Salesforce, Inc.
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Range $215 – $325
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About the company
Salesforce, Inc. is a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, dedicated to connecting businesses and their clientele on a global scale. At its core, the Customer 360 platform empowers organizations to create seamless, integrated experiences for their customers.
- CEO
- Marc R. Benioff
- IPO
- 2004
- Employees
- 83,334
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA, US
AI snapshot
Six angles, distilled from the data.
The stock is in a recovery phase after a long pullback from its 52-week high, but it still trades below the 200-day average, so the larger trend has not fully reset. The 50-day average sits well under the 200-day line, pointing to a base-building setup rather than a clean long-term uptrend.
Street sentiment stays constructive: the consensus rating is Buy with a $260.89 target, above the current share price. Recent changes are mixed but not bearish, with several firms reiterating or initiating Hold/Buy views and only one notable downgrade in early July.
CRM has a strong beat record, with 6 of the last 7 quarters topping EPS estimates and the last two beats coming in at 24.0% and 24.9%. Next quarter is set against a $2.35 EPS estimate, and shareholders should watch whether AI and platform momentum keep the beat streak intact.
No discretionary insider buying or selling stands out. Recent filings are dominated by exempt and in-kind transactions tied to officers, which read more like routine equity administration than a directional signal.
Profitability remains solid, with a 21.8% operating margin, 18.7% net margin, and 77.6% gross margin. Growth is still healthy too, with revenue up 13.3% year over year and earnings up 52.2%, while free cash flow reached $15.59 billion for fiscal 2026.
CRM still screens as a premium software franchise with stronger margins and cash generation than many large-cap application peers. The valuation is not cheap on earnings, but the 9.64% FCF yield gives the setup more support than the headline P/E suggests.
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- Market Cap
- $169.83B
- P/E
- 23.92
- Fwd P/E
- 14.65
- PEG
- 0.70
- P/S
- 3.97
- P/B
- 5.26
- EV/EBITDA
- 14.49
- Div Yield
- 0.83%
- Gross Margin
- 77.64%
- Op Margin
- 21.94%
- Net Margin
- 18.73%
- ROE
- 14.95%
- ROIC
- 9.21%
Latest fiscal year · YoY change
- Revenue
- $41.52B+9.6%
- Gross Profit
- $32.26B+10.3%
- Op Income
- $8.92B
- Net Income
- $7.46B+20.3%
- EPS
- $7.85+21.9%
- OCF Growth
- +14.5%
- FCF Growth
- +15.8%
- 52W High
- $269.11
- 52W Low
- $146.32
- 50D MA
- $173.23
- 200D MA
- $201.36
- Beta
- 1.15
- RSI (14)
- 65
- Avg Volume
- 14.96M
Earnings call summaries
Pick a quarter — each call distilled into takeaways, results, and a bull vs bear read.
Salesforce posted a strong Q1 with record revenue, record deal activity, and rising AI usage, while lifting full-year revenue guidance and signaling confidence in a second-half reacceleration.· May 27, 2026
- Q1 revenue was $11.13 billion, up 13% year over year nominal and 12% in constant currency, with non-GAAP operating margin of 34.8% and GAAP operating margin of 21.1%.
- Salesforce said Agentforce ARR is now greater than $1 billion, and it processed 28.6 trillion tokens in the quarter, up 152% quarter over quarter.
- The company booked a record 98 deals above $1 million in new ACV, and management said more than 50% of Agentforce and Data 360 bookings came from existing customers expanding their spend.
- Management raised FY27 revenue guidance to $45.9 billion to $46.2 billion and guided Q2 revenue to $11.27 billion to $11.35 billion.
- Execution and capital return were emphasized: Q1 operating cash flow was $6.7 billion, the company launched a $25 billion ASR, and diluted share count fell 10% year over year.
Q1 revenue was $11.13 billion, up 13% year over year nominal and 12% in constant currency. Non-GAAP operating margin was 34.8%, up 250 basis points, and GAAP operating margin was 21.1%, up 130 basis points. cRPO was $33.6 billion, up approximately 14% nominal and 13% in constant currency. Operating cash flow was $6.7 billion. Management raised FY27 revenue guidance to $45.9 billion to $46.2 billion, reiterated non-GAAP operating margin guidance of 34.3%, and updated GAAP operating margin guidance to 20.6%. Q2 revenue guidance was $11.27 billion to $11.35 billion, or about 10% growth in constant currency. They said Q2 cRPO growth should be approximately 13% year over year in constant currency. They also updated operating cash flow and free cash flow growth guidance to 4% to 5% year over year, citing an approximately 5-point headwind from debt issuance tied to the $25 billion ASR.
Marc Benioff framed the quarter as a major inflection for Salesforce’s shift to an agentic AI platform, repeatedly calling the company the #1 agentic CRM. He highlighted customer examples from PenFed and UCLA Health and said Agentforce is now embedded across Salesforce’s apps, with Coworker and Headless 360 extending the platform into new workflows and surfaces. His tone was very upbeat and promotional, with a strong emphasis on product momentum, customer adoption, and Salesforce’s role in transforming how enterprises work.
Robin Washington emphasized that growth is being driven by Sales, Service, and Slack, which represented more than 60% of Q1 net new AOV, and said Agentforce ARR surpassed $1 billion. She noted that Q1 revenue beat the guide because of Informatica on-prem business and professional services timing, while cRPO was helped by Agentforce, Data 360, and Slack but partially offset by softness in commerce and Tableau. On capital allocation, she highlighted the $25 billion ASR, said it reduced Q1 diluted share count by 10% year over year and by 103 million shares, and noted it added $0.23 to non-GAAP EPS and $0.14 to GAAP EPS.
Analysts pressed on why strong Agentforce usage and token growth have not yet shown up more clearly in bookings and cRPO, and management replied that cRPO is still a leading indicator but the real thesis is net new AOV outpacing AOV in the first half and driving second-half revenue reacceleration. They also addressed concerns about Headless 360 and whether it could create value leakage; management said it instead expands Salesforce’s surface area, makes implementation easier, and lets customers use Salesforce in their workflow or through third-party agents while still relying on Salesforce’s trusted infrastructure. On monetization, the team said usage is being captured over time through consumption, Flex Credits, enterprise license agreements, and new workflows across Slack, Coworker, and MCP-enabled surfaces.
The bullish read is that Salesforce is seeing real adoption of its AI stack, not just demos: Agentforce ARR is above $1 billion, token usage is surging, and customers are expanding across the platform. Management also sounded confident that stronger net new AOV, easier implementation through Headless 360, and continued demand in Sales, Service, and Slack can drive a second-half reacceleration.
The main risks called out were softness in Marketing, Commerce, and Tableau, plus increased license volatility from Informatica on-prem renewals. Analysts also pushed on the fact that cRPO and bookings have not yet clearly outrun guidance despite the AI narrative, raising questions about timing between usage growth and revenue conversion.
AI summary of the company's earnings call · Paraphrased · Not investment advice
- Free Float
- 96.9%
- Shares Outstanding
- 819.00M
- Float Shares
- 793.67M
of shares held by institutions
2,834 13F filers
Buy/sell ratio 0.50. Sells can include pre-scheduled 10b5-1 plan sales, not just discretionary selling.
Congressional trading
Senate and House stock disclosures for CRM, newest first.
| Member | Type | Traded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony WiedHouse · WI08 | Sell | Jul 14, 26 | Filing → |
| Ro KhannaHouse · CA17 | Sell | Jul 7, 26 | Filing → |
| Tony WiedHouse · WI08 | Buy | Jun 9, 26 | Filing → |
| Alan ArmstrongSenate | Buy | Mar 27, 26 | Filing → |
| Maria Elvira SalazarHouse · FL27 | Buy | Jun 2, 26 | Filing → |
| Ro KhannaHouse · CA17 | Buy | Apr 13, 26 | Filing → |
| Maria Elvira SalazarHouse · FL27 | Buy | Apr 6, 26 | Filing → |
| Ro KhannaHouse · CA17 | Buy | Mar 30, 26 | Filing → |
| Julia LetlowHouse | Sell | Feb 2, 26 | Filing → |
| Tony WiedHouse · WI08 | Sell | Feb 17, 26 | Filing → |
| David TaylorHouse · OH02 | Sell | Feb 26, 26 | Filing → |
| David TaylorHouse · OH02 | Sell | Feb 26, 26 | Filing → |
| David TaylorHouse · OH02 | Buy | Feb 9, 26 | Filing → |
| Ro KhannaHouse · CA17 | Sell | Jan 29, 26 | Filing → |
Source: public STOCK Act disclosures. Filed weeks after the trade — a lagging signal, not a real-time one.
Top institutional holders
Largest 13F positions, with quarter-over-quarter change.
| Holder | Shares | Δ Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 89.84M | ▲ 270.91K |
| Blackrock, Inc. | 72.75M | ▼ 6.94M |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 52.07M | ▼ 7.27M |
| State Street Corp | 44.87M | ▼ 4.08M |
| Morgan Stanley | 23.31M | ▼ 8.36M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 19.81M | ▼ 2.41M |
| Harris Associates L P | 16.15M | ▲ 1.23M |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 13.28M | ▲ 619.39K |
| Bank Of America Corp | 12.22M | ▲ 493.30K |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 11.74M | ▼ 1.96M |
| Jpmorgan Chase & Co | 10.44M | ▲ 5.42M |
| Sanders Capital, LLC | 9.62M | ▲ 83.05K |
Held by 2,197 ETFs
Biggest fund positions in CRM by dollar value.
Recent insider transactions
Who's buying, who's selling, and how much.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 26 | Tallapragada Srinivas | other | 1,786 |
| Jul 22, 26 | Tallapragada Srinivas | other | 886 |
| Jul 22, 26 | Tallapragada Srinivas | other | 1,786 |
| Jul 22, 26 | Harris Parker | other | 1,786 |
| Jul 22, 26 | Harris Parker | other | 886 |
| Jul 22, 26 | Harris Parker | other | 1,786 |
| Jun 22, 26 | Tallapragada Srinivas | other | 1,831 |
| Jun 22, 26 | Tallapragada Srinivas | other | 908 |
| Jun 22, 26 | Tallapragada Srinivas | other | 1,523 |
| Jun 22, 26 | Tallapragada Srinivas | other | 756 |
A “Sell” may be a pre-scheduled 10b5-1 plan sale rather than a discretionary decision — read insider selling with that in mind.
Our CRM coverage
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AI analysis · Last refreshed August 19, 2026 · Live quote · Not investment advice