Shares of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE: CRM) lost 10.69% over the past month after gaining 4.89% the month prior. On the year, the stock is down 31.00%, and over the past year, CRM is down 33.52%. Amid that slump, the company's market cap has shrunk to $210.43 billion, with 1,546 institutional owners having decreased their positions compared to 1,404 increasing their positions. Still, the company has more than 81% institutional ownership and analysts' outlooks for the stock are encouraging.
After years of being dogged by a poor stock price, Ford Motor Co. ( NYSE: F) shares are up 32% this year, compared to 14% for the S&P 500. And the stock has a yield of 4.6%. Ford's earnings were fine, neither disappointing nor spectacular. Revenue rose 9% to $50.5 billion. Per share earnings increased from $o.22 to $0.60. Although Ford has set a recall record this year that may never be broken, the talk about warranty damage to the bottom line has quieted down.
In 2018, tech giant Apple became the first U.S. company to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion. Since then, it's been joined by other companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Tesla. Of course, the list also includes the current market-cap leader, Nvidia. It's becoming increasingly normal for a new company to join the $1 trillion club. But it remains an impressive feat nevertheless. At this pace, these tech titans could be joined by brick-and-mortar giant Walmart in 2026.
Alphabet stock has made a roaring comeback in 2025. Stock for the artificial intelligence ( AI) giant and owner of Google, YouTube, Google Cloud, and Gemini is trading up 31% year to date, which is actually beating the performance of Microsoft and just slightly underperforming Nvidia. Investors are cheering on Alphabet as it keeps putting out new AI innovations that are going viral, helping it catch up to the likes of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
