BREAKING: Salesforce.com Results Beat Estimate in Third Quarter, Acquires Slack for $27.7 Billion

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Investing.com - Salesforce.com lifted its annual guidance after reporting on Tuesday third quarter results that beat analysts' forecasts. The cloud company also confirmed it would acquire messaging platform Slack for $27.7 billion.

Salesforce.com fell 4.3%, while Slack Technologies Inc was down 0.3%.

“This is a match made in heaven. Together, Salesforce and Slack will shape the future of enterprise software and transform the way everyone works in the all-digital, work-from-anywhere world. I’m thrilled to welcome Slack to the Salesforce Ohana once the transaction closes,” the company said.

Looking ahead to fiscal 2021, the company lifted guidance on earnings per share (EPS) to a range of $4.62 to $4.63, up from $3.72 to $3.74, previously on revenue of between $21.1 billion to $21.11 billion, up from prior guidance of $20.7 billion to $20.8 billion.

Salesforce.com announced EPS of $1.74 on revenue of $5.42 billion. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of 74 cents on revenue of $5.25 billion.

Subscription and support, which makes up the bulk of growth, saw revenue for the quarter rise 20% to $5.09 billion. Professional services and other revenues for the quarter were $0.33 billion, an increase of 22% year-over-year.

"Our results are being driven by the success of our customers and the relevance of our Customer 360 Platform in this new normal," the company said.

For the four-quarter, the company sees EPS of between $0.73 and $0.74 on revenue between $5.6 billion to $5.7 billion.

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