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Record Quarter Headlines a Historic Fiscal Year
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of $11.201 billion, a 12.1% increase year-over-year, edging past analyst expectations of $11.16 billion. For the full fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, total revenue reached $41.525 billion, up 9.6% from $37.895 billion in FY25, marking the company's highest annual revenue on record.
Subscription and support revenue — the company's core revenue engine — climbed to $10.675 billion in Q4, up sharply from $9.451 billion in the prior-year quarter, representing 95% of total revenues. GAAP net income for the quarter rose to $1.943 billion, or $2.07 per diluted share, compared to $1.708 billion, or $1.75 per diluted share, in Q4 FY25. On a full-year basis, GAAP net income surged to $7.457 billion, a 20.3% jump from $6.197 billion in FY25.---
Agentforce Becomes Salesforce's Fastest-Growing Product Line
The quarter's defining narrative centered on the explosive commercial momentum of Agentforce, Salesforce's autonomous AI agent platform. Agentforce ARR reached $800 million, soaring 169% year-over-year, with the company closing 29,000 total deals — a 50% increase quarter-over-quarter. The platform has now processed nearly 20 trillion tokens and delivered 2.4 billion agentic work units — discrete, measurable AI-driven business tasks — across its enterprise client base.
Within subscription revenue by product segment, Agentforce 360 Platform, Slack and Other was the standout performer, registering 37% constant-currency growth in Q4 compared to 12% in the same quarter a year ago. Agentforce Service contributed $2.531 billion in Q4 revenue, while Agentforce Sales added $2.333 billion. The platform's integration of the recently acquired Informatica — closed in November 2025 — contributed approximately $388 million in subscription revenue for the fiscal year.
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Operating Margins Expand as Cash Generation Hits New High
Non-GAAP operating margin expanded to 34.2% in Q4 FY26, up from 33.1% in Q4 FY25, reflecting disciplined cost management even as the company accelerated AI investments. For the full year, non-GAAP operating margin reached 34.1%, compared to 33.0% in FY25. Operating cash flow for fiscal 2026 hit $14.996 billion, a landmark figure representing a 14.5% increase over the prior year's $13.092 billion. Free cash flow reached $14.402 billion, up from $12.434 billion in FY25, underscoring the company's ability to convert revenue growth into durable capital generation. Remaining Performance Obligation (RPO) — a key forward-revenue indicator — surged to $72.4 billion, up 14% year-over-year, including approximately $2.2 billion attributable to Informatica. The current portion of RPO stood at $35.1 billion, up significantly from $30.2 billion at the end of Q4 FY25.---
Shareholder Returns Accelerate with $50B Buyback Authorization
Alongside its earnings release, Salesforce's Board of Directors approved a landmark $50 billion share repurchase authorization, signaling strong management confidence in the company's long-term trajectory. During FY26, Salesforce repurchased $12.596 billion worth of common stock. The board also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.44 per share, a 5.8% year-over-year increase, payable April 23, 2026 to stockholders of record as of April 9, 2026.
The company's total assets grew to $112.305 billion as of January 31, 2026, up from $102.928 billion a year earlier, driven by the Informatica acquisition and strategic investments. Goodwill expanded to $57.941 billion, reflecting the cumulative impact of acquisitions.
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FY27 Guidance Disappoints, Sending Shares Lower After-Hours
Despite the record quarter and fiscal year, CRM shares declined approximately 3.77% in after-hours trading following the release, as Wall Street reacted to fiscal 2027 revenue guidance that fell short of elevated expectations.
For Q1 FY27, Salesforce guided revenue to a range of $11.03 billion to $11.08 billion, implying GAAP growth of 12% to 13% year-over-year — a figure that includes slightly above 4 percentage points of contribution from Informatica. Non-GAAP diluted EPS for Q1 FY27 is guided at $3.11 to $3.13.
For the full fiscal year 2027, Salesforce set revenue guidance at $45.80 billion to $46.20 billion, representing 10% to 11% GAAP growth — including approximately 3 percentage points from Informatica. Full-year non-GAAP diluted EPS is guided at $13.11 to $13.19, with non-GAAP operating margin of 34.3% and operating cash flow growth of approximately 9% to 10%. The organic revenue growth trajectory — stripping out Informatica's contribution — came in below the organic acceleration the market had priced in.
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Geographic Diversification Strengthens Global Footprint
International momentum accelerated meaningfully during the fourth quarter. Europe posted 13% constant-currency revenue growth in Q4, up sharply from 7% in the prior quarter. Asia Pacific also delivered 13% constant-currency growth. Americas revenue reached $7.285 billion in Q4, with Europe contributing $2.781 billion and Asia Pacific adding $1.135 billion, together accounting for 35% of total quarterly revenue — a growing share of the global enterprise CRM market.
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Path to $63B and the Agentic Enterprise Vision
With a clear FY30 revenue target of $63 billion firmly on management's roadmap, Salesforce is positioning its Agentforce and Data 360 ecosystem as the central operating system for what it calls the "Agentic Enterprise" — an AI-native enterprise model where autonomous agents work alongside human employees at scale. The company's Net New Annual Order Value (NNAOV) accelerated in the second half of FY26, validating the commercial pipeline building behind Agentforce deployments.
The combination of a record $72 billion RPO, an expanded $50 billion repurchase program, rising free cash flow, and rapid Agentforce monetization cements Salesforce's position as one of the most consequential enterprise software platforms in the AI era — even as the market digests the near-term implications of guidance that calls for continued, if measured, top-line expansion through FY27.
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