{
  "id": 2152872,
  "title": "Cantor Fitzgerald reiterates Salesforce stock rating on AI potential",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/cantor-fitzgerald-reiterates-salesforce-stock-rating-on-ai-potential",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T14:26:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/cantor-fitzgerald-reiterates-salesforce-stock-rating-on-ai-potential-93CH-4870072"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cantor Fitzgerald maintained an Overweight rating and $250.00 price target on Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), which is currently trading at $205.47. The stock is considered undervalued according to the company's Fair Value assessment, with a PEG ratio of 0.6. Salesforce has underperformed the broader software sector, down 19% year-to-date, while the EMCLOUD index has gained 20%, and the S&P 500 has risen 12%. The firm attributes this underperformance to market skepticism about Salesforce's growth acceleration in the second half of the fiscal year and AI-related concerns as a horizontal SaaS platform. However, Cantor Fitzgerald believes this view is overstated and expects Salesforce to capture a significant share of next-generation agentic workflows as a key system of record. Enterprise customers prioritize security, governance, compliance, and data sovereignty, and Salesforce is expected to continue investing in multiple models with a strategy for monetization. Investors can find more insights in the Pro Research Report available for Salesforce and 1,400+ other US equities on InvestingPro. Salesforce is preparing to release its second-quarter earnings, with Oppenheimer and Monness, Crespi, Hardt maintaining positive ratings and raising the price target to $250.00. Salesforce has also shown interest in acquiring Indian HR software developer Darwinbox, valued between $1.8 billion and $2.0 billion, and has partnered with American Public Education to develop an AI-powered Student Lifecycle Platform.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}