Investors Buy High Volume of Call Options on C3.ai (NYSE:AI)

C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) was the target of unusually large options trading on Friday. Stock investors bought 253,259 call options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 271% compared to the typical daily volume of 68,304 call options.

C3.ai Stock Up 3.8%

AI opened at $10.78 on Friday. C3.ai has a 12-month low of $9.99 and a 12-month high of $32.97. The business has a 50 day moving average of $13.24 and a 200-day moving average of $15.92. The stock has a market cap of $1.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.81 and a beta of 1.98.

C3.ai (NYSE:AI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported ($0.25) earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.33) by $0.08. The business had revenue of $75.15 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $74.86 million. C3.ai had a negative return on equity of 46.51% and a negative net margin of 108.06%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 20.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.06) EPS. As a group, analysts expect that C3.ai will post -2.44 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at C3.ai

In other C3.ai news, Chairman Thomas M. Siebel sold 511,732 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.66, for a total transaction of $5,966,795.12. Following the sale, the chairman directly owned 722,362 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,422,740.92. This trade represents a 41.47% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Stephen Bradley Ehikian sold 234,918 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $13.56, for a total transaction of $3,185,488.08. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 924,074 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,530,443.44. This represents a 20.27% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,884,304 shares of company stock valued at $24,970,674. Company insiders own 26.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On C3.ai

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Silicon Valley Capital Partners bought a new position in C3.ai during the second quarter worth about $25,000. Larson Financial Group LLC grew its position in shares of C3.ai by 683.6% during the 3rd quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 1,481 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 1,292 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 66.1% during the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 2,141 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 852 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of C3.ai by 76.4% during the third quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,849 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 801 shares during the period. Finally, Comerica Bank raised its position in shares of C3.ai by 839.1% in the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 2,423 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 2,165 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 38.96% of the company’s stock.

Key C3.ai News

Here are the key news stories impacting C3.ai this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New Vonage partnership positions C3.ai to embed agentic AI into telecom-enabled field operations, which could accelerate recurring revenue and customer scale. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage highlights how Vonage APIs will let C3.ai push AI agents into frontline services — a partner-led GTM that can lower sales cycles and broaden deployments. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary notes the partner strategy (Vonage telecom deal) as a way to scale agentic AI and drive more predictable, recurring revenue — a strategic shift investors may view favorably if adoption follows. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: C3.ai set its fiscal Q3 2026 results release for Feb 25; the report will be a catalyst for near-term direction given recent revenue declines and analyst EPS expectations. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Chairman Thomas Siebel disclosed a large sale (511,732 shares, ~$5.97M at ~$11.66) that cut his stake ~41% — an insider divestiture of this size often spooks investors and can weigh on the stock. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: A circulating “merger leak” story has generated volatility and headline risk; even unconfirmed merger rumors can drive rapid selling or speculative trading. Read More.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on AI. Bank of America set a $10.00 price objective on C3.ai in a report on Friday, January 30th. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $20.00 price target on shares of C3.ai in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of C3.ai in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. DA Davidson reiterated an “underperform” rating and set a $13.00 price objective on shares of C3.ai in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $16.00 target price on shares of C3.ai in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and five have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $21.00.

C3.ai Company Profile

C3.ai, Inc is a leading enterprise software provider focused on delivering scalable artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to large organizations. The company’s core offering, the C3 AI Suite, is a comprehensive, model-driven platform that unifies data ingestion, model development, and application deployment. Through its suite of tools, C3.ai enables customers to accelerate digital transformation initiatives by applying advanced machine learning, predictive analytics, and AI-driven insights across a broad range of business functions.

The C3 AI Suite provides a low-code environment for data scientists and application developers to rapidly design, test, and deploy enterprise-scale AI applications.