Cetera Investment Advisers Has $1.98 Million Stake in C3.ai, Inc. $AI

Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE:AI) by 21.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 80,565 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,250 shares during the quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers owned 0.06% of C3.ai worth $1,979,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Liontrust Investment Partners LLP grew its stake in C3.ai by 203.2% in the first quarter. Liontrust Investment Partners LLP now owns 144,288 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,037,000 after acquiring an additional 96,695 shares during the period. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. bought a new position in shares of C3.ai in the 1st quarter worth $668,000. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in C3.ai by 5.9% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,813,233 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,129,000 after purchasing an additional 156,925 shares during the period. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise acquired a new stake in C3.ai in the 1st quarter valued at $390,000. Finally, 111 Capital bought a new stake in C3.ai during the 2nd quarter valued at $714,000. 38.96% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, Chairman Thomas M. Siebel sold 543,706 shares of C3.ai stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.24, for a total transaction of $8,286,079.44. Following the sale, the chairman directly owned 1,437,174 shares in the company, valued at $21,902,531.76. The trade was a 27.45% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Hitesh Lath sold 46,881 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $16.99, for a total transaction of $796,508.19. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 209,154 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,553,526.46. The trade was a 18.31% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 2,318,679 shares of company stock valued at $39,674,373 in the last ninety days. 26.50% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

C3.ai Stock Up 1.6%

C3.ai stock opened at $14.39 on Friday. C3.ai, Inc. has a 52 week low of $12.59 and a 52 week high of $45.08. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $16.74 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $20.41. The stock has a market cap of $1.98 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.53 and a beta of 1.96.

C3.ai (NYSE:AI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, September 3rd. The company reported ($0.86) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.21) by ($0.65). The business had revenue of $70.26 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $104.02 million. C3.ai had a negative net margin of 92.08% and a negative return on equity of 40.69%. The business’s revenue was down 19.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted ($0.05) earnings per share. C3.ai has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that C3.ai, Inc. will post -2.44 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have weighed in on AI shares. DA Davidson reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and issued a $13.00 price objective (down from $25.00) on shares of C3.ai in a research note on Monday, August 11th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of C3.ai from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, August 16th. Northland Securities lowered C3.ai from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $17.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Tuesday, August 12th. Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their price objective on C3.ai from $28.00 to $16.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of C3.ai in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and five have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $22.09.

C3.ai Profile

C3.ai, Inc operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software company in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company provides C3 AI platform, an application development and runtime environment that enables customers to design, develop, and deploy enterprise AI applications; C3 AI Ex Machina for analysis-ready data; C3 AI CRM, an industry specific customer relationship management solution; and C3 Generative AI Product Suite that enables to locate, retrieve, and present information.