Salesforce (CRM)
S&P 500 · Top 100 by market cap · Tech Top 100 · Information Technology · data since 2004-06-23 · last close 2026-09-09
Salesforce (CRM) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -19.9 | -8.2 | -4.2 | -5.2 | 8.3 | -17.8 | 17.5 | 40.0 | -5.2 | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 2.2 | -12.8 | -9.9 | 0.3 | -1.2 | 2.9 | -5.3 | -0.8 | -7.3 | 9.9 | -11.5 | 15.1 |
| 2024 | 6.8 | 9.9 | -2.4 | -10.7 | -12.8 | 9.7 | 0.8 | -2.3 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 13.3 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 26.7 | -2.6 | 22.1 | -0.7 | 12.6 | -5.4 | 6.5 | -1.6 | -8.4 | -1.0 | 25.4 | 4.5 |
| 2022 | -8.5 | -9.5 | 0.8 | -17.1 | -8.9 | 3.0 | 11.5 | -15.2 | -7.9 | 13.0 | -1.4 | -17.3 |
| 2021 | 1.4 | -4.0 | -2.1 | 8.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | -1.0 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 10.5 | -4.9 | -10.8 |
| 2020 | 12.1 | -6.5 | -15.5 | 12.5 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 39.9 | -7.8 | -7.6 | 5.8 | -9.5 |
| 2019 | 10.9 | 7.7 | -3.2 | 4.4 | -8.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | -4.9 | 5.4 | 4.1 | -0.1 |
| 2018 | 11.4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 11.3 | 4.2 | -13.7 | 4.0 | -4.1 |
| 2017 | 15.5 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 | -3.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | -2.2 | 9.6 | 1.9 | -2.0 |
| 2016 | -13.2 | -0.5 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 10.4 | -5.1 | 3.0 | -2.9 | -10.2 | 5.4 | -4.2 | -4.9 |
| 2015 | -4.8 | 22.9 | -3.7 | 9.0 | -0.1 | -4.3 | 5.3 | -5.4 | 0.1 | 11.9 | 2.5 | -1.6 |
| 2014 | 9.7 | 3.0 | -8.5 | -9.5 | 1.9 | 10.4 | -6.6 | 8.9 | -2.6 | 11.2 | -6.4 | -0.9 |
| 2013 | 2.4 | -1.7 | 5.7 | -8.1 | 3.0 | -9.8 | 14.6 | 12.3 | 5.7 | 2.8 | -2.4 | 6.0 |
| 2012 | 15.1 | 22.6 | 7.9 | 0.8 | -11.0 | -0.3 | -10.1 | 16.7 | 5.2 | -4.4 | 8.0 | 6.6 |
| 2011 | -2.2 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 9.9 | -2.1 | -2.9 | -11.0 | -11.2 | 16.5 | -11.1 | -14.3 |
| 2010 | -13.8 | 6.9 | 9.6 | 15.0 | 1.1 | -0.8 | 15.3 | 11.1 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 19.9 | -5.2 |
| 2009 | -16.9 | 5.2 | 16.9 | 30.8 | -11.3 | 0.6 | 13.5 | 19.7 | 9.8 | -0.3 | 10.4 | 17.7 |
| 2008 | -17.2 | 15.1 | -3.1 | 15.3 | 8.4 | -5.6 | -6.5 | -12.2 | -13.6 | -36.0 | -7.6 | 11.8 |
| 2007 | 20.3 | -1.4 | -1.0 | -1.9 | 12.5 | -9.3 | -9.3 | 4.0 | 26.9 | 9.8 | 0.6 | 10.5 |
| 2006 | 28.1 | -15.1 | 4.3 | -3.5 | -15.8 | -9.7 | -3.6 | 34.2 | 4.1 | 8.8 | -0.1 | -6.5 |
| 2005 | -19.1 | 17.2 | -6.7 | -3.7 | 40.3 | 1.2 | 15.0 | -18.0 | 19.7 | 8.1 | 27.4 | 0.6 |
| 2004 | · | · | · | · | · | -6.6 | -19.0 | -0.1 | 20.2 | 30.0 | -14.1 | -3.0 |
| Avg | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | -1.6 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 2.7 | -0.3 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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CRM seasonality — average by calendar month
Salesforce has monthly history back to 2004. Its strongest month by median is October — positive in 16 of 22 years, median +7.3%, and higher in 6 of the last 9. December is the soft spot, down in 13 of 22 with a median of -1.3%. Across its full record it has closed 56% of months higher, swings ±11.3% in an average month and has fallen 70.5% peak to trough.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +2.1% | +2.5% | +0.8% | +2.3% | +2.8% | -1.6% | +2.2% | +6.3% | +1.4% | +4.5% | +2.7% | -0.3% |
| Win rate | 59%/22 | 55%/22 | 50%/22 | 59%/22 | 64%/22 | 43%/23 | 61%/23 | 57%/23 | 55%/22 | 73%/22 | 55%/22 | 41%/22 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
CRM risk & extremes
CRM drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
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Frequently asked questions
What was Salesforce's best month?+
Salesforce's strongest completed month on record is May 2005, at +40.26%.
What was Salesforce's worst month?+
Its weakest completed month on record is October 2008, at -36.03%.
Is Salesforce up this year?+
Salesforce is down 7.36% year to date, measured from its last close before 1 January.
What is Salesforce's 1-year return?+
-2.31% over the past twelve months, comparing the latest close with the most recent close on or before the same date a year earlier.
What is Salesforce's biggest drawdown?+
The deepest peak-to-trough fall on record is 70.5%, measured on month-end closes since 2004.
Which calendar month is historically best for Salesforce?+
August has the highest average return across every completed August since 2004. An average is not a forecast.
About Salesforce
Salesforce is an S&P 500 company, an information technology business worth about $201 billion. Declared “the end of software”, then became one of the biggest software companies alive. Mission accomplished? And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2004) would be about $6,523 today.
Did you know?
- Marc Benioff launched it from a rented San Francisco apartment in 1999.
- Its “No Software” logo was a marketing stunt for the then-radical idea of the cloud.
- It bought Slack for $27.7B in 2021.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.