C3.ai Valuation

Is AINC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of AINC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate AINC's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate AINC's fair value for valuation analysis.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for AINC?

Key metric: As AINC is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for AINC. This is calculated by dividing AINC's market cap by their current revenue.
What is AINC's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio13.5x
SalesUS$346.54m
Market CapUS$4.69b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does AINC's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for AINC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average7.2x
CLBT Cellebrite DI
12.8x14.0%US$4.9b
BOX Box
4.3x6.5%US$4.6b
268 Kingdee International Software Group
5x14.1%HK$31.8b
IDCC InterDigital
6.7x-13.8%US$4.8b
AINC C3.ai
13.5x19.0%€4.7b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AINC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (13.5x) compared to the peer average (7.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does AINC's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Software Industry?

44 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AINC 13.5xIndustry Avg. 2.1xNo. of Companies49PS0246810+
44 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AINC is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (13.5x) compared to the European Software industry average (2.1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AINC's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

AINC PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio13.5x
Fair PS Ration/a

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate AINC's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst AINC forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€35.06
€34.87
-0.5%
34.3%€54.01€14.47n/a13
Dec ’25€36.17
€22.26
-38.4%
28.9%€36.82€13.81n/a12
Nov ’25€23.64
€22.26
-5.8%
28.9%€36.82€13.81n/a12
Oct ’25€20.89
€22.88
+9.5%
31.2%€36.02€13.51n/a13
Sep ’25n/a
€26.55
0%
26.3%€36.70€13.76n/a13
Aug ’25n/a
€26.55
0%
26.3%€36.70€13.76n/a13
Jul ’25n/a
€26.55
0%
26.3%€36.70€13.76n/a13
Jun ’25n/a
€27.04
0%
26.6%€36.87€13.83n/a12
May ’25n/a
€26.90
0%
27.4%€36.74€13.78n/a13
Apr ’25n/a
€26.90
0%
27.4%€36.74€13.78n/a13
Mar ’25n/a
€26.68
0%
30.1%€36.91€13.84n/a12
Feb ’25n/a
€24.54
0%
32.8%€36.81€13.80n/a12
Jan ’25n/a
€24.31
0%
33.7%€36.69€13.76n/a12
Dec ’24n/a
€24.97
0%
36.0%€38.49€12.83€36.1712
Nov ’24n/a
€24.39
0%
36.2%€39.27€13.09€23.6411
Oct ’24n/a
€24.39
0%
36.2%€39.27€13.09€20.8911
Sep ’24n/a
€24.59
0%
42.1%€45.24€12.67n/a11
Aug ’24n/a
€24.59
0%
42.1%€45.24€12.67n/a11
Jul ’24n/a
€23.60
0%
42.8%€45.91€12.85n/a10
Jun ’24n/a
€23.89
0%
42.8%€46.47€13.01n/a10
May ’24n/a
€17.84
0%
30.9%€27.17€10.87n/a10
Apr ’24n/a
€18.90
0%
30.0%€27.88€11.15n/a9
Mar ’24n/a
€14.31
0%
36.0%€27.79€10.19n/a9
Feb ’24n/a
€12.91
0%
16.4%€18.00€10.42n/a8
Jan ’24n/a
€12.91
0%
16.4%€18.00€10.42n/a8
Dec ’23n/a
€15.84
0%
24.5%€25.76€13.39n/a8

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 14:51
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/04/30

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Analyst Sources

C3.ai, Inc. is covered by 21 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Bradley SillsBofA Global Research
William Kingsley CraneCanaccord Genuity