CRM Investors - Our Quick Report For You.

By Tamara Parker • Thursday, September 04 15:20 • Permanent Link

Salesforce logged a -4.9% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $243.78 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. CRM's trading volume is 25,240,230 compared to the stock's average volume of 7,689,443.

Salesforce trades -27.49% away from its average analyst target price of $336.19 per share. The 51 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $221.0 to $430.0, and on average have given Salesforce a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in CRM, you'll want to know the following:

Salesforce's current price is 157.1% above its Graham number of $94.83, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Salesforce has moved 4.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.2%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 6.87, Salesforce has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 35.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
CRM has a forward P/E ratio of 21.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $11.13 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 3.8 compared to its sector average of 4.19
Salesforce, Inc. provides customer relationship management (CRM) technology that connects companies and customers together worldwide.
Based in San Francisco, the company has 76,453 full time employees and a market cap of $233.05 Billion. Salesforce currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.3%.

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