10 Best US Stocks to Buy For Foreign Investors

6. Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 162

Average Upside Potential as of March 30: 39.12%

Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) is a California-based company specializing in customer relationship management technology. CRM is focused on customer service, marketing and sales, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and app development. It is one of the best American stocks to buy, with an average upside potential of 39% as of March 30. Analysts and Wall Street hedge funds alike are bullish on the company.

On March 24, Truist Securities reaffirmed a Buy rating on Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) with a price target of $400, noting that its diverse data center and AI offerings could accelerate the company’s growth in fiscal year 2026 and 2027.

For the fourth quarter of FY25, the company posted a revenue of $10 billion, up 8% from the same quarter last year. For the full year, Salesforce’s GAAP operating margin came in at 19%, with an operating cash flow of $13.1 billion and free cash flow of $12.4 billion, up 28% and 31% year-over-year, respectively. Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) made share repurchases worth $7.8 billion and returned $1.5 billion to shareholders in dividends during the year.

On March 28, Salesforce announced a $0.42 per share quarterly dividend, a 5% increase from its last dividend of $0.40. The dividend will be paid on April 24 to shareholders on record as of April 10.

According to Insider Monkey’s fourth quarter database, 162 hedge funds were bullish on Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM), up from 116 in the earlier quarter. ValueAct Capital is a prominent company stakeholder, with 2.8 million shares valued at $969 million.