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$343.65 +7.42 (+2.21%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

CRM vs. ADBE, INTU, MSTR, CDNS, SNPS, WDAY, ADSK, FICO, ANSS, and TYL

Should you be buying Salesforce stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Salesforce include Adobe (ADBE), Intuit (INTU), MicroStrategy (MSTR), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Synopsys (SNPS), Workday (WDAY), Autodesk (ADSK), Fair Isaac (FICO), ANSYS (ANSS), and Tyler Technologies (TYL). These companies are all part of the "application software" industry.

Salesforce vs.

Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Adobe has a net margin of 25.85% compared to Salesforce's net margin of 15.96%. Adobe's return on equity of 45.22% beat Salesforce's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adobe25.85% 45.22% 22.89%
Salesforce 15.96%12.34%7.65%

Adobe has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Salesforce has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Adobe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Salesforce. Adobe is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Salesforce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adobe$21.51B9.15$5.43B$12.4036.06
Salesforce$37.19B8.84$4.14B$6.0856.52

Salesforce received 1564 more outperform votes than Adobe when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 82.48% of users gave Salesforce an outperform vote while only 70.84% of users gave Adobe an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AdobeOutperform Votes
1676
70.84%
Underperform Votes
690
29.16%
SalesforceOutperform Votes
3240
82.48%
Underperform Votes
688
17.52%

Adobe presently has a consensus price target of $584.88, indicating a potential upside of 30.80%. Salesforce has a consensus price target of $378.86, indicating a potential upside of 10.25%. Given Adobe's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Adobe is more favorable than Salesforce.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adobe
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
Salesforce
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
29 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

In the previous week, Adobe had 1 more articles in the media than Salesforce. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Adobe and 52 mentions for Salesforce. Salesforce's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Adobe's score of 0.57 indicating that Salesforce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adobe
14 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
12 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Salesforce
18 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

81.8% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Salesforce shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Adobe shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Salesforce shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Salesforce beats Adobe on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRM vs. The Competition

MetricSalesforcePrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$328.87B$25.47B$26.00B$19.19B
Dividend Yield0.48%2.26%2.78%3.61%
P/E Ratio56.5298.18237.6941.30
Price / Sales8.8424.753,345.5317.58
Price / Cash28.9791.3235.7421.28
Price / Book5.6212.918.135.32
Net Income$4.14B$448.65M$681.78M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-3.01%0.42%0.41%-3.54%
1 Month Performance2.22%10.41%7.02%-3.68%
1 Year Performance28.57%25.83%23.11%12.14%

Salesforce Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRM
Salesforce
4.9076 of 5 stars
$343.65
+2.2%
$378.86
+10.2%
+32.1%$328.87B$37.19B56.5272,682Analyst Forecast
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Options Volume
High Trading Volume
ADBE
Adobe
4.9475 of 5 stars
$466.04
+0.1%
$584.88
+25.5%
-25.0%$205.15B$21.51B37.5629,945Analyst Upgrade
INTU
Intuit
4.7554 of 5 stars
$664.68
+1.3%
$737.44
+10.9%
+4.5%$186.06B$16.59B63.7318,800Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MSTR
MicroStrategy
4.6998 of 5 stars
$430.20
+5.3%
$479.25
+11.4%
+535.1%$87.18B$467.24M-201.091,934Gap Down
CDNS
Cadence Design Systems
4.3996 of 5 stars
$314.67
+2.6%
$327.92
+4.2%
+11.3%$86.30B$4.35B80.5111,200Insider Trade
SNPS
Synopsys
4.9357 of 5 stars
$519.86
+2.3%
$649.00
+24.8%
-10.8%$79.86B$6.13B35.0120,300
WDAY
Workday
4.6901 of 5 stars
$276.39
+1.0%
$290.64
+5.2%
+1.1%$73.52B$8.16B45.9818,800Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ADSK
Autodesk
4.3429 of 5 stars
$305.28
+0.5%
$323.05
+5.8%
+25.9%$65.64B$5.96B60.8514,100Analyst Forecast
FICO
Fair Isaac
4.7625 of 5 stars
$2,173.98
+0.2%
$2,022.67
-7.0%
+80.7%$52.94B$1.72B106.063,586Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Positive News
ANSS
ANSYS
4.1349 of 5 stars
$341.35
+0.3%
$342.50
+0.3%
+14.0%$29.85B$2.47B52.516,200
TYL
Tyler Technologies
4.6428 of 5 stars
$613.25
+0.3%
$642.62
+4.8%
+48.0%$26.25B$1.95B111.627,300Insider Trade
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CRM) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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