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C3.ai (AI) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect


Adam Hejl /
2022/03/01 7:00 am EST

Artificial intelligence (AI) software company C3.ai (NYSE:AI) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after market hours. Here's what to expect.

Last quarter C3.ai reported revenues of $58.2 million, up 40.9% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 2.3%. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with an exceptional revenue growth but a decline in gross margin.

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This quarter analysts are expecting C3.ai's revenue to grow 36.7% year on year to $67.1 million, improving on the 18.9% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss is expected to come in at -$0.26 per share.

C3.ai Total Revenue

Majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last thirty days, suggesting they are expecting the business to stay the course heading into the earnings. The company has a history of exceeding Wall St's expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time since going public on average by 2.92%.

Looking at C3.ai's peers in the data and analytics software segment, some of them have already reported Q3 earnings results, giving us a hint of what we can expect. Confluent (NASDAQ:CFLT) delivered top-line growth of 70.5% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 9.22% and DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) reported revenues up 36.7% year on year, exceeding estimates by 0.53%. Confluent traded down 8.4 % on the results, DigitalOcean was down 14.7%. Read our full analysis of Confluent's results here and DigitalOcean's results here.

Tech stocks have been under pressure since the end of last year and while some of the software stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share price declining 4.55% over the last month. C3.ai is down 16% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $51.4, compared to share price of $22.1.

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The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.