Scotiabank slashes price target on Salesforce Inc [CRM] – find out why.

MRKR Stock

Salesforce Inc [NYSE: CRM] traded at a high on Tuesday, posting a 0.13 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $331.43.

The results of the trading session contributed to over 11342400 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Salesforce Inc stands at 1.91% while the volatility over the past one month is 2.65%.

The market cap for CRM stock reached $316.85 billion, with 958.00 million shares outstanding and 930.87 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 5.38M shares, CRM reached a trading volume of 11342400 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

What do top market gurus say about Salesforce Inc [CRM]?

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CRM shares is $351.91 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CRM stock is a recommendation set at 1.58. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Scotiabank have made an estimate for Salesforce Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Sector Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on November 19, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, BMO Capital Markets raised their target price from $305 to $385. The new note on the price target was released on November 15, 2024, representing the official price target for Salesforce Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $400, while Northland Capital analysts kept a Outperform rating on CRM stock. On September 24, 2024, analysts increased their price target for CRM shares from 268 to 325.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Salesforce Inc is set at 8.38, with the Price to Sales ratio for CRM stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 8.69. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.51, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 13.22. Price to Free Cash Flow for CRM in the course of the last twelve months was 27.65 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.95.

How has CRM stock performed recently?

Salesforce Inc [CRM] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -2.26. With this latest performance, CRM shares gained by 12.46% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 41.12% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 27.47% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for CRM stock in for the last two-week period is set at 59.26, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 55.32, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 61.15 for Salesforce Inc [CRM]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 303.48, while it was recorded at 333.12 for the last single week of trading, and 277.57 for the last 200 days.

Salesforce Inc [CRM]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals

Salesforce Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.95 and a Current Ratio set at 0.95.

Earnings analysis for Salesforce Inc [CRM]

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CRM. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Salesforce Inc go to 16.09%.

Insider trade positions for Salesforce Inc [CRM]

There are presently around $82.36%, or 84.59%% of CRM stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of CRM stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 86.27 million shares, which is approximately 8.8935%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 74.58 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$19.17 billion in CRM stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$12.38 billion in CRM stock with ownership which is approximately 4.9632%.