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Salesforce (CRM) reported Q1 FY2027 revenue growth of 13.3% to $11.1B and operating-margin expansion to 21.1%, while net income rose 36.7% to $2.1B, aided by a $558M net gain on strategic investments and an accelerated share repurchase that added $0.14 to diluted EPS. Source: 10-Q Item 2 MD&A, pp.30, 34, 37.
Key risk: Cybersecurity, data-security, and AI-enabled threat risk
Salesforce stores and transmits customers' proprietary and sensitive information, including financial, health, and personal data. The company says increasingly sophisticated attacks—including AI-enabled identification of vulnerabilities and automated attack chains—could cause data loss, service disruption, reputational harm, regulatory scrutiny, and legal or financial liability. Source: 10-Q Item 1A, pp.46-47.
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