Salesforce Inc. (NYSE: CRM) stock jumped 1.17% on Wednesday to $209.06 against a previous-day closing price of $206.64. With 4.88 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 6.79 million shares. During the session, the Software – Application company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $210.21 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $205.42. The 52-week range on CRM shows that it touched its highest point at $213.88 and its lowest point at $126.34 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $226.15. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.23.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CRM was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.15%, but this was up by 9.64% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 27.38% while six-month performance rose 44.33%. The stock gained 30.40% in the past year, while it has gained 57.67% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CRM yields 0.21 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.89. For the next quarter, that number is 1.70. This implies an EPS growth rate of -85.90% for this year and 24.58% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.56% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -20.60%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 984.00 million CRM shares are outstanding with a float of 967.51 million shares on hand for trading. On Apr 27, 2023, short shares totaled 8.53 million, which was 0.87% higher than short shares on Mar 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. Marc R. Benioff as the firm’s Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Mr. Brian Millham serves as its Pres & COO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 78.07% of CRM’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 42.80% of CRM, in contrast to 4.89% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 35.60%. As the largest shareholder in CRM with 7.86% of the stake, The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds 78,582,132 shares worth 78,582,132. A second-largest stockholder of CRM, BlackRock Fund Advisors, holds 46,161,168 shares, controlling over 4.62% of the firm’s shares. SSgA Funds Management, Inc. is the third largest shareholder in CRM, holding 45,509,345 shares or 4.55% stake. With a 2.95% stake in CRM, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 29,519,928 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard 500 Index Fund, which owns about 2.35% of CRM stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 23,471,583 shares valued at 4.66 billion. Fidelity 500 Index Fund holds 1.11% of the stake in CRM, owning 11,065,361 shares worth 2.2 billion.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Jan 30, 2023, CRM reported revenue of $7.41B and operating income of $20.00M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $919.00M and diluted EPS was $0.03.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CRM since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With CRM analysts setting a high price target of $325.00 and a low target of $145.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $227.83. Based on these targets, CRM could surge 55.46% to reach the target high and fall by -30.64% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 8.98% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded CRM stock several times over the past three months with 47 Buys and 124 Sells. In these transactions, 64,035 shares were bought while 135,697 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 290 while that of sell transactions has risen to 970 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 660,547 while 1,897,048 shares were sold.
