C3.ai, Inc.

LSE:0A5W Stock Report

Market Cap: US$4.3b

C3.ai Valuation

Is 0A5W 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 0A5W when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate 0A5W's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate 0A5W's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 0A5W?

Key metric: As 0A5W is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for 0A5W. This is calculated by dividing 0A5W's market cap by their current revenue.
What is 0A5W's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio12.1x
SalesUS$346.54m
Market CapUS$4.30b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does 0A5W's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for 0A5W vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average4.8x
SGE Sage Group
5.4x8.0%UK£12.7b
BYIT Bytes Technology Group
4.9x10.5%UK£1.0b
GBG GB Group
3x6.8%UK£849.6m
ALFA Alfa Financial Software Holdings
6x9.6%UK£606.5m
0A5W C3.ai
12.1x19.0%US$4.3b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: 0A5W is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (12.1x) compared to the peer average (4.8x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does 0A5W's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the GB Software Industry?

11 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
RM. RM
0.5xn/aUS$112.86m
SWG Shearwater Group
0.4xn/aUS$10.48m
MBO MobilityOne
0.009xn/aUS$2.66m
CCS Crossword Cybersecurity
0.5xn/aUS$2.46m
0A5W 12.1xIndustry Avg. 2.3xNo. of Companies12PS0246810+
11 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: 0A5W is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (12.1x) compared to the UK Software industry average (2.3x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 0A5W'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.

0A5W PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio12.1x
Fair PS Ratio8.1x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: 0A5W is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (12.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (8.1x).

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 0A5W forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$31.83
US$36.15
+13.6%
34.3%US$56.00US$15.00n/a13
Jan ’26US$34.73
US$36.15
+4.1%
34.3%US$56.00US$15.00n/a13
Dec ’25US$37.18
US$24.19
-34.9%
28.9%US$40.00US$15.00n/a12
Nov ’25US$25.33
US$24.19
-4.5%
28.9%US$40.00US$15.00n/a12
Oct ’25US$22.65
US$25.40
+12.2%
31.2%US$40.00US$15.00n/a13
Sep ’25US$23.23
US$28.94
+24.6%
26.3%US$40.00US$15.00n/a13
Aug ’25US$25.81
US$28.94
+12.1%
26.3%US$40.00US$15.00n/a13
Jul ’25US$28.88
US$28.94
+0.2%
26.3%US$40.00US$15.00n/a13
Jun ’25US$29.11
US$29.33
+0.8%
26.6%US$40.00US$15.00n/a12
May ’25US$22.78
US$29.28
+28.6%
27.4%US$40.00US$15.00n/a13
Apr ’25US$27.21
US$29.28
+7.6%
27.4%US$40.00US$15.00n/a13
Mar ’25US$35.53
US$28.92
-18.6%
30.1%US$40.00US$15.00n/a12
Feb ’25US$24.91
US$26.67
+7.1%
32.8%US$40.00US$15.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$29.09
US$26.50
-8.9%
33.7%US$40.00US$15.00US$34.7312
Dec ’24US$30.87
US$27.25
-11.7%
36.0%US$42.00US$14.00US$37.1812
Nov ’24US$23.72
US$26.09
+10.0%
36.2%US$42.00US$14.00US$25.3311
Oct ’24US$25.32
US$26.09
+3.1%
36.2%US$42.00US$14.00US$22.6511
Sep ’24US$31.13
US$27.18
-12.7%
42.1%US$50.00US$14.00US$23.2311
Aug ’24US$44.55
US$27.18
-39.0%
42.1%US$50.00US$14.00US$25.8111
Jul ’24US$36.67
US$25.70
-29.9%
42.8%US$50.00US$14.00US$28.8810
Jun ’24US$34.76
US$25.70
-26.1%
42.8%US$50.00US$14.00US$29.1110
May ’24US$17.70
US$19.70
+11.3%
30.9%US$30.00US$12.00US$22.7810
Apr ’24US$32.56
US$20.33
-37.6%
30.0%US$30.00US$12.00US$27.219
Mar ’24US$20.50
US$15.44
-24.7%
36.0%US$30.00US$11.00US$35.539
Feb ’24US$20.74
US$13.63
-34.3%
16.4%US$19.00US$11.00US$24.918
Jan ’24US$10.90
US$13.63
+25.0%
16.4%US$19.00US$11.00US$29.098
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 13 Analysts
US$35.37
Fair Value
10.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
13
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/10 05:36
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/10 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/04/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

C3.ai, Inc. is covered by 20 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