Why Salesforce Shares Are Trading Higher Today

Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE: CRM) is trading higher Thursday after the company announced better-than-expected second-quarter fiscal 2022 financial results and raised guidance.

Salesforce reported quarterly adjusted earnings of $1.48 per share, which beat the estimate of 92 cents per share. The company reported quarterly revenue of $6.34 billion, which beat the estimate of $6.24 billion.

Salesforce expects third-quarter fiscal 2022 earnings of 91 cents per share to 92 cents per share versus the estimate of 81 cents per share.

Salesforce expects third-quarter fiscal 2022 revenue to be in a range of $6.78 billion to $6.79 billion versus the estimate of $6.66 billion.

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“With companies and governments around the world continuing to accelerate their digital transformations, we delivered our fifth phenomenal quarter in a row. Salesforce has never seen better execution or greater momentum," said Marc Benioff, chair and CEO of Salesforce.

Analyst Assessment: Multiple analyst firms raised price targets on the stock following its financial results:

Piper Sandler analyst Brent Bracelin maintained Salesforce with a Neutral rating and raised the price target from $240 to $280.
Oppenheimer analyst Brian Schwartz maintained Salesforce with an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $265 to $290.
Credit Suisse analyst Stephen Ju maintained Salesforce with an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $260 to $290.
Barclays analyst Raimo Lenschow maintained Salesforce with an Overweight rating and raised the price target from $291 to $320.
Roth Capital analyst Richard Baldry maintained Salesforce with a Neutral rating and raised the price target from $200 to $242.
BMO Capital analyst Keith Bachman maintained Salesforce with an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $280 to $310.
Morgan Stanley maintained Salesforce with an Overweight rating and raised the price target from $285 to $305.
Raymond James analyst Brian Peterson maintained Salesforce with a Strong Buy rating and raised the price target from $280 to $340.

CRM Price Action: Salesforce has traded as high as $284.50 and as low as $201.51 over a 52-week period.

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At last check Thursday, Salesforce was up 4.83% at $273.44

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Latest Ratings for CRM

Aug 2021

Wolfe Research

Maintains

Outperform

Aug 2021

Stifel

Maintains

Buy

Aug 2021

Cowen & Co.

Maintains

Outperform

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