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title: "Salesforce Shares Jump 12% on Best Q2 Ever and Higher Annual Guide"
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summary: "The cloud software company posted second-quarter revenue of $11.35B, surpassing analyst estimates of $11.32B. Adjusted earnings per share reached $5.90, a 103% increase from the prior year, and Agentforce and Data 360 annual recurring revenue hit $3.9B. Salesforce raised its full-year revenue forecast to a range of $46.1B to $46.4B from the previous $45.9B to $46.2B. The results were accompanied by the launch of Claudeforce, an expanded strategic partnership with Anthropic. The integration allows sales teams to access Salesforce data and workflows directly inside Claude via a plugin featuring 37 prebuilt skills, with broader previews and further Slack integrations scheduled for later this year."
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# Salesforce Shares Jump 12% on Best Q2 Ever and Higher Annual Guide

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**Published:** 2026-08-27T02:56:02.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** salesforce, anthropic, claude, agent

## Summary

The cloud software company posted second\-quarter revenue of $11\.35B, surpassing analyst estimates of $11\.32B\. Adjusted earnings per share reached $5\.90, a 103% increase from the prior year, and Agentforce and Data 360 annual recurring revenue hit $3\.9B\. Salesforce raised its full\-year revenue forecast to a range of $46\.1B to $46\.4B from the previous $45\.9B to $46\.2B\. The results were accompanied by the launch of Claudeforce, an expanded strategic partnership with Anthropic\. The integration allows sales teams to access Salesforce data and workflows directly inside Claude via a plugin featuring 37 prebuilt skills, with broader previews and further Slack integrations scheduled for later this year\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/earnings/salesforce-shares-jump-12percent-on-best-q2-ever-and-higher-annual-guide-b2cd4156>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/Benioff/status/2092704564407628287>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/Reuters/status/2092786886423065070>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/financialjuice/status/2092704144033534361>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/AlphaSenseInc/status/2092708202496274918>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/CNBC/status/2092706648531804221>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/salesforce/status/2092708404439425090>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/wallstengine/status/2092704223268126791>)