Salesforce, Inc. · CRM · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

Salesforce raises FY2026 revenue outlook as AgentForce expands

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but qualified view: Salesforce reported 8% year-over-year revenue growth, raised FY2026 revenue guidance, and described AgentForce and Data Cloud as growth drivers. The thesis still depends on sustaining adoption, executing the Informatica integration and managing competitive and macroeconomic risks.

Reported After market closeNYSETechnology $184.27B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $2.54
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $9.74B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -3.3% Event window
SPY move +0.4% Same window
Abnormal move -3.7% Stock minus SPY
Volume 4.7× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +2.4% Up to 20 sessions
CRMSPY benchmark

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What changed

Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, Salesforce moved from maintained to raised guidance, announced the Informatica acquisition, introduced flex credits, and highlighted FedRAMP High authorization for AgentForce. The current analysis also points to stronger small- and mid-market distribution through planned sales hiring.

Guidance delta

Management raised FY2026 revenue guidance to $41.3 billion; the prior guidance figure was not supplied.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue grew 8% year over year, while management highlighted AgentForce and Data Cloud demand.
  • Salesforce announced an $8 billion Informatica acquisition to deepen data-management capabilities.
  • Management plans to add 1–2 thousand salespeople and emphasized disciplined capital allocation.

Management priorities

  • Scale AgentForce and Data Cloud adoption across enterprise, SMB and mid-market customers
  • Integrate Informatica and pursue expected accretion by FY2027
  • Expand distribution capacity and roll out flex-credits pricing

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
CRM REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 2 future estimate-only quarters. Q3 '24 estimate $9B Q3 '24 actual $9B, match Q4 '24 estimate $9B Q4 '24 actual $9B, beat Q1 '25 estimate $9B Q1 '25 actual $9B, miss Q2 '25 estimate $9B Q2 '25 actual $9B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $10B Q2 '26 actual $10B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $10B Q3 '26 actual $10B, miss Q4 '26 estimate $11B Q4 '26 actual $11B, match Q1 '27 estimate $11B Q1 '27 actual $11B, beat Q2 '27 estimate $11B Q2 '27 actual $11B, beat Q3 '27 estimate $11B Q4 '27 estimate $12B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy96 ratings
Bullish7477.1%
Neutral2020.8%
Bearish22.1%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$223.56Current
$119Low
$270.74Average
$675High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 7, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Wells Fargo Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainSep 18, 2026
Stephens & Co. Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainSep 18, 2026
Citizens Market Outperform Market OutperformMaintainSep 18, 2026
Stifel Buy BuyMaintainSep 17, 2026
RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainSep 17, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $223.56. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
D.A. DavidsonGil Luria$225$250.54 +0.6%Sep 17, 2026
Stifel NicolausParker Lane$275$248.02 +23.0%Sep 11, 2026
UBSKarl Keirstead$240$248.11 +7.4%Sep 11, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$315$258.11 +40.9%Sep 2, 2026
MonnessBrian White$266$249.5 +19.0%Aug 27, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Salesforce, Inc. is a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, dedicated to connecting businesses and their clientele on a global scale. At its core, the Customer 360 platform empowers organizations to create seamless, integrated experiences for their customers. The company's extensive suite of services encompasses a wide array of functionalities: Sales: Tools designed to manage sales pipelines, track leads, forecast opportunities, extract data-driven insights through analytics, and streamline the creation of quotes, contracts, and invoices. Service: Capabilities enabling companies to deliver highly personalized, trustworthy, and scalable customer support. Platform: A versatile development environment, featuring intuitive drag-and-drop tools, that allows businesses of diverse sizes, locations, and industries to build tailored applications, thereby strengthening customer relationships. Learning: An online educational platform providing accessible training to acquire sought-after Salesforce skills.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-05-14T00:02:31.936144+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-07T12:30:45.541640+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-07T12:30:45.538896+00:00

Methodology

Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.

Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-07. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.