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Thursday's Featured News Salesforce Stock Is Coiled Like a Spring and Ready to ReboundWritten by Thomas Hughes. Published 12/5/2025. 
Key Points - Salesforce's Q3 results affirm that its AI strategy is sound and provides incentives for businesses to accelerate AI adoption.
- Strong cash flow continues to grow in Q3, supporting a robust capital return outlook.
- Market dynamics suggest a robust rebound lies ahead and may begin before the year's end.
An examination of Salesforce’s (NYSE: CRM) stock price chart reveals a market coiled up like a spring. On one hand, its blue-chip quality and tech-growth business are healthy and command broad market support. Just like Microsoft and Adobe rode the software wave in Web 1.0, RAD Intel is riding the AI software wave in 2025. Their product helps brands instantly find the right audience and message using AI – solving the #1 waste in marketing: misfired ad spend.
Already trusted by a who's-who of Fortune 1000 brands and leading global agencies – with recurring seven-figure partnerships in place. With a Nasdaq ticker reserved, $RADI, it's early – but very real. $0.85 Won't Last – Secure Your Shares Now. On the other, concerns about its AI strategy and growth outlook compressed price action. Yet the stock shows solid support at the bottom of its December 2025 range and other signs of underlying strength. The two most interesting signals are the divergences in stochastic and MACD on the weekly price action chart. When price makes a new low but those indicators do not follow — as discussed when price action hits a new low — it suggests bears have lost control and bulls are taking charge. Those indicators are primed to produce strong bullish signals, which early premarket action after the Q3 release has already begun to confirm. The question is whether the broader market will follow through — and the Q3 results and guidance update suggest it might. 
Q3 Earnings Reflect Accelerating Adoption of AI Applications Salesforce’s Q3 results and guidance update are notable for several reasons: their strength and their likely effect on adoption. Adoption is crucial for AI applications, and these results not only show acceleration but are likely to further accelerate adoption on their own merits. Revenue was $10.28 billion, up 8.7% year-over-year, roughly in line with expectations. Margins expanded materially, driven in part by AI's impact on Salesforce's operations — the company is becoming a poster child for how AI can boost profitability. Internal metrics were strong. Core Subscription and Support grew 10%, helped by AI adoption and higher agent utilization. Agentforce and Data 360 annual recurring revenue rose 114% year over year, with Agentforce itself up 330%, fueled by both new customers and expansions; 50% of Agentforce deals came from existing clients increasing their usage. Remaining performance obligations (RPO) increased 12%, outpacing the 8.7% revenue gain, which points to accelerating business in future quarters. Margins and earnings are accelerating, supporting the company's long-term profitability targets. Operating cash flow grew 17% versus the 8.7% top-line advance, and free cash flow — at about 95% of operating cash flow — rose 22% year over year. Looking ahead, the company expects these strengths to continue, issuing better-than-expected guidance with EPS targets above MarketBeat's reported consensus. Analysts project $11.38 in adjusted full-year earnings; the company's guidance is nearer $11.75 and may be conservative. Salesforce Analysts Signal a Bullish Shift in Sentiment Trends Analysts never turned outright bearish on Salesforce, but a series of price target reductions capped gains and pressured the stock through 2025. After the release, many analysts reaffirmed or reiterated ratings and price targets, suggesting the sentiment downdraft has passed. As of early December, the consensus of 39 analysts is a Moderate Buy with a forecast for 35% upside. A move to consensus would lift the stock above key moving averages and resistance levels, placing it near the high end of its trading range and within striking distance of a record high. Institutions have been accumulating CRM stock throughout 2025, providing solid support and appearing unlikely to change course soon. The improving outlook — particularly rising profitability — is driving meaningful operating and free cash flow. Free cash flow underpins the stock outlook by enabling capital returns. The dividend remains a token, yielding only 0.7% at current levels, but buybacks are more meaningful: share count fell roughly 1.3% for the quarter and year-to-date and are expected to continue.
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