Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM): Today's Featured Technology Winner
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) pushed the Technology sector higher today making it today's featured technology winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 1.0%. By the end of trading, Salesforce.com rose $0.87 (2.0%) to $43.65 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 10,377,119 shares of Salesforce.com exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5,763,900 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $42.11-$43.98 after having opened the day at $42.36 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $42.78. Other companies within the Technology sector that increased today were:
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salesforce.com, inc. provides enterprise cloud computing solutions to various businesses and industries worldwide. Salesforce.com has a market cap of $25.7 billion and is part of the computer software & services industry. Shares are up 1.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 24 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
. 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.
- You can view the full Salesforce.com Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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