C3.ai, Inc. (AI)

NYSE: AI · Services-Prepackaged Software · Redwood City, CA · filing with the SEC since 2013

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Grade2.6

◀ Past 3.8● Present 2.7▶ Future 1.9

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The grade of C3.ai, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

2.6/10

◀ Past3.825% of the headline

● Present2.735% of the headline

▶ Future1.940% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.8/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed

7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 230 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

C3.ai, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

2.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+15.4% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 0 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 29th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

C3.ai, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $92 million in fiscal 2019 to $250 million in fiscal 2026, up 15.4% a year; it rose in 6 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 36% from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026; net income was positive in 0 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span15.4%bottom 41% of its family
the share of years revenue rosebottom 40% of its family
the share of filed years with a profitbottom 17% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak35.7%bottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate

2.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 2.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 26th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 26% of 216 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read: Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned: one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 216 in its family.
Confidence: 35 of 100
What would change it: A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: C3.ai, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 2.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 26% of 216 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

2.7/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed

3.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -72%: lost 72¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 20%: owes 20¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 35th percentile among 217 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-04-30, C3.ai, Inc. lost about 72 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 9 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 20 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 8.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 14% of its family
return on equitybottom 14% of its family
gross profit against assetsbottom 11% of its family
the share count against the year beforebottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

2.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 23% of 218 in its family; net margin -187.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 218 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

C3.ai, Inc.'s standing among 218 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $250 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 41% by size; a net margin of -187.9% ranks in the bottom 10%; revenue growth of -2.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 19% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$250Mbottom 41% of its family
net margin-187.9%bottom 10% of its family
three-year revenue growth-2.1%bottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed

1.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 14% of 139 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 14th percentile among 139 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

C3.ai, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Siebel, Thomas M (CEO and Chairman of the Board, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-05-19, 6 months (bottom 9% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.2 years (bottom 14%); 13 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 20%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge13 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 20% of its family
the median years the people in charge have filed3.2 yearsbottom 14% of its family
the chief executive's years on the record6 monthsbottom 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

1.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 40% of 216 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 216 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

C3.ai, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $79 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 9.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 42% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -76.8% of revenue (bottom 13%); a gross margin of 30.9% (bottom 12%); research spending of 91.5% of revenue (top 7%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets9.6%bottom 42% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-76.8%bottom 13% of its family
gross margin30.9%bottom 12% of its family
research spending against revenue91.5%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

1.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 16% of 213 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 16th percentile among 213 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

C3.ai, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew -2.1% a year over the last three filed years against 15.4% over all 8, slowing (bottom 21% of its family); the newest year grew -35.7% (bottom 4%); research spending grew 2.8% a year (bottom 38%); capital spending grew -70% a year (bottom 3%) (its annual reports). C3.ai, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2026: License and Service at $227 million (91%), Engineering Services at $18 million (7%), Service Fees at $5 million (2%); 0 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-17.5 points a yearbottom 21% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth-35.7%bottom 4% of its family
three-year growth of research spending2.8%bottom 38% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending-70.0%bottom 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

0.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 8% of 194 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 194 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

C3.ai, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $250 million in fiscal 2026 came in 46.7% below the $470 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 4% of its family); net income of $470 million against a prior three-year average of $279 million (bottom 13%); a net margin of a loss larger than its revenue against -88.3% before (bottom 7%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-46.7%bottom 4% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-69%bottom 13% of its family
net margin against its prior average-99.6 pointsbottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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