Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on C3.ai AI.
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether these are institutions or just wealthy individuals, we don't know. But when something this big happens with AI, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what these investors just did?
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 17 uncommon options trades for C3.ai.
This isn't normal.
The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 64% bullish and 35%, bearish.
Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $179,039, and 13 are calls, for a total amount of $825,648.
Expected Price Movements
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $25.0 to $50.0 for C3.ai over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Trends
Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.
This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for C3.ai's options for a given strike price.
Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of C3.ai's whale activity within a strike price range from $25.0 to $50.0 in the last 30 days.
C3.ai Call and Put Volume: 30-Day Overview
Noteworthy Options Activity:
| Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 04/17/25 | $3.8 | $3.8 | $3.8 | $40.00 | $199.5K | 3.2K | 553 |
| AI | CALL | TRADE | BULLISH | 04/17/25 | $5.1 | $3.9 | $4.75 | $40.00 | $166.2K | 3.2K | 1 |
| AI | CALL | TRADE | BEARISH | 01/16/26 | $6.2 | $5.95 | $5.95 | $50.00 | $91.0K | 1.0K | 51 |
| AI | PUT | SWEEP | BEARISH | 01/03/25 | $5.8 | $5.3 | $5.68 | $42.00 | $85.0K | 800 | 150 |
| AI | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 04/17/25 | $3.3 | $3.25 | $3.3 | $42.50 | $51.4K | 1.0K | 227 |
About C3.ai
C3.ai Inc is an enterprise artificial intelligence company. The company provides software-as-a-service applications that enable customers to rapidly develop, deploy, and operate large-scale Enterprise AI applications across any infrastructure. It provides solutions under three divisions namely, The C3 AI Platform, which is an end-to-end application development and runtime environment for designing, developing, and deploying AI applications: C3 AI Applications, which is a portfolio of pre-built, extensible, industry-specific, and application-specific Enterprise AI applications: and C3 Generative AI, which combines the utility of large language models. Geographically the company derives revenue from North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the World.
Following our analysis of the options activities associated with C3.ai, we pivot to a closer look at the company's own performance.
Where Is C3.ai Standing Right Now?
- Currently trading with a volume of 3,572,343, the AI's price is down by -5.83%, now at $35.15.
- RSI readings suggest the stock is currently is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Anticipated earnings release is in 61 days.
What The Experts Say On C3.ai
In the last month, 5 experts released ratings on this stock with an average target price of $40.8.
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