CRM (Salesforce) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio: (As of Sep. 21, 2026)

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CRM Salesforce Inc CRM
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Price $236.42
GF Value $344.30
Valuation Significantly Undervalued
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What is Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

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Salesforce  (NYSE:CRM) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Related Terms


Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Salesforce Annual Data
Trend Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25 Jan26
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
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Salesforce Quarterly Data
Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25 Jul25 Oct25 Jan26 Apr26 Jul26
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.96 5.79 4.58 3.66 3.74

CRM vs SHOP, UBER, NOW: Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Salesforce Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Salesforce's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2026 is calculated as:

For example, Salesforce's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Jul. 2026 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Jul. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Jul. 2026)
=46.632/333.9180*333.9180
=46.632

Current CPI (Jul. 2026) = 333.9180.

Salesforce Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201610 9.769 241.729 13.495
201701 10.601 242.839 14.577
201704 11.141 244.524 15.214
201707 11.759 244.786 16.041
201710 12.224 246.663 16.548
201801 14.214 247.867 19.149
201804 15.070 250.546 20.085
201807 17.878 252.006 23.689
201810 19.207 252.885 25.362
201901 20.266 251.712 26.885
201904 21.221 255.548 27.729
201907 22.008 256.571 28.643
201910 37.561 257.346 48.737
202001 37.945 257.971 49.116
202004 38.448 256.389 50.074
202007 42.335 259.101 54.559
202010 44.103 260.388 56.557
202101 45.150 261.582 57.635
202104 46.018 267.054 57.540
202107 56.769 273.003 69.436
202110 57.982 276.589 70.000
202201 58.778 281.148 69.810
202204 59.231 289.109 68.411
202207 60.158 296.276 67.801
202210 59.890 298.012 67.106
202301 57.838 299.170 64.556
202304 54.419 303.363 59.900
202307 59.571 305.691 65.072
202310 59.948 307.671 65.062
202401 61.427 308.417 66.506
202404 61.465 313.548 65.458
202407 60.160 314.540 63.866
202410 61.219 315.664 64.759
202501 63.589 317.671 66.841
202504 63.326 320.795 65.917
202507 64.218 323.048 66.379
202510 63.717 0.000
202601 63.662 325.252 65.358
202604 41.801 333.020 41.914
202607 46.632 333.918 46.632

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

Is Salesforce (CRM) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Salesforce stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $236.42 is trading 31.3% below its estimated GF Value™ of $344.30. GuruFocus considers Salesforce to be Significantly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for CRM:

  • Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio:
  • GF Value™: $344.30 vs. price of $236.42 (31.3% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 91/100 with 5 warning signs

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Salesforce Business Description

Address 415 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, Salesforce Tower, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94105
Salesforce provides enterprise cloud computing solutions. The company offers customer relationship management technology that brings companies and customers together. Its Customer 360 platform helps the group deliver a single source of truth, connecting customer data across systems, apps, and devices to help companies sell, service, market, and conduct commerce. It also offers Service Cloud for customer support, Marketing Cloud for digital marketing campaigns, Commerce Cloud as an e-commerce engine, the Salesforce Platform, which allows enterprises to build applications, and other solutions, such as MuleSoft for data integration.
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