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Salesforce is back in focus as a fresh valuation update trims the Fair Value Estimate from US$255.28 to US$248.24, a small reset that still reflects detailed work under the hood. This shift sits alongside a split analyst backdrop, with bullish views tied to AI, cash generation and buybacks, and more cautious voices pointing to growth questions and uncertain AI monetization. Read on to see what is changing in the Salesforce narrative and how you can track the moving pieces over time.
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Guggenheim argues that the most pessimistic AI scenarios for Salesforce are excessive, calling the “Armageddon” case a hallucination and suggesting current pricing may already reflect very harsh AI risk assumptions.
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Monness Crespi points to what it views as a compelling valuation reset for Salesforce, highlighting the stock’s past drawdown, margin profile, cash flow generation and stock repurchase activity as reasons sentiment could improve from current levels.
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Jefferies and Truist both see the US$3.6b Fin acquisition as supportive for Salesforce, citing Fin’s own AI tools, outcome based pricing and early enterprise traction as potential positives for Salesforce’s broader AI and automation push.
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Phillip Securities cut its price target on Salesforce from US$270 to US$166, flagging slowing growth and suggesting AI related revenue is likely to remain a small piece of overall revenue for several years compared with some peers.
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BofA reinstated coverage of Salesforce with an Underperform rating and a US$160 price target, raising concerns about muted new customer additions, limited upsell potential and what it describes as an underwhelming AI monetization path during an AI driven transition.
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Salesforce agreed to acquire AI customer service platform Fin for about US$3.6b in cash, with plans to integrate Fin’s Apex model and autonomous support tools into Agentforce and extend AI agents across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Slack.
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Salesforce reported Q1 FY27 revenue of US$11.13b and adjusted EPS of US$3.88. The company highlighted Agentforce annual recurring revenue of US$1.2b and announced a US$25b accelerated share repurchase funded by debt, along with Q2 revenue guidance of about US$11.3b.
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Salesforce disclosed a US$5b stake in AI startup Anthropic and linked the investment to deeper AI integration across Slack, Agentforce, and Customer 360, including work on regulated workflows and joint climate projects.
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A data breach at Klue exposed some Salesforce CRM data through stolen OAuth tokens. Salesforce disabled the Klue Battlecards integration and stated that the incident was tied to Klue’s connection rather than Salesforce’s core platform.
