The trading price of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) closed lower on Tuesday, May 23, closing at $206.64, -1.72% lower than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $206.47 and $209.64. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 1003.11, while its 5Y monthly beta was 1.24. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $213.88 and a 52-week low of $126.34. Over the past month, the stock has gained 6.01% in value.
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Salesforce Inc., whose market valuation is $205.15 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report May 31, 2023. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by $1.61 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of $7.13 for 2024 and $8.89 for 2025. It means analysts are expecting annual earnings per share growth of 36.10% this year and 24.70% next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of $8.18 billion for the current quarter, with the likely lows of $8.16 billion and highs of $8.32 billion. The average estimate suggests sales will likely up by 10.30% this quarter compared to what was recorded in the comparable quarter last year. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue in 2024 is $34.64 billion. The company’s revenue is forecast to grow by 10.50% over what it did in 2024.
A company’s earnings reviews provide a brief indication of a stock’s direction in the short term, where in the case of Salesforce Inc. 1 upward and no downward comments were posted in the last 7 days. On the technical side, indicators suggest CRM has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned CRM a recommendation rating is 49. Out of them, 12 rate it a Hold, while 34 recommend Buy, whereas 2 assign an Overweight rating. 1 analyst(s) have tagged Salesforce Inc. (CRM) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Overweight, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 51.28, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that CRM’s price is currently 3.03% off the SMA20 and 5.80% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 59.04, and weekly volatility stands at 1.88%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 2.02%. Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.23, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 4.27. With analysts defining $145.00-$325.00 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $227.83 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 29.83% off the estimated low and -57.28% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if CRM’s share price rises to $227.00, which is the median consensus price. At that level, CRM’s share price would be -9.85% below current price.
To see how Salesforce Inc. stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: CRM stock’s performance was -1.72% in the latest trading, and 29.43% in the past year, while Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has traded -1.84% on the day and positioned 24.83% higher than it was a year ago. Another comparable company Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) saw its stock close -2.05% lower in the most recent trading session but was up 12.79% in a year. Furthermore, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) showed a decrease of -1.99% on the day while its price kept inclining at 12.54% over the past year. Salesforce Inc. has a P/E ratio of 1003.11, compared to Microsoft Corporation’s 34.17 and Alphabet Inc.’s 25.90. Also in last trading session, the S&P 500 Index has plunged -1.12%, while the Dow Jones Industrial also saw a negative session, down -0.69% on the day.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) indicates that the 3-month average is 6.80 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 5.08 million.
Currently, records show that 984.00 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.10% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 79.50%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of Apr 27, 2023, stood at 8.53 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 1.69 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 0.87% of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in April were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 9.89 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 55.85% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
