Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
Quarterly Data
Liquidity ratios measure the company ability to meet its short-term obligations.
Liquidity Ratios (Summary)
Salesforce Inc., liquidity ratios (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30).
- Current Ratio
- The current ratio exhibits a fluctuating pattern over the reported periods. It began at 1.15 in April 2020, rose gradually to peak at 1.33 in April 2021, indicating improved short-term liquidity during this period. Following this peak, there was a notable decline to 0.93 by July 2021, suggesting a temporary reduction in the ability to cover current liabilities. From this low point, the ratio stabilized around the range of 1.02 to 1.12 with minor variations, showing generally consistent liquidity from 2022 onwards. The most recent data points indicate a slight downward trend ending at 0.98 in October 2025, which could signal a slight tightening in current asset coverage relative to current liabilities.
- Quick Ratio
- The quick ratio shows a pattern broadly similar to the current ratio but with slightly greater volatility. It increased from 1.00 in April 2020 to a high of 1.19 in April 2021, marking peak liquidity excluding inventory. Subsequently, there was a sharp decrease to 0.79 in July 2021, echoing the current ratio’s dip. Following this, the quick ratio remained mostly below 1.00, fluctuating between 0.78 and 0.96 over the subsequent quarters. The latter part of the timeline reveals a declining trend with values consistently under 1.00, reaching 0.78 by October 2025. This trend suggests a reduced capacity to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets, excluding inventory.
- Cash Ratio
- The cash ratio presents the most pronounced volatility and generally lower values compared to the other liquidity ratios. Starting at 0.76 in April 2020, it peaked at 0.98 in April 2021, indicating optimal cash availability relative to current liabilities at that point. Thereafter, the ratio declined substantially to 0.48 by January 2022, signifying a decrease in immediate cash coverage. The ratio oscillated between approximately 0.48 and 0.76 through 2023 and 2024, with a tendency to remain below 0.70 in many quarters. The latest values show a decreasing trend, culminating at 0.53 in October 2025, highlighting a consistent limitation in cash reserves to cover short-term liabilities directly.
- Summary
- Across all three liquidity metrics, there is a clear peak around April 2021, followed by a sharp decline and subsequent stabilization with moderate volatility. The current ratio remains closest to or slightly above 1.00, indicating overall sufficient short-term asset coverage of liabilities. In contrast, the quick and cash ratios reflect slightly weaker liquidity conditions, with frequent values below 1.00 and noticeable downward tendencies in more recent quarters. These patterns suggest the company may be maintaining adequate current assets but faces relatively tighter constraints on instantly liquid assets, possibly due to inventory levels or reduced cash holdings. The trends warrant monitoring as prolonged declines in quick and cash ratios could impact short-term financial flexibility.
Current Ratio
Salesforce Inc., current ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Oct 31, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | Jan 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | 21,063) | 25,331) | 25,866) | 29,727) | 21,425) | 21,862) | 25,604) | 29,074) | 20,202) | 21,138) | 21,981) | 26,395) | 19,209) | 21,246) | 20,411) | 22,850) | 15,957) | 16,256) | 20,444) | 21,889) | 14,946) | 14,846) | 14,713) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 21,410) | 22,532) | 24,196) | 27,980) | 19,375) | 21,001) | 23,149) | 26,631) | 19,394) | 20,805) | 21,626) | 25,891) | 18,227) | 20,080) | 19,899) | 21,788) | 15,035) | 17,393) | 15,323) | 17,728) | 12,234) | 12,963) | 12,843) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ratio1 | 0.98 | 1.12 | 1.07 | 1.06 | 1.11 | 1.04 | 1.11 | 1.09 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 0.93 | 1.33 | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.15 | 1.15 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | — | — | 1.42 | 1.46 | 1.48 | 1.47 | 1.10 | 1.16 | 1.26 | 1.33 | 1.30 | 1.37 | 1.29 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.27 | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.25 | 1.42 | 1.39 | 1.45 | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | — | — | 1.02 | 0.99 | 1.18 | 1.07 | 1.11 | 1.16 | 1.05 | 1.34 | 1.25 | 1.16 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.14 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.25 | 1.39 | 1.31 | 1.27 | |||||||
| AppLovin Corp. | — | — | — | — | 3.25 | 2.74 | 1.68 | 2.19 | 2.41 | 2.28 | 2.11 | 1.71 | 1.61 | 2.87 | 3.31 | 3.35 | 3.36 | 2.82 | 2.93 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | — | — | 3.05 | 2.82 | 3.07 | 2.93 | 2.45 | 1.43 | 1.32 | 1.24 | 1.44 | 1.37 | 1.44 | 1.27 | 1.33 | 1.59 | 1.81 | 1.77 | 1.70 | 1.57 | 1.70 | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 1.81 | 1.88 | 1.85 | 1.77 | 1.86 | 1.90 | 1.80 | 1.76 | 1.74 | 1.82 | 1.78 | 1.73 | 1.76 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.83 | 1.90 | 1.98 | 2.07 | 2.65 | 1.91 | 2.18 | 2.25 | |||||||
| Datadog Inc. | — | — | — | — | 3.66 | 3.43 | 2.74 | 2.64 | 2.13 | 2.01 | 3.43 | 3.17 | 3.35 | 3.42 | 3.19 | 3.09 | 3.23 | 3.31 | 3.33 | 3.54 | 3.94 | 4.31 | 5.45 | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | — | 0.93 | 0.91 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 1.06 | 1.16 | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.93 | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | — | 1.39 | 1.36 | 1.45 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.29 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 1.25 | 1.47 | 1.51 | 1.23 | 1.37 | 1.39 | 1.63 | 1.18 | 2.10 | 1.94 | 1.96 | 1.53 | 3.09 | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | — | — | 1.40 | 1.35 | 1.37 | 1.35 | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.22 | 1.66 | 1.77 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.84 | 1.78 | 1.99 | 2.25 | 2.16 | 2.08 | 2.29 | 2.58 | 2.53 | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | — | — | 0.62 | 0.75 | 1.02 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 1.62 | 1.52 | 1.65 | 2.04 | 2.30 | 2.16 | 2.17 | 2.66 | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | — | — | 6.43 | 6.32 | 6.49 | 5.96 | 5.67 | 5.92 | 5.91 | 5.55 | 5.53 | 5.22 | 5.41 | 5.17 | 4.28 | 4.36 | 4.38 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | — | — | 0.99 | 0.94 | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.91 | 1.38 | 0.98 | 1.63 | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | — | — | 1.06 | 1.09 | 1.12 | 1.10 | 1.13 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.08 | 1.14 | 1.17 | 1.11 | 1.24 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.13 | 1.08 | 1.23 | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | — | — | 1.62 | 7.02 | 2.68 | 2.44 | 2.02 | 1.86 | 1.29 | 1.15 | 1.20 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 1.09 | 1.14 | 1.25 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.10 | |||||||
| Workday Inc. | 1.83 | 2.10 | 2.07 | 1.90 | 2.05 | 2.04 | 2.00 | 1.97 | 2.13 | 2.00 | 1.95 | 1.75 | 1.87 | 1.61 | 1.56 | 1.03 | 1.10 | 1.04 | 0.93 | 1.12 | 1.09 | 1.45 | 1.25 | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30).
1 Q3 2026 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 21,063 ÷ 21,410 = 0.98
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
The analysis of the quarterly financial data reveals several notable trends in the liquidity position over the observed periods.
- Current Assets
- Current assets demonstrate a fluctuating pattern through the timeline. Initial values start around 14.7 billion US dollars, increasing significantly to nearly 21.9 billion by early 2021. This is followed by some volatility, with values dipping and rising, peaking again near 29.1 billion in early 2024 before showing a gradual decline toward the end of the period under review.
- Current Liabilities
- Current liabilities also fluctuate, beginning slightly above 12.8 billion US dollars and rising steadily, reaching a substantial peak around 27.98 billion at the start of 2025. Similar to current assets, there is visible volatility, reflecting considerable variation quarter over quarter. The magnitude of liabilities generally trends upward, indicating increasing short-term obligations.
- Current Ratio
- The current ratio, an indicator of short-term liquidity and ability to cover current liabilities with current assets, oscillates around the value of 1, reflecting a tight liquidity position across the quarters. It starts around 1.15 and fluctuates moderately, with occasional dips below 1.0 (notably 0.93 in mid-2021 and 0.98 in late 2025), suggesting periods where current liabilities marginally exceed current assets. Most quarters exhibit a ratio slightly above or near 1, implying a balanced though sometimes constrained liquidity status.
In summary, the data indicates that liquidity levels have generally been maintained close to equilibrium, with current assets and liabilities rising over time but at varying rates. The company's ability to meet short-term obligations remains relatively stable but occasionally challenged during certain quarters, as evidenced by current ratio values near or below 1. The overall pattern suggests active working capital management amidst a dynamic financial environment.
Quick Ratio
Salesforce Inc., quick ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Oct 31, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | Jan 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 8,978) | 10,365) | 10,928) | 8,848) | 7,997) | 7,682) | 9,958) | 8,472) | 6,453) | 6,772) | 9,155) | 7,016) | 6,076) | 6,931) | 6,859) | 5,464) | 4,753) | 6,299) | 8,544) | 6,195) | 3,724) | 4,052) | 5,772) | |||||||
| Marketable securities | 2,345) | 5,007) | 6,480) | 5,184) | 4,760) | 4,954) | 7,712) | 5,722) | 5,410) | 5,625) | 4,822) | 5,492) | 5,842) | 6,602) | 6,644) | 5,073) | 4,638) | 3,351) | 6,479) | 5,771) | 5,768) | 5,231) | 4,030) | |||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | 5,474) | 5,596) | 4,354) | 11,945) | 4,741) | 5,391) | 4,273) | 11,414) | 4,850) | 5,400) | 4,632) | 10,755) | 4,275) | 4,745) | 3,952) | 9,739) | 4,019) | 4,074) | 3,174) | 7,786) | 3,316) | 3,445) | 3,076) | |||||||
| Total quick assets | 16,797) | 20,968) | 21,762) | 25,977) | 17,498) | 18,027) | 21,943) | 25,608) | 16,713) | 17,797) | 18,609) | 23,263) | 16,193) | 18,278) | 17,455) | 20,276) | 13,410) | 13,724) | 18,197) | 19,752) | 12,808) | 12,728) | 12,878) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 21,410) | 22,532) | 24,196) | 27,980) | 19,375) | 21,001) | 23,149) | 26,631) | 19,394) | 20,805) | 21,626) | 25,891) | 18,227) | 20,080) | 19,899) | 21,788) | 15,035) | 17,393) | 15,323) | 17,728) | 12,234) | 12,963) | 12,843) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick ratio1 | 0.78 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.79 | 1.19 | 1.11 | 1.05 | 0.98 | 1.00 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | — | — | 1.30 | 1.32 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 0.98 | 1.03 | 1.13 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.24 | 1.15 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.14 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.14 | 1.31 | 1.27 | 1.34 | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | — | — | 0.87 | 0.82 | 1.03 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.93 | 1.22 | 1.12 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 1.11 | 1.25 | 1.18 | 1.12 | |||||||
| AppLovin Corp. | — | — | — | — | 3.05 | 2.54 | 1.51 | 2.04 | 2.25 | 2.10 | 1.93 | 1.54 | 1.47 | 2.61 | 3.04 | 3.08 | 2.96 | 2.55 | 2.67 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | — | — | 2.49 | 2.33 | 2.58 | 2.43 | 2.00 | 1.06 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.19 | 1.02 | 1.13 | 1.36 | 1.56 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.33 | 1.43 | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 1.62 | 1.69 | 1.65 | 1.58 | 1.69 | 1.72 | 1.64 | 1.60 | 1.59 | 1.66 | 1.63 | 1.58 | 1.62 | 1.66 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 1.76 | 1.81 | 1.93 | 2.50 | 1.76 | 2.01 | 2.07 | |||||||
| Datadog Inc. | — | — | — | — | 3.55 | 3.34 | 2.66 | 2.57 | 2.07 | 1.95 | 3.32 | 3.08 | 3.26 | 3.31 | 3.09 | 3.01 | 3.14 | 3.21 | 3.23 | 3.45 | 3.84 | 4.19 | 5.31 | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | — | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.82 | 0.74 | 0.90 | 0.99 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.75 | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | — | 0.78 | 0.63 | 0.85 | 0.68 | 0.54 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 0.55 | 0.66 | 1.25 | 1.29 | 1.02 | 1.10 | 1.17 | 1.29 | 0.78 | 1.71 | 1.60 | 1.72 | 1.20 | 2.74 | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | — | — | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.15 | 1.10 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.02 | 1.45 | 1.54 | 1.66 | 1.66 | 1.59 | 1.57 | 1.77 | 2.05 | 1.96 | 1.90 | 2.10 | 2.36 | 2.30 | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | — | — | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.87 | 0.67 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.65 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 1.43 | 1.34 | 1.45 | 1.90 | 2.15 | 2.00 | 2.02 | 2.50 | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | — | — | 6.31 | 6.19 | 6.36 | 5.83 | 5.55 | 5.77 | 5.80 | 5.41 | 5.39 | 5.08 | 5.25 | 4.92 | 4.08 | 4.09 | 4.15 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | — | — | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.66 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.86 | 1.23 | 0.88 | 1.48 | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | — | — | 0.96 | 0.99 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 1.11 | 1.06 | 1.17 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.01 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 1.19 | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | — | — | 1.16 | 6.34 | 1.99 | 1.88 | 1.10 | 0.99 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.83 | |||||||
| Workday Inc. | 1.71 | 1.98 | 1.94 | 1.80 | 1.94 | 1.92 | 1.88 | 1.87 | 2.01 | 1.90 | 1.83 | 1.66 | 1.75 | 1.52 | 1.47 | 0.96 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 0.86 | 1.07 | 1.02 | 1.35 | 1.15 | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30).
1 Q3 2026 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 16,797 ÷ 21,410 = 0.78
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
The analysis of the quarterly financial data reveals several key trends in liquidity and short-term financial health over the observed periods.
- Total Quick Assets
- The total quick assets exhibit a fluctuating pattern with periods of significant increases followed by declines. Starting around 12,878 million USD, the value rises sharply to nearly 19,752 million USD by early 2021. Subsequent quarters show some declines and recoveries, reaching a peak exceeding 25,608 million USD in early 2024. However, toward the later periods, there is a noticeable downward trend, with values falling to approximately 16,797 million USD by late 2025. This volatility indicates varied short-term asset availability, affected possibly by operational or market factors over time.
- Current Liabilities
- Current liabilities also show significant variation, generally maintaining elevated levels relative to quick assets. Beginning slightly above 12,843 million USD and rising sharply to over 25,891 million USD by early 2023, liabilities peak in line with quick assets before slightly declining. However, the magnitude of these liabilities remains high through the periods, with the highest levels approaching 27,980 million USD in early 2025. The trend of high current liabilities suggests consistent or increasing short-term obligations that must be managed carefully.
- Quick Ratio
- The quick ratio, representing the ability to cover current liabilities with quick assets, starts near parity at 1.00 but then demonstrates some volatility, dropping below 1.0 for numerous quarters, notably reaching as low as 0.78 in late 2025. Periods of higher quick ratio, such as early 2021 and again in early 2024 (around 0.96), indicate better relative liquidity. However, sustained values below 1.0 suggest that quick assets are often insufficient to fully cover current liabilities, potentially indicating liquidity risk during certain quarters.
In summary, the financial data indicates a dynamic liquidity position with fluctuating quick assets and consistently high current liabilities. The quick ratio trend points to periodic strain on short-term liquidity, with several quarters where current liabilities exceed readily available assets. This pattern may warrant attention to cash management and liability structure to maintain financial stability in the short term.
Cash Ratio
Salesforce Inc., cash ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Oct 31, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | Jan 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | ||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 8,978) | 10,365) | 10,928) | 8,848) | 7,997) | 7,682) | 9,958) | 8,472) | 6,453) | 6,772) | 9,155) | 7,016) | 6,076) | 6,931) | 6,859) | 5,464) | 4,753) | 6,299) | 8,544) | 6,195) | 3,724) | 4,052) | 5,772) | |||||||
| Marketable securities | 2,345) | 5,007) | 6,480) | 5,184) | 4,760) | 4,954) | 7,712) | 5,722) | 5,410) | 5,625) | 4,822) | 5,492) | 5,842) | 6,602) | 6,644) | 5,073) | 4,638) | 3,351) | 6,479) | 5,771) | 5,768) | 5,231) | 4,030) | |||||||
| Total cash assets | 11,323) | 15,372) | 17,408) | 14,032) | 12,757) | 12,636) | 17,670) | 14,194) | 11,863) | 12,397) | 13,977) | 12,508) | 11,918) | 13,533) | 13,503) | 10,537) | 9,391) | 9,650) | 15,023) | 11,966) | 9,492) | 9,283) | 9,802) | |||||||
| Current liabilities | 21,410) | 22,532) | 24,196) | 27,980) | 19,375) | 21,001) | 23,149) | 26,631) | 19,394) | 20,805) | 21,626) | 25,891) | 18,227) | 20,080) | 19,899) | 21,788) | 15,035) | 17,393) | 15,323) | 17,728) | 12,234) | 12,963) | 12,843) | |||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash ratio1 | 0.53 | 0.68 | 0.72 | 0.50 | 0.66 | 0.60 | 0.76 | 0.53 | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.48 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 0.55 | 0.98 | 0.67 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.76 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash Ratio, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | — | — | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.52 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.68 | |||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | — | — | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.85 | 0.72 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.84 | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.85 | |||||||
| AppLovin Corp. | — | — | — | — | 1.55 | 1.09 | 0.39 | 0.70 | 0.73 | 0.63 | 0.57 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 1.48 | 2.01 | 1.87 | 1.74 | 1.48 | 1.80 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | — | — | 1.96 | 1.89 | 2.14 | 1.93 | 1.66 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.78 | 0.65 | 0.82 | 0.99 | 1.18 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 0.91 | 0.94 | |||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 1.33 | 1.43 | 1.41 | 1.25 | 1.42 | 1.48 | 1.38 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 1.42 | 1.41 | 1.28 | 1.36 | 1.41 | 1.44 | 1.42 | 1.54 | 1.57 | 1.71 | 2.22 | 1.51 | 1.76 | 1.81 | |||||||
| Datadog Inc. | — | — | — | — | 3.13 | 2.89 | 2.40 | 2.25 | 1.80 | 1.65 | 2.86 | 2.58 | 2.78 | 2.87 | 2.61 | 2.48 | 2.62 | 2.72 | 2.78 | 2.94 | 3.33 | 3.70 | 4.82 | |||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | — | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.31 | |||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | — | 0.49 | 0.44 | 0.64 | 0.34 | 0.39 | 0.54 | 0.76 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.54 | 0.82 | 0.90 | 1.09 | 0.48 | 1.52 | 1.46 | 1.52 | 1.02 | 2.69 | |||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | — | — | 0.76 | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 1.15 | 1.07 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.23 | 1.10 | 1.35 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.47 | 1.74 | 1.96 | 1.97 | |||||||
| Oracle Corp. | — | — | 0.28 | 0.34 | 0.60 | 0.39 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.21 | 1.70 | 1.93 | 1.77 | 1.81 | 2.26 | |||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | — | — | 5.45 | 5.51 | 5.61 | 5.25 | 4.84 | 4.96 | 5.15 | 4.93 | 4.77 | 4.53 | 4.83 | 4.48 | 3.59 | 3.69 | 3.77 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Palo Alto Networks Inc. | — | — | 0.57 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.34 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.52 | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.98 | 0.72 | 1.22 | |||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | — | — | 0.69 | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.69 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.89 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.67 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.94 | |||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | — | — | 0.75 | 5.93 | 1.62 | 1.53 | 0.79 | 0.66 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.51 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.47 | |||||||
| Workday Inc. | 1.36 | 1.66 | 1.65 | 1.45 | 1.62 | 1.63 | 1.62 | 1.55 | 1.71 | 1.59 | 1.56 | 1.32 | 1.48 | 1.30 | 1.31 | 0.72 | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 1.08 | 0.94 | |||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30).
1 Q3 2026 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 11,323 ÷ 21,410 = 0.53
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
- Total Cash Assets
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The total cash assets exhibit volatility throughout the period under review. There is a general upward trend from April 2020 through April 2021, moving from approximately 9.8 billion USD to over 15 billion USD. Following this peak, cash assets fluctuate with several periods of decline and recovery. Notably, cash assets increased sharply in January 2024 to nearly 17.7 billion USD, then fell significantly by July 2024 before rising and declining again towards the later dates.
This pattern suggests intermittent liquidity increases possibly tied to operational cycles, financing activities, or asset management strategies.
- Current Liabilities
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Current liabilities show an overall rising trend with periods of marked increase, particularly evident in January quarters. From an initial level of roughly 12.8 billion USD in April 2020, liabilities increase substantially to approximately 25.9 billion USD by January 2023. This increase is accompanied by fluctuations but with upward spikes occurring in the first quarters of consecutive years.
Post-January 2023, current liabilities continue to fluctuate but remain generally elevated, reaching as high as 27.9 billion USD by January 2025. These increases may reflect greater short-term obligations or changes in working capital management.
- Cash Ratio
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The cash ratio, representing the company's capacity to cover current liabilities with cash and cash equivalents, presents a fluctuating pattern within a relatively narrow band. Initial values around 0.76 decline to lows near 0.48 to 0.53 in several periods, especially during early 2022 and early 2024. The ratio tends to dip below 0.6 during quarters with higher current liabilities or reduced cash assets.
Overall, the cash ratio remains below 1 throughout, indicating that cash assets alone are insufficient to cover current liabilities at any point during this period. The fluctuations suggest variable liquidity risk, potentially necessitating attention to cash flow management.
- Summary of Observations
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The company's liquidity profile is characterized by significant variability in both cash assets and current liabilities. Although total cash assets have increased over the long term, current liabilities have grown at a comparable or faster rate, leading to consistently less than optimal cash ratios.
This ratio volatility may imply periodic pressures on liquidity, possibly requiring short-term financing or asset-liability management adjustments. The recurrent spikes in current liabilities, especially in January periods, could be linked to seasonal business cycles or contractual payment schedules.
In conclusion, while the company maintains substantial cash reserves, its current liabilities growth outpaces these reserves, highlighting the importance of maintaining balanced liquidity strategies to mitigate risks associated with short-term obligations.