C3.ai (AI) Stock Moves Higher After Earnings Despite 53% Revenue Decline

TLDR

• C3.ai stock rose 2.3% in premarket trading Thursday after beating Q4 fiscal 2026 earnings estimates
• Revenue came in at $51.6 million, down 53% year-over-year but above the $50.3 million analyst estimate
• Loss per share was $0.33, narrower than the expected $0.37 loss
• Full-year fiscal 2027 revenue guidance of $210M–$240M midpoint slightly above Wall Street’s $224.7M forecast
• The stock is down 21% year-to-date and 59% over the past 12 months

C3.ai stock climbed 2.3% to $10.96 in Thursday premarket trading after the company posted better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter results.

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The stock had closed Wednesday’s regular session down 4.2% at $10.71, before the earnings release after the bell.

C3.ai reported a loss of $0.33 per share for the quarter ended April 30. That was narrower than the Wall Street estimate of $0.37 per share, and wider than the $0.16 loss posted in the same quarter a year ago.

Revenue for the quarter came in at $51.6 million. That beat the analyst consensus of $50.3 million but represented a 53% drop from the prior year period.

The company brings in most of its revenue through subscription sales to large enterprises and government agencies.

Guidance Gives Investors Something to Work With

For the first quarter of fiscal 2027, C3.ai guided for revenue between $50 million and $54 million. The midpoint of $52 million comes in just above the consensus estimate of $51.7 million.

Full-year fiscal 2027 guidance was set at $210 million to $240 million. The midpoint of $225 million edges past Wall Street’s $224.7 million forecast, though it falls short of some higher estimates around $248.9 million.

The Bigger Picture for C3.ai

Investors have long questioned whether C3.ai can grow revenue while cutting costs enough to reach profitability. That tension hasn’t gone away.

The stock once traded in triple digits after its 2020 listing. It is now down 21% in 2026 alone, and off nearly 59% over the past 12 months.

C3.ai received zero positive EPS revisions and 14 negative revisions in the last 90 days, according to InvestingPro data.

InvestingPro also rates C3.ai’s financial health as “weak performance.”

The stock is up about 16.65% over the past three months, suggesting some recovery in sentiment heading into this earnings print.

Wednesday’s results, while showing a steep revenue decline, did enough on the guidance front to push the stock higher in early premarket trade.

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