C3.ai (AI) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026)
C3.ai (AI) reported FCF Margin of 3.94% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 52.75 percentage points from -48.81% a year earlier and up 110.07 percentage points from the prior quarter.
C3.ai (AI) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, C3.ai's FCF Margin came in at -67.03%, down 43.96 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it came in at -76.77%, down 65.35 percentage points from FY2025.
- FCF Margin has a five-year change of -55.39 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, FCF Margin came in at -11.42% in FY2025 (+16.79 pp), -28.21% in FY2024 (+41.58 pp), -69.79% in FY2023 (-34.09 pp) and -35.71% in FY2022 (-14.32 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the highest quarterly FCF Margin since fiscal Q4 2025.
- Year over year, FCF Margin gained in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -21.10 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year FCF Margin in five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (a gain of 72.14 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2026 (a drop of 115.63 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at -106.13% (Q4 2026), -105.51% (Q3 2026) and -62.39% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 246.93 Bn | 232.00 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 36.77% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 234.18 Bn | 214.58 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 27.59% |
| 3 | Snowflake | 103.91 Bn | 91.22 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 5.42% |
| 4 | Fortinet | 90.88 Bn | 75.13 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 42.43% |
| 5 | Datadog | 65.40 Bn | 45.94 Bn | 959.92 Mn | 23.31% |
| 6 | Okta | 31.82 Bn | 21.91 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 28.94% |
| 7 | Zscaler | 31.77 Bn | 17.92 Bn | 689.22 Mn | 8.85% |
| 8 | MongoDB | 27.02 Bn | 17.49 Bn | 569.77 Mn | 18.06% |
| 9 | Axon Enterprise | 24.20 Bn | 18.73 Bn | 546.45 Mn | -0.11% |
| 10 | C3.ai | 1.83 Bn | -689.06 Mn | 16.67 Mn | 3.94% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 3.94% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -106.13% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | -105.51% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -62.39% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -48.81% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 9.50% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | -22.66% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -41.88% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 8.16% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 21.72% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -57.57% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | -73.58% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -10.23% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 22.51% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | -107.53% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -123.43% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -82.37% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -20.42% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -80.52% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | -34.01% |
C3.ai FCF 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=fcf-margin&ticker=AI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-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=fcf-margin&ticker=AI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();