Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM): Today's Featured Technology Laggard

Salesforce.com was a leading decliner within the technology sector, falling $0.46 (-1.1%) to $42.04 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Salesforce.com

(

CRM

) pushed the Technology sector lower today making it today's featured Technology laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Salesforce.com fell $0.46 (-1.1%) to $42.04 on light volume. Throughout the day, 3,131,195 shares of Salesforce.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 6,498,200 shares. The stock ranged in price between $41.84-$42.52 after having opened the day at $42.50 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $42.50. Other companies within the Technology sector that declined today were:

Aehr Test Systems

(

AEHR

), down 11.8%,

SatCon Technology Corporation

(

SATC

), down 10.0%,

Dataram Corporation

(

DRAM

), down 6.8% and

Dynasil Corporation of America

(

DYSL

), down 6.7%.

salesforce.com, inc. provides enterprise cloud computing solutions to various businesses and industries worldwide. Salesforce.com has a market cap of $24.8 billion and is part of the computer software & services industry. Shares are up 1.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 27 analysts that rate Salesforce.com a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 4 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, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. 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.

On the positive front,

Alaska Communications Systems Group

(

ALSK

), up 31.1%,

Himax Technologies

(

HIMX

), up 30.4%,

Radcom

(

RDCM

), up 24.1% and

Deltathree

(

DDDC

), up 15.0% , were all gainers within the technology sector with

Agilent Technologies

(

A

) being today's featured technology sector leader.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the technology sector could consider

Technology Select Sector SPDR

(

XLK

) while those bearish on the technology sector could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Technology

(

REW

).

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