Salesforce, Inc. · CRM · FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

Salesforce Q3 FY2026: AgentForce Growth, Guidance Maintained

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but conditional view: strong AgentForce and data-platform adoption, sales-capacity expansion, and Informatica integration strengthen Salesforce’s growth case, while monetization, competition, model economics, and execution remain the key tests.

Reported After market closeNYSETechnology $188.02B market cap
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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $3.25 Consensus $2.86
EPS surprise +13.6% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $10.26B Consensus $10.27B
Revenue surprise -0.1% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +3.7% Event window
SPY move +0.1% Same window
Abnormal move +3.6% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.9× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +3.6% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

AgentForce and Data 360 momentum intensified, with AgentForce ARR up 114% year over year and Informatica integrated ahead of schedule. Guidance was maintained rather than raised, and management emphasized sales-capacity expansion, cross-cloud bookings, and broader customer and employee AI use cases.

Guidance delta

FY2026 guidance was maintained, with organic revenue growth around 9%, a 34.1% non-GAAP margin, and cash-flow growth of 13%–14%.

Key takeaways

  • Q3 revenue grew 9% year over year, while non-GAAP operating margin reached 35.5% and free cash flow increased 22%.
  • AgentForce ARR reached $1.4 billion, up 114% year over year, alongside 1.2 billion LLM calls and 540 billion tokens in October.
  • The Informatica acquisition closed three months ahead of schedule and under budget, supporting the Data 360 and MuleSoft data-platform strategy.
  • Compared with the prior quarter, the central change was a shift from raised guidance to maintained guidance while AI and data products remained the main growth focus.

Management priorities

  • Expand AgentForce across customer and employee use cases, including Slackbot and IT service management.
  • Integrate Informatica, Data 360, and MuleSoft into a broader data foundation.
  • Increase sales capacity, cross-cloud bookings, and adoption of premium AI products.
  • Continue developing Life Sciences Cloud and public-sector AI applications.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
CRM EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 2 future estimate-only quarters. Q3 '24 estimate $2.06 Q3 '24 actual $2.11, beat Q4 '24 estimate $2.27 Q4 '24 actual $2.29, beat Q1 '25 estimate $2.37 Q1 '25 actual $2.44, beat Q2 '25 estimate $2.35 Q2 '25 actual $2.56, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2.78 Q2 '26 actual $2.91, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2.86 Q3 '26 actual $3.25, beat Q4 '26 estimate $3.05 Q4 '26 actual $3.81, beat Q1 '27 estimate $3.13 Q1 '27 actual $3.88, beat Q2 '27 estimate $3.27 Q2 '27 actual $5.90, beat Q3 '27 estimate $3.45 Q4 '27 estimate $3.56
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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

$236.69Current
$119Low
$270.74Average
$675High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 2, 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 $236.69. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
D.A. DavidsonGil Luria$225$250.54 -4.9%Sep 17, 2026
Stifel NicolausParker Lane$275$248.02 +16.2%Sep 11, 2026
UBSKarl Keirstead$240$248.11 +1.4%Sep 11, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$315$258.11 +33.1%Sep 2, 2026
MonnessBrian White$266$249.5 +12.4%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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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-02. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.