Salesforce Inc’s recently made public that its Chair and CEO Benioff Marc unloaded Company’s shares for reported $4.5 million on Apr 04 ’24. In the deal valued at $299.97 per share,15,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Benioff Marc now holds 12,966,166 shares worth roughly $3.91 billion.
Then, Benioff Marc sold 15,000 shares, generating $4,581,232 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $305.42, the Chair and CEO now owns 12,981,166 shares.
Before that, Benioff Marc sold 15,000 shares. Salesforce Inc shares valued at $4,513,113 were divested by the Chair and CEO at a price of $300.87 per share. As a result of the transaction, Benioff Marc now holds 12,996,166 shares, worth roughly $3.92 billion.
KeyBanc Capital Markets initiated its Salesforce Inc [CRM] rating to a Sector weight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Robert W. Baird’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid January from “a Neutral” to “an Outperform”. Morgan Stanley also remained covering CRM and has increased its forecast on December 21, 2023 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal-weight” rating. Wells Fargo revised its rating on December 20, 2023. It rated CRM as “an Equal weight” which previously was an “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of CRM
On Friday, Salesforce Inc [NYSE:CRM] saw its stock jump 2.64% to $301.91. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 0.24%. Salesforce Inc shares have risen nearly 14.73% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 53.10% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $318.71 was reached on 03/01/24, a 52-week low of $187.31 was recorded on 01/04/24. SMA at 50 days reached $296.75, while 200 days put it at $243.30. A total of 4.92 million shares were traded, compared to the trading of 8.35 million shares in the previous session.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For CRM Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 295.67, which if violated will result in even more drops to 289.42. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 305.79. A further resistance level may holdings at 309.66. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 51.20, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -3.00, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 50.20%. Stochastics %K at 40.33% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Salesforce Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Salesforce Inc stocks on Mar 15, 2024, growing by 2.85 million shares to a total of 10.64 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on Feb 15, 2024 was 7.79 million shares. There was a rise of 26.79%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock. In spite of short shares comprising just 1.14% of the overall stock float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) rose to 1.44.
