So, alongside its record first-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Wednesday, the cloud software giant commenced its largest-ever accelerated share repurchase at $25 billion. In doing so, the company juiced its earnings per share but cut its full-year cash flow growth outlook roughly in half to account for the debt issued to fund the block share repurchase.
According to Salesforce Finance Chief Robin Washington, the buying spree helped increase the first quarter earnings per share and GAAP earnings per share by 23 cents and 14 cents, respectively.
As a result of the debt issuance, Salesforce slashed its fiscal 2027 free cash flow growth guidance to 4% to 5% year-over-year, down from the 9% to 10% range it guided in February.
In addition to the guidance cut, Salesforce slightly raised its full-year revenue outlook to $45.9 billion to $46.2 billion from $45.9 billion to $46.2 billion. Washington said the company expects organic revenue acceleration during the second half of fiscal 2027, mostly fueled by sales and service growth, Slack, and its Agentforce.
For its other results, Salesforce posted quarterly revenue of $11.1 billion, up 13% year-over-year, and above the company’s guidance, which ranged from $11.03 billion to $11.08 billion. GAAP earnings per share rose to $2.42, and non-GAAP EPS rose to $3.88. Both were helped by the block ARS and boosted results by 50% or more. Current remaining performance obligations, a proxy for future revenues, hit $33.6 billion, up 14%, year over year.
Shares of Salesforce dipped less than 1% in after hours trading on Wednesday following the results.
