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Salesforce, Inc. (CRM), headquartered in San Francisco, California, offers customer relationship management software that allows businesses to access, manage, and share sales information. Valued at $333 billion by market cap, the company also develops applications focused sales, customer service, marketing automation, application development, and analytics, enabling businesses to build custom workflows, and enhance operations with tools like Slack, Tableau, and MuleSoft.
Shares of this cloud giant have underperformed the broader market over the past year. CRM has gained 15.7% over this time frame, while the broader S&P 500 Index ($SPX) has rallied nearly 22.8%. In 2025, CRM stock is down 1.1%, compared to the SPX’s 3.4% rise on a YTD basis.