11 Innovative Dividend Stocks to Buy Now

3. Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 140

Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) was named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2025 by Fast Company, recognized for its efforts in sustainable AI and for integrating purpose-built AI tools and agents into Slack for employees. As the leading AI-powered CRM, Salesforce is at the forefront of digital labor through its Agentforce solution, built on a deeply unified platform. The company helps businesses engage with customers in new ways, boost productivity, and deliver fast, impactful results.

Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)’s AI initiatives are expanding rapidly. AgentForce, a generative AI product, now has over 4,000 paying customers and has been used in more than 800 customer deployments. It has the potential to generate $1 billion in annualized revenue. Data Cloud has exceeded $1 billion in annual recurring revenue and is processing 22 trillion records, representing a 175 percent year-over-year increase. Tableau, MuleSoft, and Slack also played key roles in major deals as customers increasingly adopt cross-cloud solutions. Salesforce emphasized Slack’s transformation into an enterprise AI interface, which has significantly reduced lead routing times from 20 minutes to just 19 seconds.

Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) is one of the major tech companies that initiated its dividend policy in 2024. The company’s first-ever dividend was $0.40 per share. In March this year, it declared a 5% hike in its quarterly dividend and now pays a per-share dividend of $0.42. As of July 28, the stock has a dividend yield of 0.62%.