Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of $275.14 According to Analysts

Shares of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) have received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fifty research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating, thirty-one have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $278.12.

A number of research firms recently commented on CRM. DA Davidson set a $225.00 price objective on shares of Salesforce in a research note on Thursday, September 17th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Salesforce in a research report on Thursday, September 17th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Salesforce from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 17th. KeyCorp assumed coverage on Salesforce in a research note on Monday. They set a “sector weight” rating for the company. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Salesforce in a research report on Thursday, August 27th.

Salesforce Trading Up 2.0%

NYSE:CRM opened at $233.74 on Friday. Salesforce has a 1 year low of $146.32 and a 1 year high of $269.11. The stock has a market cap of $192.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.31, a PEG ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.26. The business has a fifty day moving average of $227.50 and a 200-day moving average of $193.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 0.84.

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The CRM provider reported $5.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.27 by $2.63. The firm had revenue of $11.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.33 billion. Salesforce had a net margin of 21.99% and a return on equity of 24.90%. Salesforce’s quarterly revenue was up 10.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.91 EPS. Salesforce has set its FY 2027 guidance at 16.670-16.710 EPS and its Q3 2027 guidance at 3.420-3.440 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Salesforce will post 12.82 earnings per share for the current year.

Salesforce Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 8th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 17th were issued a $0.44 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 17th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Salesforce’s dividend payout ratio is 16.04%.

Salesforce News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Salesforce this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America upgraded Salesforce from Underperform to Buy and raised its price target from $160 to $285. The rare double upgrade reflects greater confidence that AI demand can accelerate Salesforce’s growth and improve the valuation case. Salesforce Just Got a Rare Double Upgrade—What Changed?
• Positive Sentiment: Salesforce agreed to acquire Loops, an AI analytics platform, for an estimated $30 million. The technology is expected to strengthen Tableau and Slack by proactively identifying business trends, anomalies and recommended actions within customers’ workflows. Salesforce to buy AI analytics platform Loops for Tableau
• Positive Sentiment: Agentforce adoption is becoming more financially meaningful: the platform reportedly exceeded $1.5 billion in annual recurring revenue, while remaining performance obligations rose about 14% to $33.5 billion. Usage-based pricing could also help Salesforce capture value from AI automation rather than relying solely on per-seat subscriptions. Bear to bull: A double upgrade of Salesforce illustrates the folly of the SaaSpocalypse
• Positive Sentiment: The company’s approximately $25 billion share-repurchase program, strong profitability and relatively modest forward valuation are providing additional support for the shares. Salesforce also recently reported a significant earnings beat, reinforcing confidence in execution. Has Salesforce Fallen Far Enough To Look Undervalued On Earnings?
• Neutral Sentiment: The Loops acquisition is expected to close in November. Investors will need evidence that the technology produces paid upgrades and sustained revenue growth, rather than only high trial activity.
• Negative Sentiment: Risks remain from elevated short interest, Salesforce’s debt load and uncertainty over whether AI-driven growth can offset pressure on traditional software seat licenses. Integration and enterprise-spending risks could limit the recovery.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Craig Conway sold 4,500 shares of Salesforce stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.61, for a total transaction of $1,172,745.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,437 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,416,936.57. The trade was a 45.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director David Blair Kirk purchased 4,176 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 18th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $239.33 per share, for a total transaction of $999,442.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 18,748 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,486,958.84. This represents a 28.66% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Company insiders own 3.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Salesforce

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC bought a new position in Salesforce during the 2nd quarter valued at about $25,000. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Salesforce in the second quarter valued at about $26,000. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd bought a new stake in Salesforce during the second quarter worth about $27,000. Costello Asset Management INC grew its stake in Salesforce by 410.3% during the first quarter. Costello Asset Management INC now owns 148 shares of the CRM provider’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 119 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gables Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Salesforce during the second quarter worth about $28,000. 80.43% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Salesforce

Salesforce, Inc (NYSE: CRM) develops cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) software and enterprise applications. Its platform helps organizations manage sales, customer service, marketing, commerce, analytics, data integration and collaboration through subscription-based services.

The company’s product portfolio includes Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Commerce Cloud, Salesforce Platform, Data Cloud and Tableau. Salesforce also offers MuleSoft integration technology, Slack collaboration software and artificial intelligence capabilities through its Einstein platform.