12 Best Enterprise Software Stocks to Buy Now

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1. Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 162

Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) offers CRM technology to connect global companies and customers. Its lead offerings include Agentforce, Data Cloud, Industries AI, Salesforce Starter, Slack, Tableau, and MuleSoft. It also provides a marketing platform, commerce services, and field service solutions that enable companies to connect service agents, dispatchers, and mobile employees through a centralized platform.

The company’s unified platform includes the Customer 360 platform, Data Cloud, and Agentforce AI product line. These together integrate CRM applications, data management, and AI-powered automation and drive most of the company’s growth. In only 90 days, the company acquired 3,000 paying customers for Agentforce. It integrates AI agents into core applications and automates customer service inquiries, sales processes, and other workflows.

Data Cloud is the foundation for Agentforce and provides the necessary data for AI-powered automation. It surpassed 50 trillion records and doubled year-over-year. Fueled by this platform, the company’s FQ4 2025 revenue rose by 8% year-over-year. Data Cloud and AI ARR grew by 120%. Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) now projects FY26 revenue to improve by 7% to 8% growth. On March 26, Kirk Materne from Evercore ISI maintained a Buy rating on Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) with a $420 price target.

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund stated the following regarding Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:

“Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) reported third-quarter results that exceeded analysts’ expectations, as the integration of AI technology across the customer relationship management software company’s product offerings has driven robust growth in new deals.”

While we acknowledge the growth potential of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM), our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold great promise for delivering high returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than CRM but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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