Salesforce beats on earnings and revenue but full-year guidance comes in light

Cnbc · May 27, 2026 · 676 words · By Jordan Novet

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Salesforce reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, but the cloud software vendor issued full-year guidance that was slightly below Wall Street expectations.

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What happened

Salesforce reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, but the cloud software vendor issued full-year guidance that was slightly below Wall Street expectations.

Why it matters

The stock was little changed in extended trading.

Common ground

Here's how the company did relative to LSEG consensus: - Earnings per share: $3.88 adjusted vs.

Perspective signals

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 20 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In the fiscal first quarter, Slack was involved in almost half of Salesforce's deals worth over $1 million”

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Claim 2: “In January, Slack gained new generative AI capabilities with help from Anthropic”

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Claim 3: “The consensus among analysts polled by StreetAccount was $68.61 billion”

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Claim 4: “Annualized revenue from Agentforce reached $1.2 billion, up 205% year over year”

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Claim 5: “Data 360, headless platform and other subscription and support revenue increased 25% to $3.68 billion, with $428 million from Informatica, which Salesforce bought for $9.6 billion in November”

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Claim 6: “Analysts surveyed by LSEG had been looking for $13.22 per share and $46.12 billion in revenue”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the LSEG analyst expectations for full-year EPS and revenue.

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Claim 7: “Revenue: $11.13 billion vs. $11.05 billion expected”

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Multiple sources (CNBC, and other news reports from May 27, 2026) confirm revenue was $11.13 billion compared to the $11.05 billion expectation.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · Earnings per share: $3.88 adjusted vs. $3.12 expected Revenue: $11.13 billion vs. $11.05 billion expected Revenue increased 13% year over year ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/27/salesforce-crm-q1-earnings-r…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · Salesforce reported revenue of $11.13 billion for the quarter ended April 30, surpassing the estimate of $11.05 billion,
https://www.reuters.com/business/salesforce-beats-first-quar…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · $3.12 expected Revenue: $11.13 billion vs. $11.05 billion expected Revenue increased 13% year over year during the quarter, which ended on April ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cio-growth_ciogrowth-business…

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Claim 8: “For the current quarter, Salesforce called for $3.25 to $3.27 in adjusted earnings per share on $11.27 billion to $11.35 billion revenue”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant Wikipedia entries and login pages. No source confirms the specific guidance figures for EPS ($3.25-$3.27) or revenue ($11.27-$11.35 billion).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — i.am+ is an American technology company based in Los Angeles, California. The company was founded by musician and entrepreneur will.i.am, in 2013 with the mission of "creating wearable products that …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Informatica Inc. is an American software development company founded in 1993 by Gaurav Dhillon and Diaz Nesamoney. Based in Redwood City, California, its core products include enterprise cloud data m…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lauren Bousfield is an electronic musician, composer, and sound designer based in Los Angeles. She initially gained recognition for her project Nero's Day at Disneyland, and has since released music u…
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Claim 9: “subscription and support revenue from Agentforce apps, including sales, service, marketing, commerce and Slack, totaled $6.91 billion, up almost 9% from a year ago”

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Claim 10: “Analysts polled by LSEG had expected $3.25 per share on $11.36 billion in revenue”

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Multiple independent sources from May 27, 2026, confirm that LSEG analysts expected $3.25 per share on $11.36 billion in revenue.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... The company pushed up its full-year forecast to $14.06 to $14.12 in adjusted earnings per share on $45.9 billion to $46.2 billion in revenue.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/27/salesforce-crm-q1-earnings-r…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Analysts had expected earnings of $3.25 per share on revenue of $11.36 billion. For fiscal full year 2027, Salesforce marginally raised the ...
https://uk.investing.com/news/earnings/salesforce-slips-afte…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Analysts polled by LSEG had expected $3.25 per share on $11.36 billion in revenue. The company pushed up its full-year forecast to $14.06 to ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cio-growth_ciogrowth-business…

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Claim 11: “The company pushed up its full-year forecast to $14.06 to $14.12 in adjusted earnings per share on $45.9 billion to $46.2 billion in revenue”

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Multiple sources (CNBC, 8-K filing report, and other news) confirm the full-year forecast was raised to $14.06-$14.12 adjusted EPS and $45.9-$46.2 billion in revenue.

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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago ... For the full year, it nudged up the low end of its revenue guidance to $45.9 billion to $46.2 billion, up from a prior outlook of $45.8 billion ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/salesforce…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Management raised the midpoint of full-year FY27 revenue guidance to $45.9–$46.2 billion and reaffirmed a non-GAAP operating margin target of ...
https://www.stocktitan.net/sec-filings/CRM/8-k-salesforce-in…

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Claim 12: “Salesforce announced plans to buy it [Slack] in 2020 in a deal that cost over $27 billion”

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Claim 13: “Net income rose to $2.11 billion, or $2.42 per share, from $1.54 billion, or $1.59 per share, a year earlier”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant information about Cisco, Shopify, and general Wikipedia entries for Marc Benioff and Salesforce. No source confirms the specific net income figures of $2.11 billion or $1.54 billion.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marc Russell Benioff (born September 25, 1964) is an American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the software company Salesforce, as well…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salesforce, Inc., is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is primarily known for its customer relationship management software and related applicatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salesforce Tower, formerly known as Transbay Tower, is a 61-story supertall skyscraper at 415 Mission Street, between First and Fremont Street, in the South of Market district of downtown San Francisc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce_Tower

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Claim 14: “As of Wednesday's close, Salesforce shares were down 33% so far in 2026, while the S&P 500 index had gained about 10%”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the stock performance of Salesforce or the S&P 500 in 2026.

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Claim 15: “Earnings per share: $3.88 adjusted vs. $3.12 expected”

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Three independent web search results from May 27, 2026, explicitly state the adjusted EPS was $3.88 versus the $3.12 expected by LSEG.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Salesforce beats on earnings and revenue but full-year guidance comes in light · Earnings per share: $3.88 adjusted vs. $3.12 expected · Revenue: ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/27/salesforce-crm-q1-earnings-r…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Salesforce reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, but the cloud software vendor issued full-year guidance that was ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cio-growth_ciogrowth-business…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... The stock was little changed in extended trading. Here's how the company did relative to LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $3.88 adjusted vs.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY3rYxlkS8G/

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Claim 16: “During the quarter, Salesforce acquired commerce startup Cimulate and sales startup Momentum, both for undisclosed terms”

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Claim 17: “the U.S. Veterans Health Administration would adopt an AI agent system in Slack”

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Claim 18: “Remaining performance obligation... stood at $67.9 billion at the end of the quarter”

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Claim 19: “Revenue increased 13% year over year during the quarter, which ended on April 30”

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Multiple web search results from May 27, 2026, confirm revenue increased 13% year-over-year for the quarter ending April 30.

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Claim 20: “Salesforce reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday”

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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, and other web search results dated May 27, 2026) confirm that Salesforce reported quarterly results that exceeded expectations on a Wednesday.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Salesforce's quarterly results exceeded consensus, with Agentforce annualized revenue passing the $1 billion mark. · The business software ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/27/salesforce-crm-q1-earnings-r…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 3, 2025 ... cRPO up 11% Y/Y; RPO climbs 12% to nearly $60B; Agentforce surpasses 3.2 trillion tokens Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the world's #1 AI CRM, ...
https://investor.salesforce.com/news/news-details/2025/Sales…

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 29, 2024 ... On Wednesday, 28 August, NVIDIA and Salesforce reported earnings that exceeded expectations. While Salesforce's shares soared, ...
https://www.facebook.com/Plus500/posts/on-wednesday-28-augus…

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