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Salesforce stock jumps 14% after fiscal Q2 beat

8/27/2026

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Salesforce’s stock jumped 14% in after-hours trading after its fiscal Q2 earnings beat.
Adjusted earnings per share were $5.90, far above the $3.27 consensus.
Net income rose 87% to $3.53 billion, helped by a $2.6 billion Anthropic gain.
Full-year FY2027 guidance increased to $46.1-$46.4 billion revenue and $16.67-$16.71 EPS.
Revenue reached $11.35 billion, slightly above the $11.32 billion forecast.

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Historical Context

Google’s 1998 seed round—$1 million from investors such as Andy Bechtolsheim and Jeff Bezos—fuelled rapid ad-revenue growth, culminating in a 700% profit jump in 2005. On August 19 2004, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin led the company’s IPO, selling 19.6 million shares at $85 each and raising $1.67 billion, setting a precedent for later tech IPOs.

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Story summary

Salesforce’s stock jumped 14% in after-hours trading after its fiscal Q2 earnings beat.
Adjusted earnings per share were $5.90, far above the $3.27 consensus.
Net income rose 87% to $3.53 billion, helped by a $2.6 billion Anthropic gain.
Full-year FY2027 guidance increased to $46.1-$46.4 billion revenue and $16.67-$16.71 EPS.
Revenue reached $11.35 billion, slightly above the $11.32 billion forecast.

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