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Salesforce, Inc.

Rising onWhy it's trendingStrong bullish X conversationBacked by solid revenue growth
$CRM·$158B·Software - Application·Technology
$257.54+0.6%YTD-27.9%1Y+1.9%
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CRCRM
$CRMSalesforce, Inc.
$257.54+0.60%912 posts+19%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $CRM, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

The 'SaaSpocalypse' just ended for the biggest name in SaaS — AI is the accelerant, not the killer.

Salesforce is the enterprise CRM platform whose stock got hit hardest by the 'AI eats SaaS' narrative and has just delivered the print that reverses it. Q2 beat both revenue and EPS by large margins, the FY guide got raised, and the stock has ripped roughly 42% in a month.

  • Revenue is compounding cleanly: quarterly revenue stepped from $10.24B to $10.26B to $11.20B to $11.13B across the last four quarters at a 78% blended gross margin — analysts model $41.5B and $11.78 EPS for the fiscal year, so at $256 the stock is trading at roughly 22x forward, a reasonable price for a business the market had left for dead just two months ago.
  • The AI monetization is now a hard number: AI & Data ARR grew +210% YoY to $3.9B, and adjusted Q2 EPS came in at $5.90 versus consensus of $3.27 — that magnitude of beat is what changes analyst models on both revenue growth and margin structure at once.
  • The government tailwind is a genuine kicker: a $16B federal contract landed 39 days after President Trump's disclosed CRM position, and while the timing is what people are talking about, the contract itself is a meaningful multi-year revenue line that adds a very different customer-mix leg to the business.

A Dec 2 print that carries the AI & Data ARR curve and holds current RPO growth extends the re-rate; a soft international commercial print or a competitor's agentic-AI announcement that pulls back CRM's incremental win rate is what stalls the tape.

Agrees with X sentimentX's flip-to-bullish read matches the mechanics — the $5.90 vs $3.27 EPS beat and the 210% AI & Data ARR growth are real inflections, and the 'soft RPO' skeptic point is legitimate but weak compared to the guide raise.

What to watch: The Dec 2 fiscal Q3 print — AI & Data ARR growth, current RPO, and any federal-contract cadence commentary. A soft international commercial number is the first thing that stalls the recovery.

On the calendar: 2026-12-02 — fiscal Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment174 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Sentiment on Salesforce runs overwhelmingly bullish after a triple beat sent shares up 22%, with EPS of $5.90 crushing $3.27 estimates, AI/Data ARR at $3.9B (+210% YoY), a 15% share-count reduction, and the 'Claudeforce' Anthropic partnership. Posters declare the 'SaaSpocalypse' over and float $300+ targets. Skeptics counter that much of the EPS beat came from 'unusual items' and organic growth was only 7.5%.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Operates the dominant cloud CRM platform covering sales, service, marketing, and analytics for enterprises worldwide.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Application sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CRM.

Software - Application · Technology

SaaS multiples remain compressed as rate-sensitive valuations weigh on pure-play software; customers are lengthening deal cycles outside of AI-native workloads. AI co-pilot upsell is the only clear near-term catalyst — companies without it are treading water.

What this means for $CRM

Partial — fee-based midstream revenue has limited direct commodity price exposure but volume ties to upstream production activity.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
-4.2%YTD
+2.5%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
20.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
9.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
21.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
9.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.6Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
14.9%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
77.6%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 26, 2026$5.90$3.27+80.4%
Q1 2026May 27, 2026$3.88$3.13+24.0%
Q4 2025Feb 25, 2026$3.81$3.05+24.9%
Q3 2025Dec 3, 2025$3.25$2.86+13.6%
Next earningsWed, Dec 2·consensus EPS $3.43

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY27$11.1B+13.3%76.9%21.8%$2.43$6.6B
Q4 FY26$11.2B+12.1%77.6%21.9%$2.08$5.3B
Q3 FY26$10.3B+8.6%78.0%21.3%$2.19$2.2B
Q2 FY26$10.2B+9.8%78.1%22.8%$1.97$605.0M

Forward consensus

6-year forecast · up to 39 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$41.5B$41.3B – $41.6B$11.78$11.77 – $11.8136
FY27$46.1B$46.0B – $46.2B$14.15$13.16 – $15.3238
FY28$50.4B$49.4B – $51.5B$15.63$14.38 – $16.9939
FY29$55.3B$53.3B – $57.7B$17.95$13.72 – $19.8425
FY30$60.5B$59.5B – $62.4B$19.77$19.33 – $20.5812
FY31$70.5B$69.3B – $72.7B$25.18$24.62 – $26.2011

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.2.5×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.89%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+41.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+27.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 793.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.155-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

+ 66 other (37 exempts · 21 inkinds · 7 awards · 1 gift) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 58-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

CRM announced a leadership Departure involving Certain Officers, who serves as Director. compensation with a third party. Item 5.02 mandates timely disclosure of executive and director transitions, which can significantly affect CRM's strategic direction and investor confidence.

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 223
AI summary

Guy Wanger filed a Form 3 (initial statement of beneficial ownership) as newly appointed EVP & Chief Accounting Officer of Salesforce, Inc., with a reporting date of June 15, 2026. As of the filing date, Wanger beneficially owns no securities of Salesforce directly or indirectly. Routine Section 16(a) baseline filing for a newly appointed senior finance executive at Salesforce.

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 28-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Salesforce appointed Guy Wanger (64) as Chief Accounting Officer effective June 15, 2026; he comes from WilliamsMarston LLC after 38+ years at Ernst & Young including as Audit Partner from 1996 to 2022. Routine accounting leadership hire from a Big Four background.

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 18-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Salesforce held its 2026 Annual Meeting on May 28, 2026; directors including Marc Benioff (588.6M for, 20.9M against) and all other nominees were elected; say-on-pay and other proposals also passed. Routine annual meeting; Benioff's approximately 3.4% against vote is relatively low.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMar 168-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
8-KMaterial agreementMar 138-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
8-KMaterial agreementMar 128-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
8-KOfficer or director changeMar 68-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
+ 13 other (4 proxys · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 S-8s) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Salesforce Shares Surge 23%. This Is Why the Stock Looks Like It Has a Lot More Upside Ahead.fool.com·2d agoOp-ed: Salesforce just revealed the next battleground in AI — and it's not the modelscnbc.com·3d agoThe U.S. Took the Tech Lead From China. Trump’s New Chip Tariffs Could Hand It Back247wallst.com·3d agoSalesforce (CRM) Stock Soars on Q2 Earnings: Is It Too Late to Buy?zacks.com·3d agoQUICK SPARK: Salesforce Stock Books Best Week Since August 2020benzinga.com·3d ago

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