C3.ai Option Alert: Sep 19 $37.5 Calls Sweep (51) near the Bid: 2071 vs 4270 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close 

C3.ai Option Alert: Sep 19 $37.5 Calls Sweep (51) near the Bid: 2071 @ $3.653 vs 4270 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close Ref=$28.84

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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.

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Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bullish approach towards C3.ai (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AI#NYSE">AI</a>), and it's something market players shouldn't ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these investors remains unknown, but such a substantial move in AI usually suggests something big is about to happen.
We gleaned this information from our observations today when Benzinga's options scanner highlighted 13 extraordinary options activities for C3.ai. This level of activity is out of the ordinary.
The general mood among these heavyweight investors is divided, with 46% leaning bullish and 46% bearish. Among these notable options, 4 are puts, totaling $135,049, and 9 are calls, amounting to $311,345.
<h3>What's The Price Target?</h3>
After evaluating the trading volumes and Open Interest, it's evident that the major market movers are focusing on a price band between $26.0 and $40.0 for C3.ai, spanning the last three months.
<h3>Analyzing Volume &amp; Open Interest</h3>
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 $26.0 to $40.0 in the last 30 days. 
<h3>C3.ai Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1739901651_0.png" alt="Options Call Chart" />
<h3>Largest Options Trades Observed:</h3>

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<thead>
<tr>
<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Ask</th>
<th>Bid</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th align="right">Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>AI</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>04/17/25</td>
<td>$4.9</td>
<td>$4.75</td>
<td>$4.9</td>
<td>$30.00</td>
<td>$48.9K</td>
<td>1.3K</td>
<td align="right">112</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AI</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>NEUTRAL</td>
<td>01/16/26</td>
<td>$8.2</td>
<td>$8.0</td>
<td>$8.2</td>
<td>$32.50</td>
<td>$40.9K</td>
<td>2.1K</td>
<td align="right">41</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AI</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>02/28/25</td>
<td>$6.55</td>
<td>$6.5</td>
<td>$6.55</td>
<td>$37.50</td>
<td>$39.3K</td>
<td>1</td>
<td align="right">132</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AI</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>04/17/25</td>
<td>$3.8</td>
<td>$3.7</td>
<td>$3.78</td>
<td>$32.50</td>
<td>$37.8K</td>
<td>1.1K</td>
<td align="right">223</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AI</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>04/17/25</td>
<td>$3.8</td>
<td>$3.7</td>
<td>$3.78</td>
<td>$32.50</td>
<td>$37.8K</td>
<td>1.1K</td>
<td align="right">23</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h3>About C3.ai</h3>
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.
After a thorough review of the options trading surrounding C3.ai, we move to examine the company in more detail. This includes an assessment of its current market status and performance.
<h3>Where Is C3.ai Standing Right Now?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Trading volume stands at 2,494,759, with AI's price up by 0.57%, positioned at $31.74.</li>
<li>RSI indicators show the stock to be is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.</li>
<li>Earnings announcement expected in 8 days.</li>
</ul>
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The beginning of 2025 has proven to be challenging for several major technology companies. Despite huge investments in artificial intelligence (NYSE: <a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ai#NYSE">AI</a>) and cloud infrastructure, some of the biggest names in the industry &mdash; Amazon AMZN, Alphabet (GOOG,&nbsp;GOOGL), Microsoft MSFT, Apple AAPL and Tesla TSLA &mdash; have struggled to impress Wall Street.
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Cloud Revenues Struggle: Amazon, Google and Microsoft all saw weakness in their cloud business, which is considered the key growth driver for these companies. AWS revenues (15.3% of sales) rose 18.9% year over year in Q4, which missed the consensus mark by 0.16%. Microsoft Cloud revenues grew 22%, roughly in line with expectations. Google Cloud revenues grew 28.8%. The figure surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a moderate 4.02%.
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Tesla&#39;s Underperformance: Tesla&#39;s financial results missed expectations on both revenues and profits, reflecting weaker-than-expected sales and production issues (read: <a href="https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2406281/tesla-misses-q4-earnings-estimates-upbeat-on-energy-storage-business?art_rec=quote-stock_overview-earnings_news-ID01-txt-2406281" target="_blank">Tesla Misses Q4 Earnings Estimates, Upbeat on Energy Storage Business</a>).
<h2>Downbeat Share Performance of Most Tech Giants</h2>
These financial setbacks have weighed on stock performance. Alphabet is off 3.1% so far this year (as of Feb. 12, 2025). MSFT stock is off 2.3%, Tesla has dropped a staggering 11.3%. Apple&#39;s stock has fallen by over 2.8%. Amazon is up about 4% this year but has declined 1.4% since its earnings report on Feb. 7.
<h2>Meta&#39;s Standout Performance Amid Industry Struggles</h2>
While its competitors are reeling under pressure, Meta META has emerged as the clear winner so far in 2025. The social media giant&#39;s stock has surged 21%since the start of the year (as of Feb. 12, 2025). Its shares are riding an unprecedented 19-session winning streak on Wall Street (as of Feb. 13, 2025).
The key difference between Meta and its Big Tech peers? <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-is-winning-over-wall-street-while-the-rest-of-big-tech-struggles-184135699.html" target="_blank">Per Daniel Howley, the Technology Editor of Yahoo Finance</a>, Meta&#39;s AI investments directly fuel its own business growth rather than being focused on generating outside customers.
<h2>Meta&#39;s AI Strategy: Investing for Itself, Not Just Customers</h2>
Most major tech companies are pouring billions into AI, but their investments are primarily aimed at building AI-powered cloud services to attract enterprise customers. Amazon plans to spend over $100 billion in capital expenditures in 2025. Google and Microsoft will invest around $75 billion and $80 billion, respectively, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-is-winning-over-wall-street-while-the-rest-of-big-tech-struggles-184135699.html" target="_blank">as quoted on the above-mentioned Yahoo Finance article</a>.
Meta, on the other hand, is allocating $60-$65 billion to AI infrastructure. After DeepSeek&#39;s low-cost AI success, Wall Street is probably loving the tech company which is spending sensibly on AI and targeting more return on investments (read: <a href="https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2413375/deepseek-buzz-boosts-china-tech-etfs" target="_blank">DeepSeek Buzz Boosts China Tech ETFs</a>).
Unlike Amazon, Google and Microsoft, which are trying to position themselves as AI service providers, Meta is leveraging AI to improve its own products and user experience, resulting in more direct and immediate business benefits.
<h2>How AI is Driving Meta&#39;s Growth</h2>
Per the above-mentioned Yahoo Finance article, Meta&#39;s AI-driven initiatives have already delivered improvements across its platforms. It delivered increased user engagement, which results in higher ad impressions and revenue generation.
Meta&#39;s generative AI tools are now being used by 4 million advertisers, a massive jump from just 1 million six months ago. These tools help businesses create targeted, high-performing ads, making Meta&#39;s ad platform even more business-generating.
<h2>Meta&#39;s Open-Source AI Strategy: A Future Revenue Stream?</h2>
Another factor making Meta an attractive investment is its open-source approach to AI,<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-is-winning-over-wall-street-while-the-rest-of-big-tech-struggles-184135699.html"> per the above-mentioned Yahoo Finance article</a>. Meta&#39;s Llama AI models are freely available to developers but with usage limitations &mdash; such as a cap of 700 million monthly users per service. While Meta isn&#39;t currently charging for Llama, industry analysts believe it could become a lucrative revenue stream in the future through licensing.
Meanwhile, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has emphasized that the next iteration, Llama 4, will be a major leap forward. It will be &quot;<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-is-winning-over-wall-street-while-the-rest-of-big-tech-struggles-184135699.html">natively multimodal</a>&quot; &mdash; meaning it can process text, images and audio simultaneously. It will have advanced &quot;agentic capabilities,&quot; allowing it to interact more intelligently with users.
The AI Race Is Still Nascent, But Meta Leads Currently 
While it&#39;s still too early to declare a definitive winner in the AI race, Meta&#39;s approach is paying off faster than its competitors&#39; strategies. Unlike Amazon, Google and Microsoft, which must win the complexities of selling AI services, Meta is reaping immediate benefits by integrating AI into its core products.
For now, investors can place their bets on Meta and the Meta-heavy exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These ETFs include the likes of Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF FCOM, iShares Global Comm Services ETF IXP and Vanguard Communication Services ETF VOX.
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Traditional cybersecurity tools rely on rules and signatures to detect threats, which means they need to be updated regularly to recognize new attacks. However, cybercriminals are constantly finding new ways to break into systems. AI-powered cybersecurity, on the other hand, learns and adapts to new threats without human intervention.
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The bulls are holding the line near the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq&#39;s 50-day moving averages and the post-Trump election breakout levels. The sideways start to 2025, which helped cool an overheated stock market, came even though earnings results and guidance have been largely positive. &nbsp;
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Today&#39;s episode of Full Court Finance at Zacks explores two Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks&mdash;Arista Networks and Robinhood Markets&mdash;that investors might want to buy heading into their earnings releases and hold for long-term growth.
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<h2>Why This Soaring AI Stock is a Great Buy-and-Hold Investment</h2>
Arista Networks ANET&nbsp;stock has ripped 75% higher in the last 12 months to triple the Zacks Tech sector. ANET&#39;s recent outperformance is part of a much stronger run over the last decade.
Arista is back above some key technical levels following its DeepSeek selloff. Yet, ANET trades 10% below its highs heading into its Q4 2024 earnings release on Tuesday, February 18.
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Arista Networks is a client-to-cloud networking powerhouse, concentrating on large AI, data center, campus, and routing environments. ANET&#39;s networking infrastructure expanded rapidly over the past decade alongside the explosion of cloud computing, big data, and most recently artificial intelligence.
Microsoft MSFT&nbsp;and Meta META&nbsp;are two of Arista&#39;s largest clients and both are dedicated to spending billions of dollars on their AI data center expansion despite the DeepSeek news.
ANET grew its revenue from $361 million in 2013 to $5.86 billion in 2023, posting 37% average sales growth in the trailing three years. Arista Networks is projected to boost its sales by 19% in FY24 and 18% in 2025 to $8.18 billion.
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The networking infrastructure firm is projected to grow its adjusted earnings by 26% in 2024 and 10% in FY25, following 52% EPS expansion in FY23. Arista&#39;s earnings revisions have continued to climb over the last year, and its Most Accurate FY25 estimate came 9% above consensus.
ANET&#39;s upbeat EPS outlook earns it a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and it&#39;s topped our estimate by an average of 15% in the trailing four quarters. &nbsp;
Arista has an impressive balance sheet, with $7.4 billion in cash and equivalents and nearly $13 billion in assets against $3.6 billion in total liabilities and zero debt.
ANET&#39;s valuation could hold the stock back.&nbsp;ANET trades at 52X forward earnings, compared to Tech&#39;s 26X.
But Wall Street has gladly paid a big premium for ANET for a decade as they celebrate its growth in a critical industry.
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ANET stock skyrocketed roughly 2,800% in the past 10 years, leaving Meta&#39;s 840% and Microsoft&#39;s 850% runs in the dust and blowing away Tech&#39;s 320%. This includes a 240% surge in the last two years and a 45% jump in the last six months.
ANET tumbled on the back of the DeepSeek news, but buyers pushed it right back above its 50-day. The recent selloff and the comeback took it from heavily overbought RSI levels to neutral.
<h2>This Stock&nbsp;Might Be Ready for a Breakout After&nbsp;Climbing 385%&nbsp;in the Last Year</h2>
Robinhood Markets HOOD&nbsp;has been a Wall Street star over the last year, soaring 385%, including an 80% surge in the past three months. The free stock-trading app transformed into a true competitor to Fidelity and other online broker giants.
Robinhood looks ready to possibly surpass its 2021 peaks before or after it reports its Q4 results on Wednesday, February 12.
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Robinhood helped change the entire online broker industry when it rolled out commission-free stock trading, which is now standard across many digital brokers including Fidelity. Robinhood has transformed from a popular pandemic-era trading app into a legitimate rival to Fidelity, catering to a large swath of investors and sophisticated traders with a growing portfolio.
Robinhood has rolled out retirement accounts, crypto trading, futures, and more. HOOD in October introduced Robinhood Legend, a browser-based desktop trading platform built for active traders.
Robinhood is expanding into the robo-advisor and wealth management&nbsp;businesses.&nbsp;HOOD in November agreed to buy TradePMR, a custodial and portfolio management platform for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs).
Wall Street is also glad Robinhood finalized its SEC settlement in January.
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Robinhood grew its monthly active users by 7% YoY in Q3 to 11.0 million, with average revenue per user 31% higher to $105. HOOD&#39;s Assets Under Custody jumped 76% YoY to $152.2 billion, &quot;driven by continued Net Deposits and higher equity and cryptocurrency valuations.&quot;
HOOD is projected to swing from an adjusted loss of -$0.61 a share last year to +$0.97 a share in 2024 and then add 22% to the bottom line next year.
Robinhood&#39;s earnings outlook has surged over the last year, including 20% jumps for FY24 and FY25 in the last few months. HOOD&#39;s upward earnings revisions land it a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).&nbsp;&nbsp;
Meanwhile, its revenue is expected to pop 54% in FY24 and 23% higher in FY25 to hit $3.53 billion vs. $1.9 billion in 2023.
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Robinhood shares have skyrocketed 385% in the last year and 210% the last six months. HOOD might face some resistance at its post-IPO highs in 2021 (outside of a massive short-term spike). HOOD stock dipped on Thursday and it could test its 21-day or 50-day moving averages depending on its guidance.
Robinhood&#39;s valuation is improving, trading at a 50% discount to its 12-month highs at 44.9X forward 12-month earnings. Its PEG ratio, which accounts for its EPS growth outlook, sits at 0.7 vs. the Finance sector&#39;s 1.3 and Tech&#39;s 1.7.
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Shares of companies within the broader tech sector are trading higher. The market may be seeing strength after Palantir reported Q4 financial results.

Several AI-linked stocks are trading higher in Monday&#8217;s after-hours session following Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PLTR#NASDAQ">PLTR</a>) shares rocketing higher on based on blowout earnings. Here&#8217;s what <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/earnings/25/02/43449486/palantir-q4-earnings-revenue-beat-eps-beat-us-revenue-up-52-customer-count-up-43-strong-guidance-this-is-a-new-phase-unlike-anything-that-has-come-before">you need to know</a>.
What Happened With PLTR: Palantir beat analyst estimates on the top and bottom lines, reporting fourth-quarter revenue of $827.52 million and earnings of 14 cents per share.
Total revenue grew 36% year-over-year driven by strong growth in the U.S. of 52%. U.S. Commercial revenue jumped 64% year-over-year and U.S. Government revenue increased 45% year-over-year.
Palantir's customer count grew 43% year-over-year. The company delivered $517 million in adjusted free cash flow and ended the quarter with $5.2 billion of cash, equivalents and short-term U.S. treasury securities.
"We are still in the earliest stages, the beginning of the first act, of a revolution that will play out over years and decades," Palantir CEO Alex Karp said in a letter to shareholders.&nbsp;
"This is not an incremental advance or marginal acceleration of our business. This is a new phase. And the momentum we are seeing across sectors, both commercial and government, is unlike anything that has come before."
Check This Out: <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/earnings/25/02/43449486/palantir-q4-earnings-revenue-beat-eps-beat-us-revenue-up-52-customer-count-up-43-strong-guidance-this-is-a-new-phase-unlike-anything-that-has-come-before">Palantir Q4 Earnings: Revenue Beat, EPS Beat, US Revenue Up 52%, Customer Count Up 43%, Strong Guidance</a>
The upside surprise and optimistic commentary from the company appears to be driving other AI-related names higher after the bell. 
Tempus AI Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TEM#NASDAQ">TEM</a>) has seen increased attention in recent weeks after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disclosed the purchase of several call options. Tempus AI shares were up more than 7% in extended trading at last check.
Other AI-related names including C3.ai Inc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AI#NYSE">AI</a>), BigBear.ai Holdings Inc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BBAI#NYSE">BBAI</a>) and SoundHound AI Inc (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SOUN#NASDAQ">SOUN</a>) were also moving higher following Palantir&#8217;s quarterly report. C3.ai shares were up about 4.5%, BigBear.ai shares were up about 5.5% and SoundHound shares were up about 2%.
NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NVDA#NASDAQ">NVDA</a>), which has been the biggest beneficiary of the AI boom to date, was also moving higher, last up about 1.35% in after-hours trading. Palantir shares were up more than 22% in after-hours at the time of publication Monday.
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