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Salesforce drops after reports it's in talks to acquire Informatica

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Salesforce drops after reports it’s in talks to acquire Informatica

Published Mon, Apr 15 202412:29 PM EDTUpdated Mon, Apr 15 20244:03 PM EDT
Key Points
  • Salesforce shares fell 7% on Monday after reports that the company is in talks to buy Informatica.
  • Shares of Informatica dropped 6% Monday following the reports.
  • Informatica, with a market cap of over $10 billion, would be Salesforce’s largest purchase since the company bought Slack for nearly $28 billion in 2021.
People pass by the Salesforce Tower and Salesforce.com offices in New York City, March 7, 2019.
People pass by the Salesforce Tower and Salesforce.com offices in New York City on March 7, 2019.
Brendan McDermid | Reuters

Salesforce shares closed down 7% on Monday after reports over the weekend that the cloud software company is in advanced talks to buy data-management firm Informatica.

Shares of Informatica, which has a market cap of around $10 billion, closed down 6% following the reports.

The price being weighed is below Informatica’s closing stock price on Friday of $38.48, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the talks on Friday. A Reuters article said the deal could be announced soon. Neither publication provided specifics on the size of a potential transaction.

Regardless, it would be Salesforce’s largest deal since purchasing Slack for nearly $28 billion in 2021, the company’s largest acquisition to date.

Prior to Slack, Salesforce bought data visualization company Tableau for $15.3 billion in 2019, and MuleSoft for $6.5 billion in 2018.

Salesforce declined to comment on the reports. Informatica didn’t respond to CNBC’s request for comment.


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