Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM): Today's Featured Computer Software & Services Winner

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Salesforce.com (CRM) pushed the Computer Software & Services industry higher today making it today's featured computer software & services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Salesforce.com rose $1.87 (1.1%) to $172.29 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.3 million shares of Salesforce.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.7 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $170.49-$173.49 after having opened the day at $170.75 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $170.42. Other companies within the Computer Software & Services industry that increased today were: Innovative Solutions and Support (ISSC), up 8.7%, Unwired Planet (UPIP), up 8.5%, ARC Document Solutions (ARC), up 7.5%, and Wave Systems Corporation (WAVX), up 6.2%.

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salesforce.com, inc provides cloud computing and social enterprise solutions to various businesses and industries worldwide. The company delivers customer relationship management applications through Internet or cloud. Salesforce.com has a market cap of $23.7 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are down 0.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 28 analysts that rate Salesforce.com a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Salesforce.com as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.

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On the negative front, Chyron Corporation (CHYR), down 8.2%, Cimatron (CIMT), down 7.4%, PDF Solutions (PDFS), down 7.1%, and Attunity (ATTU), down 6.1%, were all laggards within the computer software & services industry with Nuance Communications (NUAN) being today's computer software & services industry laggard.

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