Salesforce Sees Annual Revenue Below Estimates
Salesforce (
CRM) expanded its stock buyback program by $10 billion and announced a new dividend, but its annual revenue forecast that was below estimates pushed its shares down around 2% in after hours trading.
The company's downbeat forecast signals a likely slowdown in cloud and tech spending as clients struggle with high interest rates and rising inflation, making them to keep a lid on costs.
The company sees revenue between $37.7 billion to $38 billion for full-year 2025, compared with analysts' estimate of $38.62 billion.
Warnings of a slow economy prompted Salesforce (CRM) to cut about 700 employees, or roughly 1% of its global workforce, last month, adding to the slew of layoffs across the tech and media industry.
"Salesforce is guiding for only 8-9% growth (for the full year), which moves it out of the high growth category. In order to make up for that, it is introducing a dividend, which is appropriate for the lower level of growth," said Gil Luria, analyst at D.A. Davidson.
However, Salesforce (CRM) beat revenue estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit as it benefited from higher cloud spending, joining other cloud giants like Amazon.com and Microsoft.
The company reported revenue of $9.29 billion for the quarter ended Jan. 31, beating analysts' estimate of $9.22 billion.
On an adjusted basis, the company earned $2.29 per share compared with estimates of $2.26 per share.
In early 2023, Salesforce had become a target for activist investors to push for changes resulting in cost cuts, increased share buybacks and a dismantled mergers and acquisition committee.
Salesforce (CRM) expects adjusted profit between $9.68 to $9.76 per share for the full-year, compared with estimates of $9.57 per share.
CRM) expanded its stock buyback program by $10 billion and announced a new dividend, but its annual revenue forecast that was below estimates pushed its shares down around 2% in after hours trading.The company's downbeat forecast signals a likely slowdown in cloud and tech spending as clients struggle with high interest rates and rising inflation, making them to keep a lid on costs.
The company sees revenue between $37.7 billion to $38 billion for full-year 2025, compared with analysts' estimate of $38.62 billion.
Warnings of a slow economy prompted Salesforce (
CRM) to cut about 700 employees, or roughly 1% of its global workforce, last month, adding to the slew of layoffs across the tech and media industry."Salesforce is guiding for only 8-9% growth (for the full year), which moves it out of the high growth category. In order to make up for that, it is introducing a dividend, which is appropriate for the lower level of growth," said Gil Luria, analyst at D.A. Davidson.
However, Salesforce (
CRM) beat revenue estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit as it benefited from higher cloud spending, joining other cloud giants like Amazon.com and Microsoft.The company reported revenue of $9.29 billion for the quarter ended Jan. 31, beating analysts' estimate of $9.22 billion.
On an adjusted basis, the company earned $2.29 per share compared with estimates of $2.26 per share.
In early 2023, Salesforce had become a target for activist investors to push for changes resulting in cost cuts, increased share buybacks and a dismantled mergers and acquisition committee.
Salesforce (
CRM) expects adjusted profit between $9.68 to $9.76 per share for the full-year, compared with estimates of $9.57 per share.
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