C3.ai Inc AI shares fell 2% to $21.55 on Tuesday following Palantir Technologies Inc’s first-quarter earnings release, which triggered a 14.3% decline in Palantir’s stock despite strong performance metrics.
Investors appear to be reassessing valuations across AI-focused software companies, including C3.ai, amid heightened expectations and aggressive growth guidance from larger peers like Palantir.
What To Know: C3.ai, a software company specializing in enterprise AI applications, faces investor scrutiny as Palantir continues to dominate the AI-driven enterprise software space.
While Palantir beat revenue estimates and raised its full-year guidance, its steep selloff suggests that even outperforming companies in the AI sector are vulnerable to high valuation concerns and pressure to sustain rapid growth.
Palantir’s strong U.S. commercial revenue growth of 71% and robust deal flow underscore rising competition in AI software adoption.
As a smaller player in the space, C3.ai may be struggling to justify its own growth prospects in comparison, prompting a modest stock decline as markets digest the implications of Palantir’s dominant market position and forward-looking outlook.
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How To Buy AI Stock
By now you’re likely curious about how to participate in the market for C3.ai – be it to purchase shares, or even attempt to bet against the company.
Buying shares is typically done through a brokerage account. You can find a list of possible trading platforms here. Many will allow you to buy “fractional shares,” which allows you to own portions of stock without buying an entire share.
In the case of C3.ai, which is trading at $21.38 as of publishing time, $100 would buy you 4.68 shares of stock.
If you’re looking to bet against a company, the process is more complex. You’ll need access to an options trading platform, or a broker who will allow you to “go short” a share of stock by lending you the shares to sell. The process of shorting a stock can be found at this resource. Otherwise, if your broker allows you to trade options, you can either buy a put option, or sell a call option at a strike price above where shares are currently trading – either way it allows you to profit off of the share price decline.
According to data from Benzinga Pro, AI has a 52-week high of $45.08 and a 52-week low of $17.03.