Salesforce.com (CRM) closed at $271.93 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.2% move from the prior day. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 0.08%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.31%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.02%.Coming into today, shares of the customer-management software developer had gained 5.51% in the past month. In that same time, the Computer and Technology sector gained 2.68%, while the S&P 500 gained 3.52%.The investment community will be closel ...

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) stock is in the news Thursday after Baird analysts upgraded the sales to store data company’s shares.That upgrade has Baird analysts boosting CRM from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating. It also comes alongside a price target increase from $240 per share to $300 per share. That’s a potential increase of 13.6% from yesterday’s close.To put those in perspective, the analysts’ consensus rating and price prediction for CRM is modereate buy based on 40 opinions and $262.36 per sha ...

Salesforce Inc. has been in the midst of a big pivot, focusing more on profits and margins after years of doing flashy deals meant to drive growth. Wall Street has taken notice, driving Salesforce shares CRM, +1.07% up nearly 100% last year and making them the best performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average for 2023. Read: If Nvidia looked more like Salesforce, it might unlock billions more in cash, analyst says But while the stock had a big year in 2023, there could be more gains in store, accordin ...

Salesforce.com Inc is set to pause hiring to its technology and product divisions, Fortune has reported, citing an internal memo  This will stretch to Salesforce subsidiary messaging service Slack, which the chief technical officer’s chief of staff, Ross Harmes, laid out in the update. “This isn’t our first rodeo with hiring pauses, but it’s definitely disruptive and will affect our plans in the first quarter and beyond,” Harmes wrote.  “Remember, we won’t ask you to do the same amount of work with fewer pe ...

Fortune reported that Salesforce and Slack were freezing hiring, citing a leaked memo.Salesforce told Business Insider that they aren't freezing hiring in any of their departments.The company said it's "continuing strategic hiring" to meet business needs. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Email address ...

Shares of Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM) are in the green on Wednesday following a report that the cloud company has implemented a hiring freeze.Why did Salesforce freeze hiring?Copy link to sectionA leaked memo from Ross Harmes – the chief of staff at Salesforce suggests the Nasdaq-listed firm and its team communication platform (Slack) has paused hiring for tech and product roles. The message did not, however, reveal a reason for the hiring freeze or when is it expected to end. All it said was that the pause ...

股市行情 - 2024年股市年末出现了一波上涨行情，这是由于预计2024年加息预期的缓解、通货膨胀的降低以及其他积极的经济结果所导致的[1] 投资建议 - 投资者在2024年必须选择那些预计会像2023年一样增长的公司进行投资。对于投资组合来说，最好拥有一些有声誉的公司作为稳定回报的基础[1] Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM) - SFM在2023年第三季度的总收入增长了8%，净收入与去年相比基本保持不变[5][7] Manulife Financial (MFC) - MFC在2023年第三季度的每股收益增长了35%，核心收益较2022年同期增长了28%[11][12] Salesforce (CRM) - CRM在2024财年第三季度的收入较去年同期增长了11%，净收入从2100万美元增长到了12亿美元[15][16]

券商推荐与股票评级 - 投资者常常依赖分析师推荐来决定是否买入、卖出或持有股票，媒体报道关于这些券商分析师评级变动的消息通常会影响股价，但它们真的重要吗？[1] - Salesforce.com目前的平均券商推荐评级（ABR）为1.82，根据39家券商公司实际推荐（买入、持有、卖出等）计算得出，1.82的ABR介于强烈买入和买入之间。[3] - 券商推荐趋势显示，强烈买入和买入分别占所有推荐的59%和5.1%。[4] - 尽管ABR建议购买Salesforce.com，但仅凭此信息做出投资决策可能不明智。多项研究表明，券商推荐在指导投资者选择具有最佳价格增长潜力的股票方面成功有限甚至没有成功。[8] - 券商公司对其覆盖股票的强烈利益导致分析师对其评级存在强烈正面偏见。研究显示，对于每一个“强烈卖出”推荐，券商公司会分配五个“强烈买入”推荐。[9] Zacks Rank与股票评级 - Zacks Rank是一种有效的股票评级工具，将股票分为五组，从Zacks Rank 1（强烈买入）到Zacks Rank 5（强烈卖出），是预测股票未来价格表现的有效指标。因此，使用ABR来验证Zacks Rank可能是做出盈利性投资决策的有效方式。[11] - Zacks Rank和ABR虽然都在1到5的范围内，但它们是两种完全不同的衡量标准。ABR是基于券商推荐计算的，而Zacks Rank是一种量化模型，旨在利用盈利预期修订的力量。[12] - 券商推荐和Zacks Rank在新鲜度方面也存在关键差异。虽然ABR可能不是最新的，但由于券商分析师不断修订盈利预期以反映变化的业务趋势，并且这些行动很快反映在Zacks Rank中，因此它始终及时地预测未来股价。[17] 公司盈利预期与股票评级 - 根据Salesforce.com的盈利预期修订，本年度的Zacks共识估计在过去一个月保持不变，为8.20美元。[18] - 分析师对公司盈利前景的稳定看法，如共识估计保持不变所示，可能是股票在短期内与整体市场表现一致的合理原因。[19] - 最近共识估计的变化规模以及与盈利预期相关的其他三个因素导致Salesforce.com的Zacks Rank为3（持有）。[20]

Salesforce.com (CRM) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock.Over the past month, shares of this customer-management software developer have returned +2%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4% change. During this period, the Zacks Computer - Software industry, which Salesforce.com falls in, has lost 2%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's future di ...

股票表现 - Salesforce公司股票在2023年全年上涨了100%，远远超过标普500指数的24%增长[1] 财务表现 - 在2024财季第三季度的财报电话会议中，CEO Marc Benioff提到了Salesforce的现金流，强调了其令人难以置信的增长[2] - Salesforce在2024财年前三个季度的营收同比增长了11.3%，尽管企业软件行业整体增长放缓，但仍然表现不俗[6] - 在2024财季第三季度，Salesforce的百万美元交易同比增长了80%，剩余履约义务（来自现有合同的未来收入）同比增长了21%[8] - Salesforce在控制支出方面表现出色，2024财季前三个季度的运营支出同比下降了1.5%[9] 产品和市场拓展 - Salesforce通过收购其他软件公司，如Slack和Tableau，扩大了产品范围，导致更多服务被捆绑销售，与客户签订更大额的合同[7] - Salesforce正在推出基于人工智能（AI）软件的新产品，并且已经将其AI产品通过Unlimited Edition+（UE+）进行了普及，这为公司的营收增长提供了巨大机会[15] 股票估值和展望 - 目前，Salesforce股票的自由现金流市盈率约为30倍，虽然不便宜，但相对历史水平来看已经是最便宜的[18] - 总体而言，Salesforce在未来的营收增长趋势方面处于有利位置，如果公司能够保持财务纪律，其现金流有可能会继续增长[17]