Salesforce, Inc.

NYSE:CRM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$321.8b

Salesforce Valuation

Is CRM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CRM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CRM ($343.65) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($456.58)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CRM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CRM?

Key metric: As CRM is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CRM. This is calculated by dividing CRM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CRM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio55.4x
EarningsUS$5.94b
Market CapUS$321.77b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CRM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CRM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average69.1x
ADBE Adobe
35.4x12.8%US$192.5b
INTU Intuit
61.7x17.3%US$178.4b
APP AppLovin
99.5x32.6%US$107.0b
CDNS Cadence Design Systems
79.6x13.9%US$82.2b
CRM Salesforce
55.4x14.4%US$321.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CRM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (55.4x) compared to the peer average (69.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CRM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
YXT YXT.COM Group Holding
2.1xn/aUS$132.17m
NISN Nisun International Enterprise Development Group
1.4xn/aUS$23.88m
NXTT Next Technology Holding
0.5xn/aUS$13.26m
ULY Urgent.ly
0.07x-13.0%US$7.08m
CRM 55.4xIndustry Avg. 40.8xNo. of Companies12PE020406080100+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CRM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (55.4x) compared to the US Software industry average (40.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CRM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CRM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio55.4x
Fair PE Ratio54.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CRM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (55.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (54.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CRM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$343.65
US$394.98
+14.9%
10.3%US$442.00US$286.00n/a44
Dec ’25US$329.99
US$348.94
+5.7%
13.4%US$450.00US$236.00n/a45
Nov ’25US$294.72
US$314.42
+6.7%
10.8%US$415.00US$236.00n/a44
Oct ’25US$270.87
US$309.68
+14.3%
10.0%US$390.00US$236.00n/a45
Sep ’25US$252.90
US$308.19
+21.9%
10.1%US$390.00US$236.00n/a45
Aug ’25US$253.06
US$300.19
+18.6%
11.9%US$390.00US$230.00n/a45
Jul ’25US$256.21
US$300.19
+17.2%
11.9%US$390.00US$230.00n/a45
Jun ’25US$234.44
US$302.22
+28.9%
12.3%US$390.00US$230.00n/a46
May ’25US$268.69
US$335.80
+25.0%
8.2%US$390.00US$231.00n/a46
Apr ’25US$302.26
US$334.00
+10.5%
8.0%US$390.00US$231.00n/a45
Mar ’25US$316.88
US$326.33
+3.0%
10.1%US$390.00US$231.00n/a46
Feb ’25US$283.80
US$286.60
+1.0%
11.9%US$390.00US$212.00n/a45
Jan ’25US$263.14
US$275.87
+4.8%
11.5%US$350.00US$159.00n/a46
Dec ’24US$260.00
US$270.21
+3.9%
10.9%US$345.00US$159.00US$329.9946
Nov ’24US$203.91
US$254.53
+24.8%
11.6%US$340.00US$159.00US$294.7246
Oct ’24US$202.78
US$256.27
+26.4%
11.6%US$340.00US$159.00US$270.8747
Sep ’24US$221.53
US$254.64
+14.9%
12.0%US$340.00US$159.00US$252.9046
Aug ’24US$224.27
US$243.36
+8.5%
12.2%US$329.00US$153.00US$253.0646
Jul ’24US$211.26
US$239.51
+13.4%
11.2%US$325.00US$153.00US$256.2145
Jun ’24US$212.90
US$236.67
+11.2%
12.3%US$325.00US$153.00US$234.4445
May ’24US$197.79
US$228.81
+15.7%
16.4%US$384.30US$145.00US$268.6946
Apr ’24US$199.78
US$228.05
+14.2%
16.6%US$384.30US$145.00US$302.2647
Mar ’24US$167.35
US$198.85
+18.8%
23.1%US$384.30US$119.00US$316.8847
Feb ’24US$171.82
US$195.36
+13.7%
24.0%US$384.30US$119.00US$283.8047
Jan ’24US$132.59
US$196.75
+48.4%
17.9%US$310.00US$134.00US$263.1445
Dec ’23US$147.00
US$203.11
+38.2%
16.9%US$310.00US$150.00US$260.0046

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 22:46
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/01/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Salesforce, Inc. is covered by 98 analysts. 51 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Harshit GuptaAccountability Research Corporation
Kadambari DaptardarAccountability Research Corporation
Adam ShepherdArete Research Services LLP