Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM): Today's Featured Computer Software & Services Winner
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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 $19.61 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of -129.3, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 38.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 28 analysts that rate Salesforce.com a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Salesforce.com as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and increase in stock price during the past year. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share.
- You can view the full Salesforce.com Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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