Salesforce’s Stock Is Historically Cheap as AI Risk Takes a Toll

The maker of customer relationship management software reports earnings after the bell, and has recently pointed to better times ahead, forecasting double-digit revenue growth in the coming years. “We need a change in sentiment for investors to take a look, and that will be driven by stability and an improvement in topline growth,” said Hilary Frisch, senior research analyst at ClearBridge Investments. Salesforce’s stock price has been hammered by pessimism all year, plunging 30% in 2025 to make the company the second-worst performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and putting it among the 25 worst in the S&P 500 Index.