On July 21, Salesforce fell 3.06% in regular trading, trading at 168.44 USD/share, with turnover of 769 million USD. The decline was primarily triggered by Morgan Stanley downgrading the stock from Overweight to Equal-weight and cutting its price target from $287 to $185, a reduction of over 35%.

Analyst Adam Wood noted that while Salesforce is actively pursuing self-disruption and its AI agent product Agentforce has demonstrated strong key performance indicators, the persistent drag from its legacy business portfolio has offset AI-driven incremental contributions. As a result, overall organic revenue growth and current remaining performance obligations have yet to show an inflection point, suggesting the stock will likely remain range-bound.

The downgrade follows a broader wave of analyst caution. Earlier in July, Bernstein downgraded Salesforce to Market Perform, KeyBanc cut its rating to Sector Weight, and Evercore ISI lowered its target price to $250. The SaaS sector has also faced systemic selling pressure after IBM reported disappointing preliminary results, which dragged down peers including ServiceNow, Workday, and Adobe.

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