Salesforce jumps after annual sales, profit forecast raise
BUZZ-Salesforce jumps after annual sales, profit forecast raise ** Shares of business software provider Salesforce CRM.N up ~14% at $234.24 in extended trading
** Co raises annual forecasts after quarterly results beat, betting on enterprise adoption of its new AI-powered autonomous agents accelerating sales
** Co sees annual revenue between $46.1 billion and $ 46.4 billion, compared with its previous $45.9 billion to $46.2 billion forecast, while adjusted EPS is seen between $16.67 and $16.71, up from previous $14.06 to $14.12 projection
** Q2 revenue of $11.35 billion beat estimates of $11.32 billion, while adjusted EPS of $5.9 beat expectations of $3.27-data compiled by LSEG
** Separately, co announces 'Claudeforce' partnership with Anthropic, launching with a Salesforce in Claude plugin
** Up to last close, stock has fallen 22.22% YTD
(Reporting by Neil J Kanatt in Bengaluru)