C3.ai (AI) Return on Sales (2020 - 2026)

C3.ai's (AI) quarterly Return on Sales came in at 0.03% in Q1 2026, down 2.0% year-on-year from 0.03% in Q1 2025, and down 79.84% quarter-over-quarter from 0.01% in Q4 2025.

C3.ai (AI) Return on Sales (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

C3.ai has disclosed Return on Sales across 7 years of filings, most recently posting 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 came in at 0.03%, down 2.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.01% (down 1.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.01%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales came in at 0.03% for Q1 2026 at C3.ai, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.01% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.03% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.01% (2023), against an average of 0.01%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Sales changed 0 bps in 2022 and slipped 2 bps in 2026, its largest moves.
  • C3.ai's Return on Sales stood at 0.01% in 2022, then advanced by 14 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then grew by 27 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then tumbled by 99 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then tumbled by 80 bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Sales figures came in at 0.03% (Q1 2026), 0.01% (Q4 2025), and 0.02% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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9 Cloudflare 77.39 Bn 76.44 Bn 455.60 Mn 0.00%
10 C3.ai 1.50 Bn 1.50 Bn 9.24 Mn -0.03%

Historic Data

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Jan 31, 2026 -0.03%
Oct 31, 2025 -0.01%
Jul 31, 2025 -0.02%
Apr 30, 2025 -0.01%
Jan 31, 2025 -0.01%
Oct 31, 2024 -0.01%
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Apr 30, 2024 -0.01%
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Oct 31, 2023 -0.01%
Jul 31, 2023 -0.01%
Apr 30, 2023 -0.01%
Jan 31, 2023 -0.01%
Oct 31, 2022 -0.01%
Jul 31, 2022 -0.01%
Apr 30, 2022 -0.01%
Jan 31, 2022 -0.01%
Oct 31, 2021 -0.01%
Jul 31, 2021 -0.01%
Apr 30, 2021 0.00%