C3.ai (AI) Free Cash Flow (2020 - 2026)

C3.ai's (AI) quarterly Free Cash Flow came in at -$54.9 million in Q1 2026, down 128.63% year-on-year from $191.7 million in Q1 2025, and down 15.68% quarter-over-quarter from -$47.4 million in Q4 2025.

C3.ai (AI) Free Cash Flow (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

C3.ai has disclosed Free Cash Flow across 7 years of filings, most recently posting -$54.9 million for Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at -$54.9 million, down 128.63% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was -$122.7 million (down 811.46% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was -$41.4 million, up 36.41% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow came in at -$54.9 million for Q1 2026 at C3.ai, down from -$47.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $41.3 million in Q2 2024 to a low of -$55.4 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Free Cash Flow is -$38.5 million (2024), against an average of -$29.5 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Free Cash Flow tumbled 7829.02% in 2022 and surged 523.47% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • C3.ai's Free Cash Flow stood at -$55.4 million in 2022, then increased by 9.55% to -$50.1 million in 2023, then gained by 23.16% to -$38.5 million in 2024, then dropped by 23.19% to -$47.4 million in 2025, then retreated by 15.68% to -$54.9 million in 2026.
  • The last three Free Cash Flow figures came in at -$54.9 million (Q1 2026), -$47.4 million (Q4 2025), and -$33.7 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 15.80 Bn
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn -
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn 9.49 Bn
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 891.76 Mn
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 384.00 Mn
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn 395.40 Mn
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 1.02 Bn
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 821.51 Mn
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn 93.10 Mn
10 C3.ai 1.50 Bn 1.50 Bn 9.24 Mn -54.88 Mn

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 -54.88 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 -54.88 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 -47.44 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 -47.44 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 -33.74 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 -33.74 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 13.37 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 13.37 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 -24.00 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 -24.00 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 -38.51 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 -38.51 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 7.74 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 7.74 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 41.31 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 41.31 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 -54.48 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 -54.48 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 -50.12 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 -50.12 Mn