We recently published a list of Why These 15 Big-Cap Stocks Are Plunging So Far in 2025. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) stands against other big-cap stocks that are plunging so far in 2025.
The market has been reversing its gains earlier in the year, so much so that the S&P 500 is now down 1.5% year-to-date. The past two years have seen the same index post stellar gains back-to-back, and those gains were mostly spearheaded by big-cap stocks.
However, historically speaking, the market delivering a third year of such returns would be unprecedented. Investors believe that 2025 will likely be a year when the market starts to cool off, and recent events have started a trend toward just that.
Big-cap stocks are now leading the way down as tariff and AI-related fears hurt them the most. Many big-cap companies have invested significantly in these tech trends, which investors have now soured on.
Still, it’s a good idea to keep an eye on the big-cap losers year-to-date. Many of them have declined enough to open up buying opportunities.
For this article, I screened the worst-performing big-cap stocks year-to-date.
I will also mention the number of hedge fund investors in these stocks. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (see more details here).
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Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q4 2024: 162
Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) provides cloud-based customer relationship management software and enterprise products.
The stock is down significantly so far in 2025 due to Salesforce reporting Q4 fiscal 2025 revenue of $9.99 billion, which came in below consensus estimates of $10.04 billion.
EPS exceeded expectations at $2.78, and the slower-than-expected adoption of its AI-powered Agentforce platform weighed on results. Moreover, the FY2026 guidance projected revenue growth to stabilize in the high single digits and fell short of market expectations.
Also, Salesforce announced that Robin Washington would assume the combined role of President and Chief Operating and Financial Officer. Since then, investors expressed concerns over consolidating two critical roles, which traditionally have been separate.
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