading sessions.


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