Salesforce (CRM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE: CRM) is a global enterprise software company that provides cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) technology. Its platform helps organizations manage sales, customer service, marketing, commerce, data, analytics and interactions with customers across digital and traditional channels.

The company’s products include Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud and Data Cloud. Salesforce also offers Tableau for data visualization and analytics, MuleSoft for application integration, and Slack for workplace collaboration. Its artificial intelligence offerings, including Agentforce, are designed to help businesses automate tasks and deliver more personalized customer experiences.

Salesforce was founded in 1999 by Marc Benioff, Parker Harris, Dave Moellenhoff and Frank Dominguez. The company serves businesses and other organizations in numerous industries and geographic markets worldwide through direct sales, digital channels, partners and its broader technology ecosystem. Marc Benioff serves as Salesforce’s chair and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $236.90 to $243.01
• 50-Day Range: $191.20 to $264.13
• 52-Week Range: $146.32 to $269.11
• Volume: 7.04 million shs
• Average Volume: 8.99 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $199.80 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.13
• Dividend Yield: 0.72%
• Price Target: $278.40
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Salesforce Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Salesforce scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 185th out of 588 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Salesforce has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.69, and is based on 3 strong buy ratings, 32 buy ratings, 13 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Salesforce has a consensus price target of $278.40, representing about 14.7% upside from its current price of $242.77.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Salesforce has been the subject of 36 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -11.47%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Salesforce are expected to decrease by -11.47% in the coming year, from $12.82 to $11.35 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Salesforce is 17.82, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.22.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Salesforce is 17.82, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 63.03.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Salesforce has a PEG Ratio of 1.09. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Salesforce has a P/B Ratio of 3.79. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.14% of the float of Salesforce has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Salesforce has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.59, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Salesforce has recently increased by 1.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Salesforce has a dividend yield of 0.73%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Salesforce has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Salesforce is 16.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Salesforce will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.51% next year. This indicates that Salesforce will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.95

News Sentiment

Salesforce has a news sentiment score of 0.95. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 64 news articles for Salesforce this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 114 people have searched for CRM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

73 people have added Salesforce to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 232% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Balanced

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Salesforce insiders have sold just slightly more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $999,442.00 in company stock and sold $1,172,745.00 in company stock. It is common for insiders to sell company stock at intervals simply to diversify their holdings.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.50% of the stock of Salesforce is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.43% of the stock of Salesforce is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/26/2026
• Record date for 10/8 Dividend: 9/17/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/8 Dividend: 9/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/08/2026
• Today: 10/19/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Application Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CRM
• CIK: 1108524
• Web: www.salesforce.com
• Phone: (415) 901-7000
• Fax: 415-901-7040
• Employees: 83,334
• Year Founded: 1999

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Salesforce: $278.40
• High Price Target: $400.00
• Low Price Target: $165.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.69
• Research Coverage: 51 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $10.97
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.13
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.94
• P/E Growth: 1.09
• Net Income: $7.46 billion
• Net Margins: 21.99%
• Pretax Margin: 28.25%
• Return on Equity: 24.90%
• Return on Assets: 11.27%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.02
• Current Ratio: 0.84
• Quick Ratio: 0.84

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $41.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.81
• Cash Flow: $16.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.71
• Book Value: $64.08 per share
• Price / Book: 3.79

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 823,000,000
• Free Float: 794,195,000
• Market Cap: $199.80 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.26