Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, customer relations management software specialist salesforce.com (CRM +2.25%) has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Salesforce and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Salesforce facts
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Headquarters (founded) |
San Francisco (1999) |
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Market Cap |
$22.3 billion |
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Industry |
Application software |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$2.9 billion |
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Management |
Co-Founder/Chairman/CEO Marc Benioff CFO Graham Smith |
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Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) |
(2.1%) |
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Cash/Debt |
$605.6 million / $578.5 million |
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Competitors |
Microsoft (MSFT +1.08%) Oracle (ORCL +0.51%) SAP (SAP +0.59%) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 49% of the 1,848 members who have rated Salesforce believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, All-Star buffalonate, succinctly summed up the Salesforce bear case for our community:
This stock is drastically overvalued. Guaranteed to crash at some point in the near future. It is valued at $20 billion and struggles to make a profit most quarters. There is also a lot of insider selling.
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