Salesforce.com Inc (CRM) — Quality & forensics
As of 2026-09-14 — refreshed nightly. Closelook readings from an investment research diary, not ratings or advice.
The Closelook module scores
- Valuation 62
- Quality 72
- Growth 55
- Balance sheet 50
- Cash quality 64
- Capital allocation 67
- Momentum 75
Scores are computed nightly across the coverage universe and read relative to it — the methodology lives in the company-scoring explainer.
Financial forensics — the academic screens
Sits in the safe zone (above 2.99). The Z-Score estimates financial-distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
Nine binary fundamental-strength checks across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
Screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold. A screen, not an accusation.
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-14
Quick answers
What is Salesforce.com Inc's Closelook quality reading?
The composite reads 64/100 across 7 modules, as of 2026-09-14: valuation 62, quality 72, growth 55, balance sheet 50, cash quality 64, capital allocation 67, momentum 75. Closelook scores are research diary readings, not ratings or investment advice.
What is Salesforce.com Inc's Altman Z-Score?
3.11, which sits in the safe zone (above 2.99) as of 2026-09-14. The Altman Z-Score estimates financial distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
What is Salesforce.com Inc's Piotroski F-Score?
7 of 9, as of 2026-09-14. The F-Score counts nine binary fundamental-strength signals across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
What does Salesforce.com Inc's Beneish M-Score indicate?
-2.66 — below the −1.78 manipulation-risk threshold, as of 2026-09-14. The M-Score screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns; it is a screen, not an accusation.
Mentioned on Closelook
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- Agentic Infrastructure Software: The Orchestration Layer
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- Agentic AI Adoption Curve: Where We Are and What Comes Next
- Agentic AI: Who Eats Whose Lunch — A Concrete Winner/Loser Map
- Agentic Winners 40: Who Captures AI's Value
- SaaSpocalypse: Why Agentic AI Destroys the SaaS Pricing Moat
- Work-as-a-Service: The Post-SaaS Business Model
Dailies
- Brent closes above $100 for the first time since July and the 10-year hits 4.86%: Wall Street falls a third day while Cloudflare +10%, Datadog +7% and Meta +7% catch the money the chip leaders gave back
- Chips lead the market down as oil tops $105 and the 10-year hits 4.92%: Micron −4%, Intel −4%, Nvidia −2.5% — while software posts its first up day in six and Apple gains 3%
- Oil knocks on $100 and Wall Street sells everything but the AI pipe: Intel +9%, Lumentum +11%, Dow −1.2% — Seoul buys the dip and the Kospi is back above 7,000
- Chips up again, software down again — Friday's split is turning into a trend
- From Silicon Scarcity to Software Scarcity: The Next AI Bottleneck Is Permission to Act, and the Market Graded It This Week
- Enterprise AI — Rent the Brain or Build It
- The bar moves overnight: three beat-and-raise prints get sold after hours.
- Daylight pays the five-print evening at scale — Salesforce +20%, Okta +27%, CrowdStrike +18%, Nvidia +7.6% — while ten of eleven sectors trade red and technology alone carries the index.
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