C3.ai Inc (NYSE:AI) has a beta value of 1.99 and has seen 4.26 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $4.62B, closed the last trade at $35.82 per share which meant it lost -$1.11 on the day or -3.01% during that session. The AI stock price is -25.85% off its 52-week high price of $45.08 and 47.38% above the 52-week low of $18.85. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 5.2 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 7.00 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that C3.ai Inc (AI) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.20. 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 11 have rated it as a Hold, with 5 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
C3.ai Inc (NYSE:AI) trade information
Sporting -3.01% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the AI stock price touched $35.82 or saw a rise of 7.15%. Year-to-date, C3.ai Inc shares have moved 4.04%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 1.50%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of C3.ai Inc (NYSE:AI) have changed -4.45%. Short interest in the company has seen 22.77 million shares shorted with days to cover at 7.99.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $29.5, which means that the shares’ value could drop -21.42% from current levels. The projected low price target is $24.0 while the price target rests at a high of $35.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is 2.29% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 33.0% from current levels.
C3.ai Inc (AI) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that C3.ai Inc shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 21.67% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -34.04%, compared to 14.80% for the industry.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -46.24% over the past 5 years.
AI Dividends
C3.ai Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in February this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
C3.ai Inc (NYSE:AI)’s Major holders
Insiders own 9.00% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 49.93% with a share float percentage of 54.86%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with C3.ai Inc having a total of 428.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 11.52 million shares worth more than $333.73 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 9.6544% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 7.47 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $216.42 million and represent 6.2607% of shares outstanding.
