Analysis updated on Oct. 16, 2026 (UTC) · Alpha · vs marketSwitch to Total · NYSE
On Oct. 16, 2026, CRM is rated Neutral: its 90-day Alpha forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5171 stocks scored that day.
Salesforce, Inc. is a large-cap company with a market capitalization of $198.10B. It ranks number 7 by market capitalization among the 60 Services-Prepackaged Software issuers in our coverage with a current forecast.
For CRM, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 19.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is -3.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Expected return relative to the market over the horizon: a positive alpha means the model expects the stock to beat the market, whatever the market does. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +1.8%, buy ≥ +0.2%, sell < -0.9%, strong sell < -1.2% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-16 signals)
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Follow CRM free90D Alpha forecasts of every company scored, cut into five relative ratings at the 15th, 35th, 65th and 85th percentiles (dashed lines).
Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Services-Prepackaged Software peers listed below that report each metric.
| Metric | CRM | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $198.10B | 7/60 |
| P/E Ratio | 21.96x | 28/38 |
| P/B Ratio | 5.79x | 36/53 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.76% | 5/7 |
| EPS | $10.96 | – |
| Book Value/Share | $41.60 | – |
| Revenue/Share | $53.39 | – |
| FCF/Share | $18.41 | – |
| Metric | CRM | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| ROE | 23.7% | 18/47 |
| Gross Margin | 77.3% | 25/55 |
| Operating Margin | 19.6% | 19/58 |
| Net Margin | 18.1% | 19/50 |
| EBT Margin | 27.8% | 13/58 |
| Tax Rate | 22.2% | – |
| Metric | CRM | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 0.84x | 53/59 |
| D/E Ratio | 2.12x | 14/54 |
| Interest Coverage | 35.3x | 10/46 |
| Working Capital | -$4.25B | 58/59 |
| Metric | CRM | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $15.75B | 4/58 |
| Free Cash Flow | $15.15B | 2/49 |
| Capital Spending | -$596M | 46/49 |
| OCF Growth YoY | 19.6% | 37/51 |
| FCF Growth YoY | 17.5% | 26/42 |
| FCF/Sales | 34.5% | 8/49 |
| CapEx/Sales | 1.4% | 20/49 |
| Metric | CRM | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receivables Turnover | 7.0x | 24/51 |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 14.4x | 38/51 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 52 days | 28/51 |
| Payables Period | 257 days | 2/55 |
| Metric | CRM | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $43.94B | 4/52 |
| Operating Income | $8.73B | 5/58 |
| Net Income | $8.10B | 4/50 |
| R&D Expense | $6.37B | 4/58 |
| SG&A Expense | $25.46B | 2/57 |
| Cost of Goods Sold | $9.98B | 4/56 |
| Metric | CRM | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Dividends Per Share | $1.84 | – |
| Payout Ratio | 16.8% | 7/7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 823M | – |
| Net Income Growth | 12.2% | 18/30 |
| EPS Growth | 59.3% | 12/35 |
| Total Current Assets | $22.08B | 20.7% of assets |
| Cash & Short-term Investments | $8.31B | 7.8% of assets |
| Accounts Receivable | $6.32B | 5.9% of assets |
| Total Liabilities | $72.44B | 67.9% of assets |
| Short-term Debt | $19.32B | 18.1% of assets |
Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Salesforce, Inc. (Services-Prepackaged Software): 60 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.
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Sign up free| Company | 90-Day AI Forecast (Alpha) | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|
| CRM Salesforce, Inc. | ▶ | $198.10B |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp | ▼ | $3.93T |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. | ▲ | $481.78B |
| ORCL Oracle Corp | ▲ | $406.60B |
| SAP Sap Se | ▼ | $276.41B |
| CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. | ▲ | $232.83B |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. | ▲ | $229.20B |
| NET Cloudflare, Inc. | ▲ | $112.64B |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | ▼ | $95.43B |
| SNPS Synopsys Inc | ▼ | $89.71B |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. | ▲ | $88.73B |
| CDNS Cadence Design Systems Inc | ▼ | $86.97B |
| NTES Netease, Inc. | ▼ | $80.88B |
| TEAM Atlassian Corp | ▶ | $54.96B |
| VEEV Veeva Systems Inc | ▼ | $50.68B |
| ADSK Autodesk, Inc. | ▼ | $50.14B |
| XYZ Block, Inc. | ▶ | $47.96B |
| TWLO Twilio Inc | ▲ | $41.99B |
| TTWO Take Two Interactive Software Inc | ▼ | $39.15B |
| RBLX Roblox Corp | ▲ | $36.52B |
| OKTA Okta, Inc. | ▲ | $36.45B |
| CRWV Coreweave, Inc. | ▲ | $33.86B |
| MDB Mongodb, Inc. | ▲ | $27.19B |
| RBRK Rubrik, Inc. | ▲ | $24.59B |
| PTC Ptc Inc. | ▶ | $20.96B |
| SSNC Ss&C Technologies Holdings Inc | ▼ | $19.76B |
| NTNX Nutanix, Inc. | ▶ | $18.93B |
| DT Dynatrace, Inc. | ▶ | $17.66B |
| TYL Tyler Technologies Inc | ▼ | $14.89B |
| CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd | ▼ | $14.56B |
| GEN Gen Digital Inc. | ▲ | $14.46B |
| GWRE Guidewire Software, Inc. | ▲ | $13.85B |
| MANH Manhattan Associates Inc | ▶ | $12.95B |
| HUBS Hubspot Inc | ▲ | $11.52B |
| FIG Figma, Inc. | ▲ | $11.45B |
| PAYC Paycom Software, Inc. | ▲ | $11.40B |
| SAIL Sailpoint, Inc. | ▲ | $11.28B |
| BSY Bentley Systems Inc | ▶ | $10.69B |
| FROG Jfrog Ltd | ▲ | $10.40B |
| ESTC Elastic N.V. | ▶ | $9.63B |
| PCOR Procore Technologies, Inc. | ▲ | $8.90B |
| PCTY Paylocity Holding Corp | ▼ | $8.82B |
| GTLB Gitlab Inc. | ▲ | $8.79B |
| NTSK Netskope Inc | ▲ | $8.36B |
| ZETA Zeta Global Holdings Corp. | ▲ | $8.26B |
| S Sentinelone, Inc. | ▲ | $8.13B |
| DBX Dropbox, Inc. | ▲ | $8.03B |
| APPF Appfolio Inc | ▼ | $7.51B |
| DSGX Descartes Systems Group Inc | ▼ | $7.49B |
| TTAN Servicetitan, Inc. | ▲ | $7.26B |
| PATH Uipath, Inc. | ▲ | $7.15B |
| NICE Nice Ltd. | ▲ | $6.94B |
| QLYS Qualys, Inc. | ▲ | $6.66B |
| DUOL Duolingo, Inc. | ▲ | $6.63B |
| GLBE Global-E Online Ltd. | ▲ | $6.56B |
| NAVN Navan, Inc. | ▲ | $6.56B |
| CVLT Commvault Systems Inc | ▲ | $6.18B |
| MBLY Mobileye Global Inc. | ▲ | $5.88B |
| OCTV Octave Intelligence Plc | ▼ | $5.55B |
| VRNS Varonis Systems Inc | ▲ | $5.44B |
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On Oct. 16, 2026, CRM is rated Neutral: its 90-day Alpha forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5171 stocks scored that day.
For CRM, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 19.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is -3.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Salesforce, Inc. forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 16, 2026.
60 issuers in our coverage, CRM included, share the SEC industry code Services-Prepackaged Software. The largest are: Microsoft Corp (MSFT), Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR), Oracle Corp (ORCL), Sap Se (SAP), Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. (CRWD), Shopify Inc. (SHOP).
This analysis is generated automatically using our proprietary AI systems and should not be considered personalized investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own research and consider consulting a financial advisor before making investment decisions.
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