{"id":104652,"date":"2026-07-13T22:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/104652\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:36:10","slug":"ignore-wall-street-and-buy-salesforce-for-its-agentic-ai-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/104652\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignore Wall Street and Buy Salesforce for its Agentic AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>         Quick Read                  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">I keep hitting the buy button on Salesforce (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/CRM\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:NYSE%3ACRM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NYSE:CRM&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NYSE:CRM<\/a>) and I am not sorry about it. The stock is down 38.06% year to date and down 39.45% over the last year, and every red day makes me want to add more. Wall Street has decided that single-digit growth in the legacy Sales and Service clouds is the whole story. I think Wall Street is staring at the wrong dashboard.  <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/2E0BC4F8701D8D218C788420762A1AF7061C2C8356854781D33347E157EE9613\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefit_w960;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2F24_7_wall_st__718%2F054744387e5889b231b7d7814735f414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"A white humanoid robot, with visible internal mechanisms on its head, points a finger at a transparent, glowing blue holographic financial display filled with green and yellow stock numbers, charts, and trading indicators. In the blurred background, the arms and torso of a dark-suited human figure are visible, observing the interaction. The overall scene suggests advanced technology and the integration of AI into finance.\" height=\"639\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-lglytj loader\"\/><\/a> Cherdchai101 \/ Shutterstock.com           What Keeps Pulling Me Back          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The reason I keep buying is simple. Salesforce quietly turned itself into the plumbing for enterprise agentic AI, and the numbers finally show it. Agentforce ARR hit $1.2 billion, up 205% year over year, and Agentforce plus Data 360 combined ARR reached roughly $3.40 billion, up 200%. Customers delivered 3.8 billion Agentic Work Units, up 111% quarter over quarter, and more than half of Agentforce and Data 360 bookings came from existing customers. Marc Benioff summed it up on the call: &#8220;Salesforce has never been more essential.&#8221; I believe him because the pipeline data agrees.  <\/p>\n<p>            Three Reasons the Thesis Holds          <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">First, valuation. I am buying a business at a trailing P\/E of 18 and a forward P\/E of 12, with a free cash flow yield near 10.77% and a PEG of 0.747. That is a software utility priced like a cyclical.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">July 16 is the Final Day to Tap Into the Lithium Boom (sponsor)<br \/>General Motors, POSCO, and 50,000+ everyday investors have <a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/go\/lp\/energyx?i=8cb46587-5ecc-4115-beaa-41278df1ff32&amp;p=ef789ab1-625d-47db-98a1-fbf25b984e68&amp;pos=mid_content&amp;tpid=1618346&amp;l=b17ce983-5361-4dba-a2fd-2469b8705237&amp;c=5d0aeecb-4a01-4b17-a00a-bad64755ab93&amp;utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_content=feed||1618346&amp;site=247wallst\" data-ylk=\"slk:already%20backed%20lithium%20producer%20EnergyX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;already backed lithium producer EnergyX&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">already backed lithium producer EnergyX<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Here&#8217;s why you should do the same before their July 16 investment deadline: lithium prices are up 75% this year, with demand projected to grow a staggering 5X by 2040.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">With tech that can recover up to 3X more lithium than traditional methods, EnergyX is preparing to unlock up to 15M+ tons. <a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/go\/lp\/energyx?i=8cb46587-5ecc-4115-beaa-41278df1ff32&amp;p=ef789ab1-625d-47db-98a1-fbf25b984e68&amp;pos=mid_content&amp;tpid=1618346&amp;l=b17ce983-5361-4dba-a2fd-2469b8705237&amp;c=5d0aeecb-4a01-4b17-a00a-bad64755ab93&amp;utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_content=feed||1618346&amp;site=247wallst\" data-ylk=\"slk:Become%20a%20private-stage%20EnergyX%20investor%20before%20the%20July%2016%20deadline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Become a private-stage EnergyX investor before the July 16 deadline&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Become a private-stage EnergyX investor before the July 16 deadline<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Second, the cash machine keeps compounding. FY26 free cash flow came in at $14.40 billion, gross margins run around 77%, and non-GAAP operating margin is guided to 34.3%. Management is using that cash the way I want them to. A $25 billion accelerated share repurchase knocked the share count from 970 million to 871 million in a single year, and a new $50 billion repurchase authorization sits behind it. Jim Cramer flagged it on Mad Money: &#8220;Salesforce is fighting back too. With a $50 billion buyback and half of that being done on accelerated repurchase basis.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>    Story Continues  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Third, the earnings pattern. Q1 FY27 posted EPS of $3.88 against a $3.1271 estimate, the fifth consecutive EPS beat, on revenue of $11.133 billion, up 13.27%. Forward visibility is stacked: current RPO of $33.6 billion, up 14%, on top of roughly $72 billion in total remaining performance obligations.  <\/p>\n<p>       The Risk I Refuse to Wave Off         <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The real risk is the one Wall Street keeps circling. Core subscription growth has settled into the single digits, and to fund the buyback Salesforce loaded up: noncurrent debt climbed from $10.4 billion to $39.3 billion. If Agentforce monetization stalls, that debt turns from fuel to friction. Retail sees it too. One r\/investing post with 278 upvotes argued Salesforce is &#8220;down a third this year on AI disruption fears&#8221;. I take the concern seriously. I still buy, because interest coverage sits at 27.5x, the Platform and Other segment grew 25%, and Public Sector Cloud ARR crossed $2 billion, up 23%. Those are the tells of a moat widening.  <\/p>\n<p>          Why the Buy Button Stays Active         <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Management raised FY27 revenue guidance to $45.90 billion to $46.20 billion and lifted the FY30 revenue target to $63 billion. The analyst target price of $246.80 tells me the professional crowd already knows the math, even while the stock does not. When a 77% gross margin cloud utility trades at a free cash flow yield you would expect from a pipeline company, and it happens to own the leading agentic CRM, I am going to keep pressing buy until the market notices.  <\/p>\n<p>       Meet America&#8217;s Newest $1b Unicorn (Sponsor)         <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">A US startup just passed a $1 billion private valuation, joining billion-dollar private companies like OpenAI and ByteDance. <a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/go\/lp\/energyx?i=8cb46587-5ecc-4115-beaa-41278df1ff32&amp;p=a2055f7c-1954-4920-a115-cc7255b66ac0&amp;pos=end_of_article&amp;tpid=1618346&amp;c=5d0aeecb-4a01-4b17-a00a-bad64755ab93&amp;l=b17ce983-5361-4dba-a2fd-2469b8705237&amp;utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_content=feed||1618346&amp;site=247wallst\" data-ylk=\"slk:Unlike%20those%20other%20unicorns%2C%20you%20can%20invest%20in%20EnergyX%20right%20now%3B;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Unlike those other unicorns, you can invest in EnergyX right now;&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Unlike those other unicorns, you can invest in EnergyX right now; <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/go\/lp\/energyx?i=8cb46587-5ecc-4115-beaa-41278df1ff32&amp;p=a2055f7c-1954-4920-a115-cc7255b66ac0&amp;pos=end_of_article&amp;tpid=1618346&amp;c=5d0aeecb-4a01-4b17-a00a-bad64755ab93&amp;l=b17ce983-5361-4dba-a2fd-2469b8705237&amp;utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_content=feed||1618346&amp;site=247wallst\" data-ylk=\"slk:but%20only%20until%20July%2016.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;but only until July 16.&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">but only until July 16.<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Over 50,000 people already have, along with global giants like General Motors and POSCO.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Here&#8217;s why there&#8217;s so much interest: EnergyX&#8217;s patented tech can recover up to 3X more lithium than traditional methods. That&#8217;s a big deal, as demand for lithium is expected to 5X current production levels by 2040. <a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/go\/lp\/energyx?i=8cb46587-5ecc-4115-beaa-41278df1ff32&amp;p=a2055f7c-1954-4920-a115-cc7255b66ac0&amp;pos=end_of_article&amp;tpid=1618346&amp;c=5d0aeecb-4a01-4b17-a00a-bad64755ab93&amp;l=b17ce983-5361-4dba-a2fd-2469b8705237&amp;utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=feed&amp;utm_content=feed||1618346&amp;site=247wallst\" data-ylk=\"slk:Become%20an%20early-stage%20EnergyX%20shareholder%20before%20the%207%2F16%20investment%20deadline.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Become an early-stage EnergyX shareholder before the 7\/16 investment deadline.&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Become an early-stage EnergyX shareholder before the 7\/16 investment deadline.<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/markets\/stocks\/articles\/mailto:editorial@247wallst.com?subject=Feedback%3A%20Ignore%20Wall%20Street%20and%20Buy%20Salesforce%20for%20its%20Agentic%20AI&amp;body=Please%20share%20your%20feedback%20here%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A---%0D%0A%0D%0ARegarding%20this%20article%3A%20https%3A%2F%2F247wallst.com%2Finvesting%2F2026%2F07%2F13%2Fignore-wall-street-and-buy-salesforce-for-its-agentic-ai%2F\" data-ylk=\"slk:editorial%40247wallst.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;editorial@247wallst.com&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">editorial@247wallst.com<\/a> for any questions or corrections.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quick Read I keep hitting the buy button on Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) and I am not sorry about it.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[54260,179,7493,23823,53183,8005,24660,2942,701],"class_list":["post-104652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-agentic-ai","tag-agentforce-arr","tag-agentic-ai","tag-agentic-artificial-intelligence","tag-arr","tag-energyx","tag-general-motors","tag-lithium","tag-salesforce","tag-wall-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}