Stocks · Technology · Software - Application
Salesforce, Inc. CRM
$234.69 -0.84% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $192.21B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Dec 2, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 14.7% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $10.96, up 59.3% year over year.
- The shares trade at 21.4× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth61Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 47%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 29%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 47%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 42%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 47%
Quality77Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 31%
- Gross marginTop 16%
- Operating marginTop 14%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 48%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Interest coverTop 29%
Value85Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 18%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 25%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 42%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 12%
Momentum56Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 46%
- 6-month returnBottom 50%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Revisions86Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 17%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 27%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 30%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 38%
Stability54Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 45%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 45%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 28%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.0% | 11.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 35.1% | 59.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 77.6% | 77.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 20.2% | 21.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 31.6% | 34.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.2% | 11.0% | ↑ | Bottom 47% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 59.3% | 35.1% | ↑ | Top 29% |
| Gross margin | 77.3% | 77.6% | ↓ | Top 16% |
| Operating margin | 21.4% | 20.2% | ↑ | Top 14% |
| Net margin | 22.0% | 16.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 34.5% | 31.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7% | — | Top 31% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.8% | — | Top 42% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.63×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 8.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +1.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.12×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 11.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.79%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 17.94%
- Shareholder yield
- 18.73%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -14.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.9%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 7
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +35.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $271.91
- Target vs current price
- +15.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 98
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 77%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | +80.4% | -0.0% | +25.5% | +15.5% | — |
| May 27, 2026 | +24.0% | -0.9% | +12.2% | -14.7% | +14.7% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +24.9% | +3.4% | +5.7% | -1.3% | -2.9% |
| Dec 3, 2025 | +13.6% | +1.7% | +11.2% | +12.9% | -17.8% |
| Sep 3, 2025 | +4.7% | +1.4% | -0.3% | -6.3% | -7.4% |
| May 28, 2025 | +1.2% | -0.4% | -4.6% | -3.4% | -11.3% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | +6.5% | +0.5% | -6.1% | -5.6% | -7.7% |
| Dec 3, 2024 | -1.2% | +0.1% | +6.2% | +1.0% | -11.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2026 | $5.90 | $3.27 | +80.4% | $11.35B |
| May 27, 2026 | $3.88 | $3.13 | +24.0% | $11.13B |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $3.81 | $3.05 | +24.9% | $11.20B |
| Dec 3, 2025 | $3.25 | $2.86 | +13.6% | $10.26B |
| Sep 3, 2025 | $2.91 | $2.78 | +4.7% | $10.24B |
| May 28, 2025 | $2.58 | $2.55 | +1.2% | $9.83B |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $2.78 | $2.61 | +6.5% | $9.99B |
| Dec 3, 2024 | $2.41 | $2.44 | -1.2% | $9.44B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 21.4× | 72.3× | 5th | Top 18% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.3× | — | — | Top 25% |
| EV / Sales | 5.14× | — | — | Bottom 42% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.88% | — | — | Top 19% |
| Earnings yield | 4.67% | — | — | Top 18% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 20.4× – 323.6× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -0.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +59.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -35.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 49
- Days above the 200-day average
- 32
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +16.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +6.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +17.0%
- RSI (14)
- 51.4
- Relative volume
- 0.63×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 58.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 98th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.13
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -11.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -59.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2024 | Jun 22, 2026 | -59.2% | 385 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Dec 16, 2022 | -58.6% | 279 days | 301 days (Mar 1, 2024) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | May 30, 2024 | -31.2% | 62 days | 113 days (Nov 8, 2024) |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Mar 4, 2021 | -23.1% | 98 days | 122 days (Aug 26, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $192.21B
- P/E (TTM)
- 21.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $10.96
- Revenue (TTM)
- $43.94B
- Dividend yield
- 0.74%
- 52-week range
- $146.32 – $269.11
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $26.49B | $31.35B | $34.86B | $37.90B | $41.52B |
| Gross profit | $19.47B | $22.99B | $26.32B | $29.25B | $32.26B |
| Operating income | $548.0M | $1.03B | $5.01B | $7.21B | $8.92B |
| Net income | $1.44B | $208.0M | $4.14B | $6.20B | $7.46B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.48 | $0.21 | $4.20 | $6.36 | $7.80 |
| Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | Q2 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.44B | $9.99B | $9.83B | $10.24B | $10.26B | $11.20B | $11.13B | $11.35B |
| Net income | $1.53B | $1.71B | $1.54B | $1.89B | $2.09B | $1.94B | $2.11B | $3.53B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.58 | $1.75 | $1.59 | $1.96 | $2.18 | $2.07 | $2.42 | $4.29 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $6.00B | $7.11B | $10.23B | $13.09B | $15.00B |
| Capital expenditure | -$717.0M | -$798.0M | -$736.0M | -$658.0M | -$594.0M |
| Free cash flow | $5.28B | $6.31B | $9.50B | $12.43B | $14.40B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$1.54B | -$1.59B |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$4.00B | -$7.62B | -$7.83B | -$11.56B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $11.40B
- Total assets
- $109.62B
- Total liabilities
- $71.24B
- Total debt
- $41.74B
- Net debt
- $33.43B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $38.38B
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | $0.44 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | $0.44 | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | $0.44 | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | $0.42 | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Sep 17, 2025 | $0.42 | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Jun 18, 2025 | $0.42 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Apr 10, 2025 | $0.42 | Apr 24, 2025 |
| Dec 18, 2024 | $0.40 | Jan 9, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 32,348,247
- Days to cover
- 2.47
- Change vs previous report
- +10.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 18, 2013
- 4-for-1