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MetricCRMSalesforce, Inc.PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc.ADBEADOBE INC.INTUINTUIT INC.Median of the restexcluding CRM
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$250.29▲ 8.51 (3.52%)
$196.19▼ 5.53 (2.74%)
$270.55▲ 15.49 (6.07%)
$354.90▲ 19.29 (5.75%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/1010.0/109.0/108.7/109.0/10
Market value$232.52B$469.13B$111.74B$95.25B
Revenue$41.52B$4.48B$23.77B$21.45B
Profit$7.46B$1.63B$7.13B$4.57B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.9.6%56.2%10.5%13.9%13.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.77.7%82.4%89.3%—85.8%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.20.1%31.6%36.6%27.4%31.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.18.0%36.3%30.0%21.3%30.0%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.34.7%46.9%41.4%40.4%41.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.12.6%22.0%61.3%24.0%24.0%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.9.8%23.2%57.3%20.3%23.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.31.18x288.69x15.67x20.86x20.86x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.25.14x—11.81x16.18x14.00x
Price to book3.93x63.50x9.61x5.02x9.61x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.90x0.19x1.54x0.94x0.94x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/97/87/97/87.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greysafesafesafe

How CRM compares with the others

  • CRM's operating margin of 20.1% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (31.6%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 9.6% against 13.9%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 31.2x against 20.9x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.