C3.ai Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 AI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: AI ($22.35) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($41.97)

Significantly Below Fair Value: AI is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

AI key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue6.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA-6.7x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PS ratio for AI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average4.1x
INST Instructure Holdings
5.4x13.8%US$2.8b
IDCC InterDigital
4.6x-2.8%US$2.5b
RNG RingCentral
1.3x7.4%US$2.8b
QTWO Q2 Holdings
5.1x10.0%US$3.2b
AI C3.ai
9.2x17.1%US$2.7b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: AI is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (9.2x) compared to the peer average (4.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does AI's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.6%
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No. of CompaniesPS048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a15.6%
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: AI is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (9.2x) compared to the US Software industry average (4.4x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is AI'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.

AI PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio9.2x
Fair PS Ratio5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: AI is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (9.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (5x).


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 AI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$22.35
US$28.98
+29.6%
28.5%US$40.00US$15.00n/a12
Apr ’25US$26.40
US$28.98
+9.8%
28.5%US$40.00US$15.00n/a12
Mar ’25US$35.87
US$28.55
-20.4%
31.5%US$40.00US$15.00n/a11
Feb ’25US$24.95
US$26.67
+6.9%
32.8%US$40.00US$15.00n/a12
Jan ’25US$28.71
US$26.50
-7.7%
33.7%US$40.00US$15.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$30.89
US$27.25
-11.8%
36.0%US$42.00US$14.00n/a12
Nov ’24US$23.97
US$26.09
+8.8%
36.2%US$42.00US$14.00n/a11
Oct ’24US$25.52
US$26.09
+2.2%
36.2%US$42.00US$14.00n/a11
Sep ’24US$31.22
US$27.18
-12.9%
42.1%US$50.00US$14.00n/a11
Aug ’24US$44.37
US$27.18
-38.7%
42.1%US$50.00US$14.00n/a11
Jul ’24US$36.43
US$25.70
-29.5%
42.8%US$50.00US$14.00n/a10
Jun ’24US$34.72
US$25.70
-26.0%
42.8%US$50.00US$14.00n/a10
May ’24US$18.63
US$19.70
+5.7%
30.9%US$30.00US$12.00n/a10
Apr ’24US$33.57
US$20.33
-39.4%
30.0%US$30.00US$12.00US$26.409
Mar ’24US$20.73
US$15.44
-25.5%
36.0%US$30.00US$11.00US$35.879
Feb ’24US$21.68
US$13.63
-37.2%
16.4%US$19.00US$11.00US$24.958
Jan ’24US$11.19
US$13.63
+21.8%
16.4%US$19.00US$11.00US$28.718
Dec ’23US$13.26
US$15.38
+16.0%
24.5%US$25.00US$13.00US$30.898
Nov ’23US$12.92
US$15.38
+19.0%
24.5%US$25.00US$13.00US$23.978
Oct ’23US$12.50
US$15.63
+25.0%
23.9%US$25.00US$13.00US$25.528
Sep ’23US$14.52
US$16.28
+12.1%
22.6%US$25.00US$13.00US$31.229
Aug ’23US$18.71
US$18.06
-3.5%
23.8%US$28.00US$13.00US$44.379
Jul ’23US$19.15
US$17.72
-7.5%
24.9%US$28.00US$13.00US$36.439
Jun ’23US$18.55
US$26.56
+43.2%
47.0%US$59.00US$15.00US$34.729
May ’23US$16.99
US$28.67
+68.7%
39.8%US$59.00US$18.00US$18.639
Apr ’23US$23.02
US$28.67
+24.5%
39.8%US$59.00US$18.00US$33.579

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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