Salesforce, Inc.
CRM Technology Software Application
Salesforce, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $41.5 billion, up 9.58% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 10.8%, EPS grew 118.3%, free cash flow grew 81.5% and total debt rose 365.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones; dividend growth for three consecutive years, revenue growth for ten, operating cash flow growth for ten; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Salesforce, Inc. (CRM) Return on invested capital
Salesforce, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 8.24%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (8.13%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.09% (fiscal 2015) to 8.13% (fiscal 2026) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Software Application industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.00%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 8.13% | 0.03 |
| FY2025 | 8.10% | 2.39 |
| FY2024 | 5.71% | 4.57 |
| FY2023 | 1.14% | 0.55 |
| FY2022 | 0.59% | (0.27) |
| FY2021 | 0.86% | 0.23 |
| FY2020 | 0.63% | (1.65) |
| FY2019 | 2.28% | (1.47) |
| FY2018 | 3.75% | 1.89 |
| FY2017 | 1.86% | (0.16) |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. compare | 53.4% |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. compare | 46.4% |
| SHOP Shopify Inc. compare | 14.6% |
| SAP SAP SE compare | 14.5% |
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. compare | 12.0% |
| CRM Salesforce, Inc. | 8.24% |
| NOW ServiceNow, Inc. compare | 6.83% |
| DDOG Datadog, Inc. compare | 2.78% |
| SNOW Snowflake Inc. compare | −37.0% |
| Software Application industry median | 0.00% |
| Technology sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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