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Salesforce (CRM)


Market Price (9/14/2025): $242.91 | Market Cap: $232.2 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Application Software

Salesforce (CRM)


Market Price (9/14/2025): $242.91
Market Cap: $232.2 Bil
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Application Software

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 33%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 32%, CFO LTM is 13 Bil, FCF LTM is 12 Bil
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -39%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -5.7%
 
1 Attractive yield
FCF Yield is 5.4%
  
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 33%
  
0 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 33%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 32%, CFO LTM is 13 Bil, FCF LTM is 12 Bil
1 Attractive yield
FCF Yield is 5.4%
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 33%
3 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -39%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -5.7%

Market Valuation

 9/14/25202420232022
Share Price CYE$242.91$333.28$260.85$131.44
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)232.2318.6253.6131.0
Total Debt ($ Bil)11.211.412.614.1
Total Cash ($ Bil)15.414.014.212.5
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)228.1330.0266.2145.1
Valuation Ratios    
P/S TTM5.98.57.34.2
P/EBIT TTM27.742.042.770.8
P/E TTM34.951.962.0632.4
Sector Ratios    
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.82.5
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0-0.1-0.5
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4-0.5
 9/14/252024
Share Price CYE$242.91$333.28
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)232.2318.6
Total Debt ($ Bil)11.211.4
Total Cash ($ Bil)15.414.0
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)228.1330.0
Valuation Ratios  
P/S TTM5.98.5
P/EBIT TTM27.742.0
P/E TTM34.951.9
Sector Ratios  
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.1
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3

Business Description

Salesforce, Inc. provides customer relationship management technology that brings companies and customers together worldwide. Its Customer 360 platform empowers its customers to work together to deliver connected experiences for their customers. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
CRM Return37%14%-48%98%28%-27%51%
Peers Return33%38%-20%50%18%20%207%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: MSFT, ORCL, IBM, INTU, ADBE. See CRM Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/12/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

CRMMSFTORCLIBMINTUADBEMedian
NameSalesfor.MicrosoftOracle Internat.Intuit Adobe  
Mkt Price242.91509.88291.46253.73646.44348.58320.02
Mkt Cap232.23,788.4818.1236.2181.0149.2234.2
Rev LTM39,502281,72457,39964,03818,83122,60148,450
Op Inc LTM8,381128,52818,05210,9294,9428,2219,655
FCF LTM12,49771,611-39411,6466,0839,43710,542
FCF 3Y Avg10,50668,3866,62811,3465,1687,7439,124
CFO LTM13,169136,16220,82113,2826,2079,61513,226
CFO 3Y Avg11,214114,09718,88613,1045,3798,02012,159

Growth & Margins

CRMMSFTORCLIBMINTUADBEMedian
NameSalesfor.MicrosoftOracle Internat.Intuit Adobe  
Rev Chg LTM8.3%14.9%8.4%2.7%15.6%10.6%9.5%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg10.5%12.5%10.7%2.4%14.0%10.6%10.7%
Rev Chg Q9.8%18.1%11.3%7.7%20.3%10.6%11.0%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM2.4%4.3%2.9%1.9%3.6%2.6%2.7%
Op Mgn LTM21.2%45.6%31.5%17.1%26.2%36.4%28.8%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg17.8%44.0%29.8%15.9%23.9%35.1%26.8%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM0.7%0.4%-0.4%0.7%0.5%0.1%0.5%
CFO/Rev LTM33.3%48.3%36.3%20.7%33.0%42.5%34.8%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg30.6%46.0%35.3%21.0%32.7%39.1%34.0%
FCF/Rev LTM31.6%25.4%-0.7%18.2%32.3%41.8%28.5%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg28.6%27.9%12.9%18.2%31.4%37.7%28.3%

Valuation

CRMMSFTORCLIBMINTUADBEMedian
NameSalesfor.MicrosoftOracle Internat.Intuit Adobe  
Mkt Cap232.23,788.4818.1236.2181.0149.2234.2
P/S5.913.414.33.79.66.68.1
P/EBIT27.730.146.129.235.617.529.7
P/E34.937.265.840.546.821.738.8
P/CFO17.627.839.317.829.215.522.8
Total Yield3.4%3.3%2.1%5.1%2.8%4.6%3.3%
Dividend Yield0.5%0.6%0.6%2.6%0.7%0.0%0.6%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg4.4%2.2%1.9%6.8%3.0%3.9%3.4%
D/E0.00.00.10.30.00.00.0
Net D/E-0.0-0.00.10.20.00.00.0

Returns

CRMMSFTORCLIBMINTUADBEMedian
NameSalesfor.MicrosoftOracle Internat.Intuit Adobe  
1M Rtn0.1%-2.0%17.7%5.7%-9.9%-1.5%-0.7%
3M Rtn-6.1%7.5%36.0%-8.0%-14.2%-10.8%-7.0%
6M Rtn-12.8%31.7%96.9%3.4%8.2%-11.5%5.8%
12M Rtn-4.1%19.3%82.2%21.3%-0.8%-34.9%9.3%
3Y Rtn58.2%113.0%333.2%126.8%56.1%13.0%85.6%
1M Excs Rtn0.6%-3.7%17.8%3.7%-11.0%-2.3%-0.9%
3M Excs Rtn-18.0%-2.3%37.6%-18.1%-24.5%-24.5%-18.0%
6M Excs Rtn-29.6%15.8%79.8%-14.8%-7.8%-26.8%-11.3%
12M Excs Rtn-20.6%4.2%69.6%7.1%-17.2%-59.0%-6.5%
3Y Excs Rtn-5.7%37.0%243.0%57.4%-14.0%-73.4%15.7%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20252024202320222021
Service8,2457,3696,4745,3774,466
Sales7,5806,8315,9895,1914,598
Platform and Other6,6115,9674,5093,3244,473
Integration and Analytics5,1894,3383,7832,951 
Marketing and Commerce4,9124,5163,9023,1332,506
Professional services and other2,3202,3311,8351,2761,055
Total34,85731,35226,49221,25217,098


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity13,975,683
Short Interest: % Change Since 8152025-3.2%
Average Daily Volume7,413,888
Days-to-Cover Short Interest1.89
Basic Shares Quantity956,000,000
Short % of Basic Shares1.5%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
9/3/2025-4.9%-5.4% 
5/28/2025-3.3%-4.7%-0.8%
2/26/2025-4.0%-5.0%-9.6%
12/3/202411.0%5.2%0.6%
8/28/2024-0.7%-4.9%7.0%
5/29/2024-19.7%-12.9%-5.3%
2/28/20243.0%1.3%0.6%
11/29/20239.4%8.2%14.2%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive10912
# Negative141512
Median Positive7.4%5.2%5.0%
Median Negative-4.4%-6.3%-9.5%
Max Positive26.0%30.2%17.5%
Max Negative-19.7%-18.6%-18.9%

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0Niles SabastianPresident and CLO5282025Sell272.75547149,194531,317Form
1Reddy Sundeep G.EVP & Chief Accounting Officer5052025Sell275.00500137,5003,220,525Form
2SCHMAIER R DAVIDChief Product & Impact Officer4172025Sell253.316,9591,762,7699,141,879Form
3Harris ParkerCo-Founder and CTO, Slack4172025Sell253.319,7422,467,72534,147,665Form
4Reddy Sundeep G.EVP & Chief Accounting Officer4172025Sell253.311,256318,1553,248,926Form