Salesforce (CRM, $220.95) tops fiscal Q4 earnings; but disappoints on full-year guidance
Salesforce reported its fiscal fourth quarter earnings that surpassed analysts’ expectations. However, the cloud-based software company’s full-year guidance that is below analysts’ forecasts.
Adjusted earnings for the quarter ending Jan. 31 came in at $1.04 per share, compared to 75 cents per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.
Revenue rose +20% from the year-ago quarter to $5.82 billion also exceeding the $5.68 billion expected by analysts.
Salesforce expects 88 cents to 89 cents in adjusted earnings per share in the fiscal first quarter on $5.875 billion to $5.885 billion in revenue. Analysts polled by Refinitiv had predicted adjusted earnings of 76 cents per share on $5.72 billion in revenue.
For fiscal 2022, however, the company projected adjusted earnings of between $3.39 and $3.41 a share, below Wall Street estimates of $3.49. It expects revenue in the range of $25.65 billion to $25.75 billion -that includes $600 million in revenue from Slack.
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Notable companies
The most notable companies in this group are Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL), Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE), Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU), Uber Technologies (NYSE:UBER), SERVICENOW (NYSE:NOW), Shopify (NYSE:SHOP), Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW), CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD).
Industry description
Packaged software comprises multiple software programs bundled together and sold as a group. For example, Microsoft Office includes multiple applications such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. In some cases, buying a bundled product is cheaper than purchasing each item individually[s20] . Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corp. and Adobe are some major American packaged software makers.
Market Cap
The average market capitalization across the Packaged Software Industry is 10.91B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 291 to 3.15T. MSFT holds the highest valuation in this group at 3.15T. The lowest valued company is BLGI at 291.
High and low price notable news
The average weekly price growth across all stocks in the Packaged Software Industry was -2%. For the same Industry, the average monthly price growth was 2%, and the average quarterly price growth was -4%. YQAI experienced the highest price growth at 1,260%, while NEWUF experienced the biggest fall at -83%.
Volume
The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the Packaged Software Industry was -10%. For the same stocks of the Industry, the average monthly volume growth was -36% and the average quarterly volume growth was -31%
Fundamental Analysis Ratings
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
Valuation Rating: 52
P/E Growth Rating: 75
Price Growth Rating: 59
SMR Rating: 81
Profit Risk Rating: 88
Seasonality Score: -18 (-100 ... +100)