Salesforce Option Alert: Jan 16 $260 Puts at the Ask: 945 vs 3451 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close 

Salesforce Option Alert: Jan 16 $260 Puts at the Ask: 945 @ $13.65 vs 3451 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close Ref=$319.65

Salesforce Option Alert: Mar 21 $330 Puts at the Bid: 600 vs 2601 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close 

Salesforce Option Alert: Mar 21 $330 Puts at the Bid: 600 @ $18.8 vs 2601 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close Ref=$324.645

Salesforce Option Alert: Mar 21 $350 Calls Sweep (9) near the Bid: 687 vs 3735 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close 

Salesforce Option Alert: Mar 21 $350 Calls Sweep (9) near the Bid: 687 @ $9.165 vs 3735 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close Ref=$328.53

Salesforce Option Alert: Jan, 2026 $260 Puts at the Bid: 400 vs 3349 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close 

Salesforce Option Alert: Jan, 2026 $260 Puts at the Bid: 400 @ $12.6 vs 3349 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close Ref=$326.26

Salesforce Option Alert: Jun 20 $350 Calls Sweep (5) near the Bid: 275 vs 2681 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close 

Salesforce Option Alert: Jun 20 $350 Calls Sweep (5) near the Bid: 275 @ $18.992 vs 2681 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close Ref=$324.3644

Salesforce Option Alert: Jan, 2027 $370 Calls Sweep (22) above Ask!: 273 vs 1807 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close 

Salesforce Option Alert: Jan, 2027 $370 Calls Sweep (22) above Ask!: 273 @ $56.0 vs 1807 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close Ref=$324.755

Salesforce Option Alert: Jan, 2027 $370 Calls Sweep (16) near the Bid: 125 vs 1807 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close 

Salesforce Option Alert: Jan, 2027 $370 Calls Sweep (16) near the Bid: 125 @ $56.0 vs 1807 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close Ref=$325.125

Salesforce Option Alert: Jan, 2027 $370 Calls Sweep (26) near the Ask: 370 vs 1807 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close 

Salesforce Option Alert: Jan, 2027 $370 Calls Sweep (26) near the Ask: 370 @ $55.3 vs 1807 OI; Earnings 2/26 After Close Ref=$324.19

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This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.
Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.
Traders will search for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges heavily from its normal worth. High amounts of trading activity could push option prices to exaggerated or underestimated levels. 
Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session: 
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Symbol</th>
<th>PUT/CALL</th>
<th>Trade Type</th>
<th>Sentiment</th>
<th>Exp. Date</th>
<th>Strike Price</th>
<th>Total Trade Price</th>
<th>Open Interest</th>
<th>Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>NVDA</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/16/25</td>
<td>$118.00</td>
<td>$35.0K</td>
<td>14.1K</td>
<td>31.0K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MSTR</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/16/25</td>
<td>$480.00</td>
<td>$43.5K</td>
<td>2.9K</td>
<td>23.1K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AAPL</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/09/25</td>
<td>$197.50</td>
<td>$28.8K</td>
<td>4.6K</td>
<td>18.7K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MSFT</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/16/25</td>
<td>$435.00</td>
<td>$118.7K</td>
<td>1.4K</td>
<td>1.6K</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANET</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>05/23/25</td>
<td>$85.00</td>
<td>$35.6K</td>
<td>118</td>
<td>650</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>APP</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>05/16/25</td>
<td>$330.00</td>
<td>$46.0K</td>
<td>1.5K</td>
<td>436</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>FIVN</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BEARISH</td>
<td>10/17/25</td>
<td>$30.00</td>
<td>$31.3K</td>
<td>421</td>
<td>262</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AVGO</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>TRADE</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>05/23/25</td>
<td>$197.50</td>
<td>$31.0K</td>
<td>150</td>
<td>193</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PRO</td>
<td>CALL</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>11/21/25</td>
<td>$17.50</td>
<td>$32.2K</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>150</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CRM</td>
<td>PUT</td>
<td>SWEEP</td>
<td>BULLISH</td>
<td>06/20/25</td>
<td>$270.00</td>
<td>$35.6K</td>
<td>4.8K</td>
<td>83</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<h2>Explanation</h2>
These bullet-by-bullet explanations have been constructed using the accompanying table. 
• Regarding NVDA (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NVDA#NASDAQ">NVDA</a>), we observe a call option sweep with bearish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 175 contract(s) at a $118.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 13 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.0K, with a price of $200.0 per contract. There were 14139 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 31099 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For MSTR (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MSTR#NASDAQ">MSTR</a>), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on May 16, 2025. This event was a transfer of 281 contract(s) at a $480.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 15 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $43.5K, with a price of $155.0 per contract. There were 2993 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 23163 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For AAPL (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AAPL#NASDAQ">AAPL</a>), we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, is expiring today. Parties traded 300 contract(s) at a $197.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.8K, with a price of $96.0 per contract. There were 4694 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 18758 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For MSFT (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MSFT#NASDAQ">MSFT</a>), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 7 day(s) on May 16, 2025. This event was a transfer of 261 contract(s) at a $435.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 28 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $118.7K, with a price of $455.0 per contract. There were 1451 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 1643 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For ANET (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ANET#NYSE">ANET</a>), we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 14 day(s) on May 23, 2025. This event was a transfer of 155 contract(s) at a $85.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.6K, with a price of $230.0 per contract. There were 118 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 650 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding APP (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/APP#NASDAQ">APP</a>), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 7 day(s) on May 16, 2025. Parties traded 39 contract(s) at a $330.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $46.0K, with a price of $1180.0 per contract. There were 1594 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 436 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For FIVN (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/FIVN#NASDAQ">FIVN</a>), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 161 day(s) on October 17, 2025. This event was a transfer of 110 contract(s) at a $30.00 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 31 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.3K, with a price of $285.0 per contract. There were 421 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 262 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• Regarding AVGO (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/AVGO#NASDAQ">AVGO</a>), we observe a put option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 14 day(s) on May 23, 2025. Parties traded 100 contract(s) at a $197.50 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $31.0K, with a price of $310.0 per contract. There were 150 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 193 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For PRO (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PRO#NYSE">PRO</a>), we notice a call option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 196 day(s) on November 21, 2025. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $17.50 strike. This particular call needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $32.2K, with a price of $215.0 per contract. There were 5 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 150 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
• For CRM (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>), we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bullish, expiring in 42 day(s) on June 20, 2025. This event was a transfer of 30 contract(s) at a $270.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 4 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.6K, with a price of $1190.0 per contract. There were 4870 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 83 contract(s) were bought and sold. 
Options Alert Terminology 
 - Call Contracts: The right to buy shares as indicated in the contract. 
 - Put Contracts: The right to sell shares as indicated in the contract. 
 - Expiration Date: When the contract expires. One must act on the contract by this date if one wants to use it. 
 - Premium/Option Price: The price of the contract. 
For more information, visit our <a href="https://pro.benzinga.com/blog/how-to-understand-option-alerts/">Guide to Understanding Options Alerts</a> or read <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/markets/options">more about unusual options activity</a>. 
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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10 Information Technology Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session

Salesforce (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 4.02% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.31%. Currently, Salesforce has a market capitalization of $266.28 billion. 
Buying $100 In CRM: If an investor had bought $100 of CRM stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $386.59 today based on a price of $277.53 for CRM at the time of writing.
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Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.
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It is messy.
One tweet sends stock prices plummeting lower.
Another revives the hopes and dreams of beleaguered traders, and they go into a buying frenzy.
Scott Bessent gives a closed-door talk that is on the wires with a word-for-word replay almost instantly and the market rebounds.
Peter Navarro escapes from the broom closet Elon Musk shoved him into and prices collapse once again.
Most market participants are not big fans of messy markets.
Corporate executives hate the lack of clarity and cloud of uncertainty that make it impossible to fit the future into a spreadsheet.
Trading algorithms develop hiccups.
The massive increase in career risk freezes mutual funds and endowment managers in place.
Holding cash and sprinting down the halls at 50 Hudson Yards screaming &#8220;Prudent Man, Prudent Man&#8221; just might preserve that cushy job and allow the mortgage and private Pre-K tuition bills to be paid again next month.
Buying shares of a beaten-up tech stock just before an announcement of new tariffs on semiconductors could lead to a third-floor walkup on Clinton Street and Wallace Elementary School.
Mediocre performance for inaction is a much better deal than training for the Metro North to the Midtown ferry.
There is, however, one group that thrives in messy.
Activist investors, those now-gentlemanly investors that were known in days of old as corporate raiders and takeover artists, love messy.
Messy creates distortion and distortion creates opportunity.
Activists have been embracing the mess so far in 2025.
The Shareholders Advisory Group at Barclays just released its first quarter look at activism and it&#8217;s pretty clear that activists like what they see.
Despite economic storm clouds gathering on the horizon and unpredictable market volatility, the activists aren&#8217;t just staying in the game. They are doubling down.
Barclays&#8217; data shows that global campaign activity has roared ahead with 70 campaigns in Q1, jumping 17% year-over-year. More tellingly, that&#8217;s running 25% above the four-year quarterly average.
Particularly noteworthy for value-oriented investors: companies under $5 billion market cap are being targeted at an accelerated rate, representing 66% of campaigns in Q1. This tells me that activists are finding more inefficiencies and potential value in the small and mid-cap space.
Of course this is exactly where traditional value investors should be looking anyway.
An interesting small activist holding is in the portfolio of ValueAct Holdings out of San Francisco.
Over the past 25 years the firm has built up a strong track record of wins and winning board seats at target companies.
The firm has had big winners with tech companies like Microsoft (Ticker: MSFT), Adobe (Ticker: ADBE) and Salesforce (Ticker: CRM).
The firm currently owns over 4 million shares, or a little over 12% of Insight Enterprises (Ticker: NSIT). It currently has one board seat at the Information Technology company.
Insight Enterprises is a Fortune 500 global technology company founded in 1988 by brothers Tim and Eric Crown as Hard Drives International, initially selling computer storage products. The company later changed its name to Insight Enterprises in 1991, went public in 1995, and has since evolved into a comprehensive IT solutions provider with offices in 19 countries.
The business should see strong tailwinds from major trends including big data, AI, cloud computing and cyber security.
The stock has had a strong run during the time ValueAct has been involved but has had a pretty sharp decline since the start of Tariff Wars 2025 edition.
Many of Insight&#8217;s customers are governments and government agencies or in industries including healthcare and education that are seeing negative impacts from the administration policies.
The stock is currently 20% of ValueAct&#8217;s portfolio and at some point it may make sense for them to gently suggest that Insight look for a potential offer from a larger IT firm.
This could unlock some of the value of the company and give the activist an exit strategy.
Barington Capital Group is a small but scrappy activist investment firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2000 by James A. Mitarotonda, a former investment banker turned shareholder gadfly, Barington has built a reputation as a focused value-oriented investor that targets underperforming small- and mid-cap companies, usually with a consumer or industrial tilt.
Barington is not in the business of financial engineering or short-term flips. They&#8217;re more like value investors with an activist toolkit that is focused on long-term turnaround stories where unlocking operational or strategic inefficiencies can create a meaningful rerating.
Its current target is Matthews International (Ticker: MATW).
Matthews has a puzzling combination of businesses that include factory automation and tombstones, caskets, and cremation equipment.
It sold its packaging and branding business for $50 million earlier this year as the proxy fight heated up.
Barington lost the first round as the company was able to hold off the activist&#8217;s attempt to gain three board seats.
The company is potentially worth at least twice the current stock price, so I doubt Barington slinks away in defeat.
Like Arnold and MacArthur, they will be back.
There will be more volatility and general messiness.
It will create opportunity for activists and those who track the activists.

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A former Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PLTR#NASDAQ">PLTR</a>) employee offers a brief primer on the company&#8217;s products, pricing, and prospects over the next few years, particularly in defense and AI.
What Happened: On Monday, AlphaSense, a market intelligence platform that helps analysts and researchers connect with industry experts, shared the transcript of one such interaction between an analyst and an ex-Palantir employee, who served as the expert.
The expert, who remains anonymous, offered several key insights during the nearly hour-long conversation, starting with the platform&#8217;s churn and retention rates. 
The biggest cause of churn for Palantir is a change in leadership on the client&#8217;s side, if the new leadership wants to head in a new direction, they say, &#8220;The big competition for Palantir is always in-house development.&#8221;
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According to the expert, Palantir&#8217;s Foundry platform is not as &#8220;sticky&#8221; or deeply entrenched as SAP SE (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SAP#NYSE">SAP</a>), but it is better than Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>). This is attributed to its horizontal and vertical integration across an organization, such as finance and engineering departments working with the same underlying data structures.
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Foundry can be replaced if the organization is committed to doing so, but it will be a &#8220;slow, costly, and complex process,&#8221; they warn.
Coming to competitive dynamics, they add that in a &#8220;typical case,&#8221; the company goes head-to-head with a combination of different tools that are &#8220;stitched together in-house.&#8221; This involves Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SNOW#NYSE">SNOW</a>), DataBricks Inc., and Microsoft Corp.&#8217;s (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MSFT#NASDAQ">MSFT</a>) Power BI solution, among others, all coming together.
The former employee says that Microsoft is currently the only company that is trying to provide an end-to-end platform similar to Foundry, and is therefore the only legacy player that Palantir is going against. 
On pricing, the expert says that Palantir offers a bespoke approach, with no transparent pricing information for products and services. &#8220;There&#8217;s always a negotiation,&#8221; they say, while adding that a consumption-based pricing model is not suitable, considering the high implementation costs involved. 
They then highlight Palantir&#8217;s growing moats in the defense space, pointing to its FedRAMP app store, which they say is &#8220;very hard to replicate.&#8221; This means that other cloud service providers can sell to the U.S. Government by coming under Palantir&#8217;s umbrella. 
The classified workflows that have to go through the platform result in a huge cut for the company, thus becoming a major moat, according to the expert.
When asked if Palantir can retain its functionality gap and leading position in this segment, the expert answers that if they stop innovating now, they still risk being replaced by cheaper and more capable alternatives.
Why It Matters: Recently, Palantir received the backing of Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood, who believes the company will <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/04/45031959/cathie-wood-backs-palantir-to-dominate-enterprise-ai-with-microsofts-excel-on-the-back-foot">dominate enterprise AI</a>, disrupting Microsoft&#8217;s lead in the process. However, Wood <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/04/45057303/cathie-wood-chops-palantir-ark-invest-dumps-9-1-million-worth-of-stock-also-sells-meta-and-robinhood-shares">sold $9.1 million </a>worth of Palantir shares on Monday.
The stock has been soaring in recent weeks, after the company <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/25/04/45019174/palantir-stock-soars-on-defense-deals-whats-going-on">inked a string of defense deals</a> with leading contractors, positioning it as a defense technology leader, and not just a data analytics company, in the lead up to its quarterly earnings, the coming month.
The battlefield, too, is tilting in favor of Palantir, which plans to roll out an <a href="https://benzinga.com/trading-ideas/technicals/25/04/44947382/palantir-rolls-out-tanks-microsoft-builds-clouds-whos-winning-ais-next-frontier">AI-powered combat vehicle</a>, while Microsoft remains on the back foot in defense, ploughing ahead with its &#8220;castles in the cloud&#8221; strategy.
Price Action: Palantir&#8217;s stock is up 1.71% on Monday, and down 0.22% in after-hours trade. The stock is up 52.5% year-to-date, despite a sell-off in the broader markets.
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In the current market session, Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>) price is at $268.07, after a 1.27% spike. However, over the past month, the stock fell by 0.70%, and in the past year, by 2.78%. Shareholders might be interested in knowing whether the stock is undervalued, even if the company is performing up to par in the current session. 

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<h3>Salesforce P/E Ratio Analysis in Relation to Industry Peers</h3>
The P/E ratio measures the current share price to the company's EPS. It is used by long-term investors to analyze the company's current performance against it's past earnings, historical data and aggregate market data for the industry or the indices, such as S&amp;P 500. A higher P/E indicates that investors expect the company to perform better in the future, and the stock is probably overvalued, but not necessarily. It also could indicate that investors are willing to pay a higher share price currently, because they expect the company to perform better in the upcoming quarters. This leads investors to also remain optimistic about rising dividends in the future. 
Salesforce has a lower P/E than the aggregate P/E of 419.76 of the Software industry. Ideally, one might believe that the stock might perform worse than its peers, but it's also probable that the stock is undervalued. 

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In summary, while the price-to-earnings ratio is a valuable tool for investors to evaluate a company's market performance, it should be used with caution. A low P/E ratio can be an indication of undervaluation, but it can also suggest weak growth prospects or financial instability. Moreover, the P/E ratio is just one of many metrics that investors should consider when making investment decisions, and it should be evaluated alongside other financial ratios, industry trends, and qualitative factors. By taking a comprehensive approach to analyzing a company's financial health, investors can make well-informed decisions that are more likely to lead to successful outcomes.

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A Look Into Salesforce Inc's Price Over Earnings

Needham analyst Scott Berg reiterates Salesforce (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>) with a Buy and maintains $400 price target.

Needham Reiterates Buy on Salesforce, Maintains $400 Price Target

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Shares of software companies are trading higher amid overall market strength due to March's strong durable goods orders economic data, and President Trump's announcement that he met with China earlier today. Also, the industry may be moving up ahead of Alphabet's earnings report scheduled for after market close.

U.S. durable goods orders jumped sharply in March, marking the biggest gain since July 2024, but the high single-digit headline spike hides a mixed picture that casts doubt on whether factory momentum was firing on all cylinders ahead of <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/topic/donald-trump">Trump's April 2 tariff move.</a>
New orders for manufactured durable goods climbed by 9.2% to $315.7 billion in March, rising for a third consecutive month and far surpassing expectations for a modest 2% gain, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. 
The outcome marked the strongest increase in over eight months and the second-largest monthly gain over the past five years.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Transportation Orders Takes Off, But With A Caveat</h2>
Transportation equipment orders soared 27%, or $26.5 billion, to $124.6 billion, making it the single largest driver of the total gain. 
Most of that, however, came from one specific category: nondefense aircraft and parts, which skyrocketed by a staggering 139% to $44.6 billion.
Stripping out the volatile transportation category, new durable goods orders were unchanged at $191.1 billion, a clear sign that underlying demand remains tepid.
Outside the transportation sector, capital goods orders stood out with a notable 24.3% increase to $127.2 billion, driven by a 29.4% surge in non-defense capital goods.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Where Is The Weakness?</h2>
Several other core manufacturing categories showed either minimal growth or outright contraction.
Computers and electronic products saw new orders slip 1.2% to $25.4 billion. Within that, computers and related products declined 2.9%, the steepest drop among all sub-categories.
Electrical equipment, appliances and components orders dipped 0.5%, while fabricated metal products barely moved, gaining just 0.2%.
Defense aircraft orders fell 9.4% to $5.6 billion, suggesting that recent DOGE-related spending cuts could be weighing on the Defense Department's procurement activity.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Market Reactions</h2>
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2% in premarket trading Thursday, following a 1% gain the previous day.
Boeing Co. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/BA#NYSE">BA</a>), the biggest beneficiary of the aircraft orders jump, gave up 0.5% in early trading after climbing as much as 6% Wednesday. 
Within blue-chip stocks, Salesforce Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NASDAQ">CRM</a>) rose 3.7% while Merck &amp; Co. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MRK#NYSE">MRK</a>) added 1.9%. 
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/IBM#NYSE">IBM</a>) dropped 6% after weaker-than-expected guidance.
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Durable Goods Orders Jump 9.2% In March, But One Category Tells The Real Story

On CNBC's &#8220;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/04/23/final-trades-salesforce-unitedhealth-western-union-and-howmet-aerospace.html">Halftime Report Final Trades</a>,&#8221; Sarat Sethi, managing partner at DCLA, said he loves Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>).
Supporting his view, Guggenheim analyst John Difucci upgraded Salesforce from Sell to Neutral on Monday.
Stephen L. Weiss of Short Hills Capital Partners chose UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/UNH#NYSE">UNH</a>), saying the stock has bottomed.
On the earnings front, UnitedHealth reported first-quarter revenue of $109.58 billion on Monday, missing analyst estimates of $ 111.6 billion, according to Benzinga Pro. The company reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of $7.20 per share, missing estimates of $7.29 per share.
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Jenny Van Leeuwen Harrington of Gilman Hill Asset Management, LLC, said The Western Union Company (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/WU#NYSE">WU</a>) is being overly sold off due to irrational fears.
After the closing bell on Wednesday, Western Union posted first-quarter adjusted earnings of 41 cents per share, in line with market estimates. The company's sales came in at $983.60 million, missing expectations of $994.64 million.
Joseph M. Terranova of Virtus Investment Partners picked Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HWM#NYSE">HWM</a>) as his final trade.
Lending support to his choice, Benchmark analyst Josh Sullivan, on Monday, maintained Howmet Aerospace with a Buy rating and raised the price target from $85 to $135.
Price Action:
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<li>Salesforce shares jumped 2.9% to close at $250.48 on Wednesday.</li>
<li>UnitedHealth gained 0.2% to close at $427.96 during Wednesday's session.</li>
<li>Western Union shares rose 1.1% to close at $10.11 on Wednesday.</li>
<li>Howmet Aerospace shares climbed 4.3% to settle at $129.70 during the session.</li>
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On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MSFT#NASDAQ">MSFT</a>) introduced a newly redesigned version of its Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
What Happened: The development was shared by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took to X, formerly Twitter.
The artificial intelligence-powered assistant, embedded within Microsoft's suite of productivity tools, is getting a host of new features aimed at streamlining workflows and enhancing creativity.
"Copilot has truly become the UI [User Interface] for AI – and for me, it's the scaffolding for my workday," Nadella wrote.
Among the most significant upgrades are new AI agents dubbed &#8220;Researcher&#8221; and &#8220;Analyst,&#8221; which Nadella described as his &#8220;go-to 24/7 experts.&#8221;
Researcher aggregates and synthesizes information from the web and enterprise data to generate insightful reports, while Analyst turns raw data into visualizations and forecasts.
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Copilot now also includes a Notebooks feature, allowing users to collect all project-related content—documents, meetings, webpages—into a single AI-grounded workspace.&nbsp;
"It has entirely changed my workflow," Nadella said, adding that users can even generate audio overviews of their content.
Microsoft has also added an enhanced search tool that integrates data from third-party platforms like Google Drive, Slack, and Jira, delivering not only AI-synthesized answers but also source materials for context.
Another standout addition is the new Create feature, which can generate visuals from prompts and even convert PowerPoint slides into explainer videos using OpenAI's GPT-4o model.
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Why It's Important: Earlier this month, Microsoft <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/04/44831264/microsoft-debuts-computer-use-tool-for-copilot-studio-ceo-satya-nadella-says-anyone-can-build-agents-that-take-action-on-the-ui-across-desktop-and-web-apps">introduced a research preview</a> of "Computer Use," a new feature within Copilot Studio that allows AI agents to directly interact with desktop and web applications to complete tasks.
This follows the company's launch of Dragon Copilot last month—an AI-powered assistant <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/03/44087329/microsoft-unveils-ai-powered-dragon-copilot-to-ease-clinician-workloads">designed to streamline clinical workflows</a> by combining voice dictation, ambient listening, and generative AI.
Back in January, Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>) co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff criticized Microsoft's Copilot, saying it had "already flopped."
He argued that the tool lacked user adoption and was essentially just a rebranded version of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Since 2019, Microsoft has <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/24/12/42664762/after-investing-nearly-14-billion-in-openai-microsoft-reportedly-moves-to-reduce-its-dependence-on-chatgpt-parent">invested more than $14 billion in OpenAI</a>. However, the alliance hasn't been without its challenges.
Previously, Former CEO Steve Ballmer <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/25/04/44790055/satya-nadella-says-ai-needs-a-new-type-of-inbox-and-believes-microsofts-copilot-will-be-as-big-as-excel-and-powerpoint">told GeekWire</a>, &#8220;What Satya did with OpenAI, I think was brilliant — and I think it&#8217;s fraught with peril, but I know they know that. It&#8217;s sort of a juggling act.&#8221;
Price Action: Microsoft shares rose 2.06% on Wednesday, closing at $374.39. Despite the gain, the stock remains down 10.56% year-to-date, according to <a href="https://pro.benzinga.com/dashboard">Benzinga Pro</a>.
Per Benzinga Edge Stock Rankings, Microsoft has a growth score of 64.65%. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/premium/ideas/benzinga-edge-2#:~:text=Turn%20Market%20Chaos,when%20markets%20rebound">Click here to see how it stacks up against</a> other companies in the sector.
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Satya Nadella Calls It 'Scaffolding For My Workday' — Introduces Microsoft 365 Copilot's AI Glow-Up To Reshape How We Work

CNBC Halftime Report Final Trades: Salesforce, UnitedHealth Group, The Western Union, Howmet Aerospace

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Shares of software companies are trading higher amid overall market strength after President Trump said he had no intention of firing Fed Chair Powell. Also, Trump indicated the final tariff rate would be lower than the current 145% but not 0%.

Salesforce (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 4.36% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.12%. Currently, Salesforce has a market capitalization of $240.85 billion. 
Buying $100 In CRM: If an investor had bought $100 of CRM stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $369.43 today based on a price of $250.62 for CRM at the time of writing.
<h3>Salesforce's Performance Over Last 10 Years</h3>
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Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

If You Invested $100 In This Stock 10 Years Ago, You Would Have This Much Today

Piper Sandler analyst Brent Bracelin maintains Salesforce (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>) with a Overweight and lowers the price target from $400 to $315.

Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Salesforce, Lowers Price Target to $315

On CNBC's &#8220;<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/04/22/final-trades-3m-abbvie-salesforce-and-intuitive-surgical.html">Halftime Report Final Trades</a>,&#8221; Joshua Brown, CEO and co-founder, Ritholtz Wealth Management, said he is staying long on 3M Company (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MMM#NYSE">MMM</a>).
Supporting his view, 3M reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results on Tuesday. The company reported net sales of $5.95 billion, a 1.0% decline year-over-year (Y/Y), beating the consensus of $ 5.78 billion. Adjusted EPS was $1.88, up 10% Y/Y, beating the <a href="https://in.benzinga.com/news/earnings/25/04/44921668/3m-stock-surges-after-q1-beat-as-2025-outlook-flags-tariff-pressure">consensus of $1.77</a>.
Jim Lebenthal of Cerity Partners picked AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ABBV#NYSE">ABBV</a>) as his final trade.
Lending support to his choice, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Carter Gould initiated coverage of AbbVie on Tuesday with an Overweight rating and a price target of $210.
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Rob Sechan of New Edge Capital Group named Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>) as his final trade.
Guggenheim analyst John Difucci upgraded Salesforce from Sell to Neutral on Monday.
Stephanie Link of Hightower picked Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ISRG#NASDAQ">ISRG</a>) as her final trade.
On the earnings front, Intuitive Surgical reported first-quarter revenue of $2.25 billion on Tuesday, beating analyst estimates of $2.19 billion. The robotic-assisted surgery company reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.81 per share, beating analyst estimates of $1.72 per share.
Price Action:
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<li>3M shares jumped 8.1% to close at $136.33 on Tuesday.</li>
<li>AbbVie gained 2.1% to close at $173.78 during Tuesday's session.</li>
<li>Salesforce shares rose 3% to close at $243.39 on Tuesday.</li>
<li>Intuitive Surgical shares climbed 2.2% to settle at $478.74 during the session.</li>
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Shares of tech stocks are trading higher after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly said he expects de-escalation with China. A de-escalation with China could alleviate trade and supply chain uncertainty in the sector.

CNBC Halftime Report Final Trades: 3M Company, AbbVie, Salesforce, Intuitive Surgical

Wells Fargo analyst Michael Turrin maintains Salesforce (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>) with a Equal-Weight and lowers the price target from $310 to $255.

Wells Fargo Maintains Equal-Weight on Salesforce, Lowers Price Target to $255

Bank of America Securities analyst Brad Sills maintained a Buy rating on Salesforce, Inc (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CRM#NYSE">CRM</a>) with a <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/CRM/analyst-ratings" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">price target of $350</a> on Monday.
In Sills&#8217; January report, the analyst outlined the case for Agentforce to drive incremental 1% to 2% points of cRPO growth as early as the second half of fiscal 2026.
The choppier macro since January likely pushes this to the first half of fiscal 2027.
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However, Sills remains bullish on Agentforce, given the strength in Data Cloud ($900 million ARR in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2025, up from $400 million in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2024).
Data Cloud is a leading indicator for Agentforce, given channel feedback that the primary use case is data preparation for Agentforce.
Sills conducted channel checks with key SIs to help inform some of these views.
The analyst noted two key deployment phases for Agentforce. They include data preparation (from 4 to 5 months) and agent development and testing (from 6 to 7 weeks).
To arrive at an Agentforce deployment that is material enough to drive meaningful conversation volumes, he noted that a customer would need 2 or 3 agents in production. These can be developed concurrently if the resources are available.
Concurrent production is likely to occur after the deployment of the first agent. In short, it is a six to seven-month cycle from data preparation to deployment of agents at a level where volumes are &#8216;spinning the meter&#8217; materialistically.
Commentary from partners suggests that the ROI for Agentforce is still evolving based on use cases.
Based on current use cases, 50 cents to $1 per conversation is deemed a reasonable price, he says. It&#8217;s consistent with Sills&#8217; model assumptions for 50 cents to 60 cents.
Key use cases evolving for Service Cloud include shipment tracking, product information retrieval, and renewal sales automation. These use cases represent a closer to 100% case deflection rate.
Agentforce is not yet able to automate more complex use cases. Such cases include direct interaction with prospects and providing investment advice. However, with more learning, added use cases and higher deflection rates are possible over time.
Price Action:&nbsp;CRM shares are trading lower by 4.93% to $235.09 at last check Monday.
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Salesforce's Agentforce AI, Data Cloud Strengthen Long-Term Growth Potential: Analyst

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Salesforce and Google Bring Gemini to Agentforce, Enable More Customer Choice in Major Partnership Expansion

Salesforce Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Results

Salesforce Grants Equity Awards to Own Company and Zoomin Employees Under Its Inducement Equity Incentive Plan

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Salesforce Launches Agentforce 2dx with New Capabilities to Embed Proactive Agentic AI into Any Workflow, Create Multimodal Experiences, and Extend Digital Labor Throughout the Enterprise

Singapore Airlines and Salesforce Collaborate on AI-Powered Customer Servicing Applications, Plan to Co-Develop More Solutions for the Airline Industry

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Date	Put/Call	Strike Price	Exp Date	DTE	Trade Vol	Day Vol	Vol / OI	OI	Trade Type	Sentiment
12:12 PMFeb 20, 2025	PUT	$260.00	Jan 16, 2026	251	1366	945	40	3451	TRADE	BEARISH
11:29 AMFeb 19, 2025	PUT	$330.00	Mar 21, 2025	-50	643	600	25	2601	TRADE	BULLISH
03:58 PMFeb 18, 2025	CALL	$350.00	Mar 21, 2025	-50	620	687	17	3735	SWEEP	BEARISH
12:53 PMFeb 14, 2025	PUT	$260.00	Jan 16, 2026	251	401	400	12	3349	TRADE	BULLISH
11:57 AMFeb 13, 2025	CALL	$350.00	Jun 20, 2025	41	566	275	21	2681	SWEEP	BEARISH
09:59 AMFeb 13, 2025	CALL	$370.00	Jan 15, 2027	615	1447	273	80	1807	SWEEP	BULLISH
09:58 AMFeb 13, 2025	CALL	$370.00	Jan 15, 2027	615	1174	125	65	1807	SWEEP	BEARISH
09:55 AMFeb 13, 2025	CALL	$370.00	Jan 15, 2027	615	370	370	20	1807	SWEEP	BULLISH