Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) Issues Earnings Results

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The CRM provider reported $4.29 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.27 by $1.02, Zacks reports. Salesforce had a net margin of 18.73% and a return on equity of 18.72%.

Salesforce Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of CRM stock traded up $0.32 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $206.01. 7,979,543 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 13,603,130. The company has a market cap of $168.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a quick ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 0.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $176.11 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $181.49. Salesforce has a 1-year low of $146.32 and a 1-year high of $269.11.

Salesforce Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 11th were given a $0.44 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 11th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. Salesforce’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 20.37%.

More Salesforce News

Here are the key news stories impacting Salesforce this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain supportive ahead of the report. Canaccord Genuity reaffirmed a “buy” rating with a $225 price target, while Citizens JMP maintained “market outperform” with a $315 target. BTIG also reaffirmed its buy rating. BTIG Research Reaffirms Buy Rating for Salesforce
• Positive Sentiment: Salesforce’s Agentforce AI platform and its expanding third-party AgentExchange ecosystem are viewed as potential growth drivers. New integrations from ZoomInfo and Agiloft could increase adoption of Salesforce and Slack’s AI-powered workflows. Salesforce AgentExchange ecosystem
• Neutral Sentiment: Consensus expectations call for roughly $11.3 billion in quarterly revenue and $3.27 in EPS, representing approximately 11% revenue growth and 12% earnings growth. Options markets imply a broad post-earnings trading range of about $190 to $220, highlighting elevated uncertainty. Salesforce Q2 earnings expectations
• Neutral Sentiment: Jefferies expects an in-line quarter, but investors will focus more heavily on signs of second-half growth reacceleration. A survey of Salesforce partners showed 70% were at or above plan, offering a modestly encouraging demand signal. Jefferies Salesforce earnings preview
• Negative Sentiment: The stock’s weak 2026 chart reflects investor concerns that AI competition could disrupt traditional software growth and that Salesforce has yet to demonstrate a durable acceleration from its AI investments. Broader software-sector volatility, amplified by momentum and leveraged trading, is adding to the pressure. Software-sector volatility
• Negative Sentiment: Another senior OpenAI sales executive reportedly returning to Salesforce may benefit CRM’s talent base, but it also underscores ongoing uncertainty and leadership churn within the AI ecosystem. OpenAI executive returns to Salesforce

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CRM. Compound Planning Inc. lifted its position in Salesforce by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 17,781 shares of the CRM provider’s stock valued at $4,710,000 after acquiring an additional 135 shares during the period. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Salesforce during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Salesforce by 84.9% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 773,553 shares of the CRM provider’s stock worth $204,922,000 after purchasing an additional 355,108 shares during the last quarter. Strive Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in Salesforce in the fourth quarter worth approximately $158,000. Finally, Blue Sparrow LLC DE bought a new stake in Salesforce in the 4th quarter worth approximately $18,862,000. Institutional investors own 80.43% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently commented on CRM. Phillip Securities downgraded shares of Salesforce from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $253.00 to $166.00 in a report on Monday, June 29th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Salesforce in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Daiwa Securities Group reduced their price objective on Salesforce from $295.00 to $280.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. B. Riley Financial upped their target price on Salesforce from $205.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. Finally, Macquarie Infrastructure lowered their target price on Salesforce from $200.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 28th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have issued a Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Salesforce has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $248.72.

About Salesforce

Salesforce, founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a global provider of cloud-based software focused on customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise applications. The company popularized the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model for CRM and has built a broad portfolio of products designed to help organizations manage sales, service, marketing, commerce and analytics through a unified, cloud-first platform.

Core offerings include Sales Cloud for sales automation, Service Cloud for customer support, Marketing Cloud for digital marketing and engagement, and Commerce Cloud for e-commerce.