C3.ai (AI) Return on Sales [ROS] (2020 - 2026)
C3.ai (AI) posted Return on Sales [ROS] 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) Return on Sales [ROS] (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at C3.ai was -203.09%, down 101.87 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was -199.19%, down 115.80 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -166.30 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, C3.ai's Return on Sales [ROS] was -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).
- Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has run from a low of -263.63% in fiscal Q3 2026 to a high of -67.94% in fiscal Q3 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has 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 strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2025, with a gain of 28.61 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2026, with a drop of 174.96 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior fiscal quarters was -234.80% (Q4 2026), -263.63% (Q3 2026) and -149.19% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 328.64 Bn | 313.71 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 5.04% |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 276.50 Bn | 256.94 Bn | 1.10 Bn | -2.26% |
| 3 | Fortinet | 132.74 Bn | 118.67 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 33.66% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 120.19 Bn | 107.50 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -17.00% |
| 5 | Datadog | 99.51 Bn | 81.15 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 0.49% |
| 6 | Okta | 35.35 Bn | 25.44 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 13.29% |
| 7 | Axon Enterprise | 33.58 Bn | 28.10 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 5.17% |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.06 Bn | 18.18 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | MongoDB | 28.84 Bn | 19.30 Bn | 569.77 Mn | 3.68% |
| 10 | C3.ai | 1.71 Bn | -815.39 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 Return on Sales [ROS] 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
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=AI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=AI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();