C3.ai (AI) Tax Rate (2020)
C3.ai (AI) recorded Tax Rate of -0.22% in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 0.04 percentage points from -0.26% a year earlier but down 0.12 percentage points from the prior quarter.
C3.ai (AI) Tax Rate (2020) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, C3.ai's Tax Rate came in at -0.17% as of Jul 31, 2026, up 0.13 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it came in at -0.18%, up 0.16 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual Tax Rate has a five-year change of +1.11 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Across earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate came in at -0.34% in FY2025 (-0.06 pp), -0.28% in FY2024 (-0.03 pp), -0.25% in FY2023 (+0.16 pp) and -0.41% in FY2022 (+0.87 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has ranged from -0.69% in fiscal Q3 2024 to 0.15% in fiscal Q4 2024 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate rose in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.08 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Tax Rate in the last five years was a gain of 0.85 percentage points in fiscal Q2 2022, against a drop of 0.47 percentage points in fiscal Q3 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three fiscal quarters came in at -0.10% (Q4 2026), -0.15% (Q3 2026) and -0.23% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 316.55 Bn | 301.63 Bn | 2.30 Bn | - |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 269.03 Bn | 249.47 Bn | 1.10 Bn | - |
| 3 | Fortinet | 129.08 Bn | 115.01 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 15.97% |
| 4 | Snowflake | 116.42 Bn | 103.73 Bn | 1.04 Bn | - |
| 5 | Datadog | 96.40 Bn | 78.04 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 13.92% |
| 6 | Okta | 34.24 Bn | 24.34 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 7.94% |
| 7 | Axon Enterprise | 34.08 Bn | 28.61 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 9.97% |
| 8 | Zscaler | 32.34 Bn | 18.46 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Baidu | 29.50 Bn | -44.13 Bn | 1.47 Mn | 31.08% |
| 10 | C3.ai | 1.60 Bn | -919.24 Mn | 16.67 Mn | - |
C3.ai Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=AI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=AI&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();