C3.ai (AI) EBIT Margin (2020 - 2026)
C3.ai (AI) reported EBIT Margin of -187.62% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 9.97 percentage points from -177.65% a year earlier but up 47.18 percentage points from the prior quarter.
C3.ai (AI) EBIT Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, C3.ai's EBIT Margin came in at -203.09%, down 101.87 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it came in at -199.19%, down 115.80 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBIT Margin has a five-year change of -166.30 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, EBIT Margin came in at -83.39% in FY2025 (+19.11 pp), -102.50% in FY2024 (+6.38 pp), -108.88% in FY2023 (-31.29 pp) and -77.59% in FY2022 (-44.70 pp).
- Five-year quarterly EBIT Margin spans a low of -263.63% in fiscal Q3 2026 and a high of -67.94% in fiscal Q3 2022.
- Year over year, EBIT Margin has now declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -55.41 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBIT Margin in five years was fiscal Q2 2025 (a gain of 28.61 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2026 (a drop of 174.96 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at -234.80% (Q4 2026), -263.63% (Q3 2026) and -149.19% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBIT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 319.55 Bn | 304.63 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 5.04% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 265.46 Bn | 245.90 Bn | 1.10 Bn | -2.26% |
| 3 | Fortinet | 129.36 Bn | 115.29 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 33.66% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 115.65 Bn | 102.97 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -17.00% |
| 5 | Datadog | 96.45 Bn | 78.09 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 0.49% |
| 6 | Axon Enterprise | 34.50 Bn | 29.03 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 5.17% |
| 7 | Okta | 33.79 Bn | 23.89 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 13.29% |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.51 Bn | 18.63 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Baidu | 29.59 Bn | -44.04 Bn | 1.47 Mn | 9.62% |
| 10 | C3.ai | 1.61 Bn | -909.94 Mn | 16.67 Mn | -187.62% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | -187.62% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -234.80% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | -263.63% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -149.19% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -177.65% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | -81.83% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | -88.66% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -79.81% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -83.23% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | -95.05% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -105.29% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | -108.42% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -102.39% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -101.20% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -108.05% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -115.32% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -112.10% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -78.16% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -67.94% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | -95.56% |
C3.ai EBIT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=AI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "ticker": "AI", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=AI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();