10 Best Stocks to Buy and Hold For 3 Years

5. Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM)

Number of Hedge Funds: 116

Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) is one of the best stocks to buy and hold for 3 years. It is a leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM) technology, which helps businesses manage their interactions with customers. Artificial intelligence is a major cornerstone of its cloud technology. In October, the company introduced Agentforce, a groundbreaking platform designed to create and manage autonomous AI agents. The new feature seamlessly integrated with the company’s existing tools and data systems, including the Customer 360 platform.

During the fiscal third quarter of 2025, Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM) benefited greatly from this new AI feature. The company delivered $9.44 Billion in revenue up 8% year-over-year. Recently, on December 17, the company launched an upgraded version of Agentforce to its cloud technology. Agentforce 2.0 uses a new library of pre-built skills that span various applications, including CRM, Slack, and Tableau. This feature enables businesses to quickly customize AI agents for specific tasks without extensive development time, making it easier to implement tailored solutions across different teams.

Major companies including Accenture, The Adecco Group, Finnair, Heathrow Airport, IBM, Indeed, Saks Global, and SharkNinja have already embraced the new feature, indicating strong demand for its technology. Management has raised its fiscal fourth quarter 2025 revenue guidance to between $9.9 billion and $10.10 billion, representing around 8% growth year-over-year.

Polen Focus Growth Strategy stated the following regarding Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) in its Q3 2024 investor letter:

“In the third quarter, we purchased new positions in Apple and Oracle and eliminated our small positions in Nike and Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM). We exited our position in Salesforce to fund better opportunities in Shopify and MSCI. Salesforce is seeing slower revenue growth than we would have expected, given the weakening macroeconomic environment. Furthermore, since its core end markets in customer relationship management (“CRM”) and Service are fairly mature, a lower growth level versus our expectations could persist for some time.”