Salesforce Inc (CRM) Stock Up 3.4% and Still Undervalued -- GF Score: 86/100 - GuruFocus

Salesforce stock popped 3.4% this week, and financial analysts are calling it undervalued at $172 a share.

That's great news if you own Salesforce stock. It means almost nothing if you're the ops leader who owns a Salesforce *implementation*.

Here's what a rising stock price tells you about Salesforce's business: they're doing fine. Here's what it tells you about whether their platform will finally fit how your team works, stop requiring a certified consultant for every pipeline tweak, or get easier to maintain without a dedicated admin: nothing. Not a word.

Wall Street values Salesforce on revenue growth, margins, and AI narrative. You're valued on whether customer data is accurate, whether your team actually uses the system, and whether the CFO stops asking why you renewed a six-figure contract for software that still creates more workarounds than wins.

Those are two completely different scorecards.

If you've been through the Salesforce cycle — implementation, customization, consultant dependency, shelfware — you already know that a healthy stock price never translated into a CRM that fit your business. It just meant the vendor had more leverage over your renewal conversation.

The frustrating truth is that a platform being financially successful and being the right tool for your operation have always been separate questions, and the industry has spent years pretending otherwise.

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On July 16, 2026, Salesforce Inc (CRM) shares rose 3.4% to a current price of $172.68. The stock has shown a 52-week range between $146.32 and ...