Salesforce

CRM

Market cap $228B

The S&P 500 Information Technology Index is down -1.75% year to date and -2.53% over the past month, signaling a sketchy outlook for tech stocks in 2026, though not for all big sector names. As usual, artificial intelligence, especially in the software realm, is using up most of the tech industry's oxygen.

CRM leans on Data 360 to counter slowing growth, integrating AI tools to boost higher-value contracts as revenue growth cools to single digits.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AI has changed our personal lives, answering any question, unleashing our creativity, and delivering tailored insights with a simple prompt. But in the workplace, AI hasn't yet been so transformative — bogged down by unintuitive interfaces, fragmented across multiple teams and tools, beset by hallucinations and inconsistency, and lacking the context that the workplace demands. At Dreamforce, we unveiled our vision for closing this gap: Agentforce 360 with Slack a.

Salesforce is releasing an upgrade to the Slackbot feature in Slack, making it capable of answering users' questions about information stored in the app and elsewhere. "Because it lives inside Slack, Slackbot understands your conversations, files, channels, and the people you work with," the company said in a blog post.

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Salesforce.com (CRM) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

Verizon stands out as the only Dow stock meeting the 'dogcatcher' ideal: annual dividends from $1K invested exceed its single share price. Analyst projections suggest the top ten Dow Dogs could deliver an average 23.55% net gain by January 2027, with varying risk profiles. Yield-based strategies favor underdogs; price drops or dividend hikes could bring more Dow Dogs into fair-value territory for income-focused investors.

Nvidia's stock is inexpensive despite its strong performance over the past few years. TSMC looks poised to continue to reap the benefits of the AI infrastructure buildout.

The AI trade has grown quite volatile of late, but for investors who aren't deterred by the AI bubble concerns of others, I think there's a great opportunity to pursue a class of stocks that stand to gain from AI but aren't yet priced with such AI-driven catalysts in mind.

CRM shares are down 18% in a year, but AI momentum, enterprise expansion and discounted valuation suggest Salesforce may still be worth holding.

Technology continued its dominance throughout 2025, with the AI frenzy painting a rosy picture for 2026 as well. But while 2025 was a strong period for many, several well-known tech companies – Adobe ADBE and Salesforce CRM – didn't join the party, declining roughly 20% a piece.