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It wasn’t immediately apparent why Keirstead made his reduction, but it comes amid choppiness in legacy software stocks. One major theme with investors so far this year has been the fear of artificial intelligence (AI)<\/a> disruption.<\/p>\n Advanced AI models, so the theory goes, could be trained to perform the functions of classic software solutions such as Salesforce’s long-standing CRM platform and its many modules. While there have lately been some signs of life in the legacy software space as investors hunt for beaten-down bargains, that dampened sentiment seems to be lingering to a degree.<\/p>\n Undeservedly punished <\/p>\n I believe that reputation and reality are at odds in Salesforce’s case. Far from being a stuck-in-the-past business that refuses to embrace the latest technology, the company has actually been quite tech-forward with AI. In fact, toward the end of last year, it rolled out its own cutting-edge, dedicated agentic AI solution, Agentforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n With that, the company posted a beat-and-raise third quarter for its final earnings release of 2025. Better, it followed the feat with a fourth quarter that topped analyst estimates and featured double-digit growth on both the top and bottom lines.<\/p>\n This doesn’t feel to me like a sluggish has-been company that can’t keep up with the times. More and more these days, it’s looking like an underappreciated — even ignored — player in its segment that’s still powerful and competitive. Salesforce stock feels like a bargain to me.<\/p>\n Should you buy stock in Salesforce right now? <\/p>\n Before you buy stock in Salesforce, consider this:<\/p>\n The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the\u00a010 best stocks<\/a> for investors to buy now\u2026 and Salesforce wasn\u2019t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.<\/p>\n Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation,\u00a0you\u2019d have $475,063!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $1,369,991!*<\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s worth noting\u00a0Stock Advisor\u2019s total average return is 994% \u2014 a market-crushing outperformance compared to 207% for the S&P 500.\u00a0Don’t miss the latest top 10 list, available with\u00a0Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors.<\/p>\n See the 10 stocks \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n *Stock Advisor returns as of May 21, 2026. <\/p>\n Eric Volkman<\/a> has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Salesforce. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n