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Salesforce, Inc. (CRM) Announced Q1 2027 Earnings on May 27, 2026, Reporting " Revenue was $11.13 billion "

19 min · 28 de may de 2026
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Salesforce reported Q1 revenue of " $11.13 billion " and delivered " $6.7 billion " in Q1 operating cash flow. The current remaining performance obligation ended the first quarter at " $33.6 billion ". Management noted a Q1 non-GAAP operating margin of " 34.8% " and a Q1 GAAP operating margin of " 21.1% ". The company also commenced a " $25 billion accelerated share repurchase " program, which reduced the Q1 diluted share count by 10 percent year-over-year. Management emphasized the company's focus on becoming an " Agentic enterprise " and announced that " Agentforce ARR surpassed the $1 billion mark " this quarter. The company processed " 28.6 trillion tokens " and converted them into " 3.8 billion Agentic Work Units " for customers to date. Salesforce introduced " Agentforce Coworker " and discussed the launch of " Headless 360 ", which allows customers to use coding agents and APIs across different surfaces to access Salesforce data. For the second quarter of fiscal year 2027, the company expects revenue of " $11.27 billion to $11.35 billion ". Management raised the midpoint of its full fiscal year 2027 revenue guidance to " $45.9 billion to $46.2 billion " and noted they remain on track for their fiscal year 2030 framework to grow the top line to " $63 billion plus with Informatica ". The company highlighted notable momentum with products like Slack, noting that Slackbot is the fastest adopted AI tool in company history and is driving " 3.8 million hours of annualized productivity gains " for their employees.

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