
NYSE:CRM
CRM is like Uber in the $60s. Their last earnings were great. The CEO will focus on free cash flow and margins and growth. The market is completely missing this, expecting some sort of AI to take over what CRM is doing. Absurd. CRM is already using AI. Is unloved, caught in the hedgefund shorts. This can easily rally 20% after earnings.
A leader in software it is also a pioneer in staff models. It is evolving into an operating system for more modern enterprises and AI. It has a good valuation at 22 X earnings and she sees 36% upside. Through its share buybacks and dividends it is providing good shareholder returns. Although it is down 23% year-to-date she gives it a 9 out of 10. Buy 51 Hold 10 Sell 2
(Analysts’ price target is $353.69)Beat, raised, doing a (really accretive) acquisition at a reasonable multiple. Earnings were flat YOY, but revenues were up 7.6%. Reducing headcount by 10%. Guiding to 8-9% revenue growth.
Dominant player. A stock you have to own, but has to be at the right price. (He's cheap, he wants to get it at a better price ;) Trades at 20x PE for 2027, with 13%. Better places to put capital to work. Try for 5-10% lower.
On the fence on this name. Back in the day it was a high-growth software company, but now lower growth (which happens as you get bigger). Recent deal is fine. But activists had identified ways to eke out more profit, company said no more M&A, and now it's back to M&A.
Also, he's waiting for more durability in the software AI story, which is slowly coming together. Wait and see, better ideas elsewhere right now.
They've suffered because the results of their AI spend hasn't happened yet. It's starting to now. CRM dominates the market and doesn't face serious competition. She is seeing the enhancement in their software, which will result in better earnings.