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NYSE:CRM

Salesforce (CRM) Competitors

$202.78
-0.42 (-0.21%)
(As of 09/29/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$202.10
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$207.79
50-Day Range
$202.49
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$226.03
52-Week Range
$126.34
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$238.22
Volume
4.41 million shs
Average Volume
4.51 million shs
Market Capitalization
$197.30 billion
P/E Ratio
127.53
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$242.28
ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial MediaSustainability

CRM vs. ADBE, INTU, SNPS, CDNS, SAP, NOW, ORCL, VMW, NTES, and TEAM

Should you be buying Salesforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Salesforce include Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), Synopsys (SNPS), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), SAP (SAP), ServiceNow (NOW), Oracle (ORCL), VMware (VMW), NetEase (NTES), and Atlassian (TEAM). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.

Salesforce vs.

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.

80.0% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Salesforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Salesforce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Adobe currently has a consensus target price of $594.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.59%. Salesforce has a consensus target price of $242.28, suggesting a potential upside of 19.48%. Given Adobe's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Salesforce is more favorable than Adobe.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adobe
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
Salesforce
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

Salesforce received 1509 more outperform votes than Adobe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.81% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 70.64% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AdobeOutperform Votes
1593
70.64%
Underperform Votes
662
29.36%
SalesforceOutperform Votes
3102
82.81%
Underperform Votes
644
17.19%

Adobe has a net margin of 27.11% compared to Adobe's net margin of 4.77%. Salesforce's return on equity of 37.73% beat Adobe's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adobe27.11% 37.73% 20.05%
Salesforce 4.77%7.67%4.75%

Adobe has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salesforce has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Adobe had 6 more articles in the media than Salesforce. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Adobe and 32 mentions for Salesforce. Salesforce's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Adobe's score of 0.05 indicating that Adobe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adobe
12 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Salesforce
5 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Adobe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Salesforce. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salesforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adobe$17.61B13.19$4.76B$11.1145.90
Salesforce$31.35B6.29$208M$1.59127.53

Summary

Adobe beats Salesforce on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.


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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CRM vs. The Competition

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MetricSalesforcePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$197.30B$19.12B$16.40B$15.15B
Dividend YieldN/A2.89%2.55%3.77%
P/E Ratio127.5332.33256.3022.51
Price / Sales6.296.79535.959.05
Price / Cash25.4462.6627.9917.08
Price / Book3.4013.769.056.54
Net Income$208M$301.82M$554.04M$901.03M
7 Day Performance-1.77%-0.08%2.93%-0.46%
1 Month Performance-8.41%-8.65%-0.66%-5.77%
1 Year Performance40.98%10.12%10.70%10.40%

Salesforce Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADBE
Adobe
2.7548 of 5 stars		$506.30
-1.0%		$597.52
+18.0%		+85.3%$230.77B$17.61B45.5729,239Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
INTU
Intuit
2.7889 of 5 stars		$503.19
-1.0%		$554.19
+10.1%		+31.9%$141.04B$14.37B59.6218,200Analyst Report
News Coverage
SNPS
Synopsys
2.3429 of 5 stars		$444.35
-0.8%		$462.50
+4.1%		+50.2%$68.11B$5.53B66.6219,000Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
2.4298 of 5 stars		$229.26
-0.9%		$257.44
+12.3%		+43.4%$62.31B$3.56B70.3310,200Short Interest ↑
SAP
SAP
2.2023 of 5 stars		$127.18
-3.6%		$141.33
+11.1%		+59.2%$150.02B$32.53B27.71111,961Gap Up
NOW
ServiceNow
2.5011 of 5 stars		$544.91
-2.6%		$594.79
+9.2%		+48.0%$111.02B$7.25B78.5220,433Options Volume
ORCL
Oracle
2.9706 of 5 stars		$104.87
-3.2%		$124.04
+18.3%		+73.4%$287.32B$49.95B31.21164,000Analyst Revision
VMW
VMware
2.1965 of 5 stars		$165.01
-1.0%		$160.25
-2.9%		+56.4%$71.25B$13.35B49.8538,300Short Interest ↓
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NTES
NetEase
2.6673 of 5 stars		$100.16
-0.7%		$122.13
+21.9%		+32.5%$66.01B$98.84B17.9831,119News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
TEAM
Atlassian
2.1912 of 5 stars		$191.40
-2.6%		$199.81
+4.4%		-4.3%$49.26B$3.53B-101.276,433Insider Selling
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