WINTON GROUP Ltd Sells 7,978 Shares of Salesforce Inc. $CRM

WINTON GROUP Ltd lessened its stake in shares of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) by 70.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,418 shares of the CRM provider’s stock after selling 7,978 shares during the quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd’s holdings in Salesforce were worth $905,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of CRM. Rockland Trust Co. lifted its position in Salesforce by 1,145.6% during the 3rd quarter. Rockland Trust Co. now owns 13,066 shares of the CRM provider’s stock worth $3,097,000 after acquiring an additional 12,017 shares during the period. Alps Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Salesforce by 98.3% during the 3rd quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 21,455 shares of the CRM provider’s stock worth $5,085,000 after acquiring an additional 10,633 shares during the period. Midwest Trust Co lifted its position in Salesforce by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. Midwest Trust Co now owns 187,071 shares of the CRM provider’s stock worth $44,336,000 after acquiring an additional 4,233 shares during the period. Krilogy Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Salesforce during the 3rd quarter worth about $2,944,000. Finally, Public Sector Pension Investment Board lifted its position in Salesforce by 40.9% during the 3rd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 897,917 shares of the CRM provider’s stock worth $212,806,000 after acquiring an additional 260,710 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 80.43% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on CRM. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Salesforce in a report on Thursday, June 4th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Salesforce from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Wall Street Zen raised Salesforce from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Salesforce from $300.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Citigroup restated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Salesforce in a research report on Thursday, May 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $261.40.

Salesforce News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Salesforce this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Investors highlighted that Salesforce’s latest earnings were viewed as high quality, supporting the idea that the company’s recent results were fundamentally strong. Shareholders Can Be Confident That Salesforce’s (NYSE:CRM) Earnings Are High Quality
• Positive Sentiment: Salesforce said annualized revenue for Agentforce recently surpassed $1 billion, showing traction in its AI-driven product push despite execution challenges. Salesforce lays off employees in a new round of cuts
• Positive Sentiment: Comments from the Mizuho Technology Conference likely reinforced management’s growth narrative and ongoing investor interest in Salesforce’s strategy. Salesforce, Inc. (CRM) Presents at Mizuho Technology Conference 2026 Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Several industry posts focused on ecosystem developments around Agentforce, identity security, and DevOps tooling, suggesting Salesforce remains central to enterprise AI workflows but without clear direct financial impact yet. Flosum Outlines Agentic DevOps Approach as Enterprises Scale Salesforce Agentforce Token Announces Leading Biometric Assured Identity Protection for Salesforce Access
• Negative Sentiment: Salesforce laid off employees in another round of cuts, which can signal cost pressure or a reset in parts of the business. Salesforce lays off employees in a new round of cuts
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple reports said AI competition pressured Salesforce in Q1 and that the stock slid despite an earnings beat and the M3ter acquisition, suggesting investors remain worried about competitive intensity and whether growth can reaccelerate. AI Competition Pressured Salesforce (CRM) in Q1 Salesforce (CRM) Stock Slides Despite M3ter Acquisition and Earnings Beat

Salesforce Price Performance

CRM stock opened at $175.30 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.79. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $181.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $207.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $143.57 billion, a PE ratio of 20.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.14 and a beta of 1.16. Salesforce Inc. has a 1 year low of $163.52 and a 1 year high of $276.80.

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 27th. The CRM provider reported $3.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.13 by $0.75. Salesforce had a return on equity of 18.72% and a net margin of 18.73%.The business had revenue of $11.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.05 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.58 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Salesforce has set its FY 2027 guidance at 14.060-14.120 EPS and its Q2 2027 guidance at 3.250-3.270 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Salesforce Inc. will post 10.3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Salesforce Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 11th will be issued a $0.44 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. This represents a $1.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. Salesforce’s dividend payout ratio is currently 20.37%.

Salesforce declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Monday, March 16th that allows the company to repurchase $25.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the CRM provider to buy up to 14.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director David Blair Kirk purchased 2,570 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $194.62 per share, for a total transaction of $500,173.40. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 13,689 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,664,153.18. This trade represents a 23.11% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Laura Alber purchased 2,571 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $194.58 per share, for a total transaction of $500,265.18. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 9,530 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,854,347.40. This represents a 36.94% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. 3.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Salesforce Company Profile

Salesforce, founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Francisco, is a global provider of cloud-based software focused on customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise applications. The company popularized the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model for CRM and has built a broad portfolio of products designed to help organizations manage sales, service, marketing, commerce and analytics through a unified, cloud-first platform.

Core offerings include Sales Cloud for sales automation, Service Cloud for customer support, Marketing Cloud for digital marketing and engagement, and Commerce Cloud for e-commerce.