We recently published a list of 15 Best Blue Chip Stocks to Buy According to Billionaires. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) stands against other best blue chip stocks to buy according to billionaires.

Is A Potential Trade War on the Horizon?

The US stock market is showing volatility after President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of sweeping 10% tariffs on all US trading partners and higher tariffs on countries with a trade deficit with the US.

Economists and investors believe President Trump’s tariff policies could potentially lead to a trade war with America’s trading partners, propelling inflation even higher. These two factors could plunge the US into an economic slowdown, and the markets could potentially sell off quickly if a recession materializes among its looming threats.

On April 10, CNBC reported that stock prices rose sharply a day before after declining for four days straight following President Trump’s announcement of a pause in a significant part of his tariff plan. The White House said that Democratic lawmakers were indulged in partisan games by inquiring if any stock market purchases conducted in recent days were undertaken with prior knowledge of the fact that President Trump would authorize a pause in his tariff plans. Trump announced higher tariffs on China even after he announced a 90-day pause for steeper-than-baseline rates for several other countries.

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Record High Tariffs in the US

On April 11, Erica York, economist and the vice president of federal tax policy at the Tax Foundation’s Center for Federal Tax Policy, talked to CNBC’s “The Exchange” about the ongoing scenario and said that the imposition of around 145% total tariff on Chinese goods would result in a suspension of most trade between the US and China. She said:

“It depends on how narrowly the tariff is applied or how broadly it’s applied, but generally, if you get north of a triple-digit tariff, you are cutting off most trade.”

She further opined that:

“There may still be some things without any substitutes that companies just have to foot the bill, but for the most part, that cuts it off.”

The economist said that Trump’s new China tariffs, along with the others he implemented, would raise the average tariff rate to record highs the country hasn’t seen since the 1940s. The current market volatility has created numerous remarkable investment opportunities, so let’s look at the 15 best blue chip stocks to buy according to billionaires.

Our Methodology

We reviewed financial media reports and ETFs to compile an initial list of blue chip stocks and selected stocks that have a 5-year revenue growth rate of at least 10%. We have also considered the popularity of these stocks among billionaire investors. These billionaires are founders or managers of some of the world’s leading hedge funds and companies. We also added the number of hedge fund holders for each stock as of fiscal Q4 2024, and sourced the hedge fund sentiment data from Insider Monkey’s database.

Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 275% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 150 percentage points (see more details here).

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Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM)

Number of Billionaire Investors: 23

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 162

Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) designs and develops cloud-based enterprise software for customer relationship management. Its solutions encompass customer service and support, sales force automation, digital commerce, marketing automation, collaboration, community management, industry-specific solutions, and salesforce platforms. It also offers training, guidance, support, and advisory services.

The company is strengthening its AI and data protection capabilities through various initiatives, including the 2024 acquisition of Own Company. The strategic move coincides with the market trends around growing enterprise priorities associated with security and automation.

Analysts are bullish on the stock because of Agentforce, which presents a significant opportunity for the company to capitalize on the elevated demand for AI-powered customer support solutions. Agentforce is an autonomous, proactive AI application that offers specialized support to customers and employees. Since the platform integrates generative AI agents into business workflows, Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) holds a strong position in this rapidly evolving market.

In a report released on April 9, Terry Tillman from Truist Financial reiterated a Buy rating on Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM). On April 6, Jefferies analyst Brent Thill also maintained a buy rating for the company and set a price target of $375.00.

Montaka Global Investments, an investment management company, said the following about Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:

“There are multiple structural trends in the enterprise software space, including (i) the ongoing cloud migrations and digital transformations of enterprises, and (ii) the infusion of AI into software applications.

While the former remains in its early innings (80-85% of enterprise workloads still reside ‘on-premise’ – many of which will ultimately move to public clouds), the latter remains in its infancy.

Given all the hype of late, it’s hard to fathom that large-scale deployments of AI-based enterprise applications have barely even started. It’s all still to come. And we believe 2025 will be the first year that we really start to see meaningful deployments and adoption of these kinds of applications.

Consider another of our top 10 holdings, Salesforce, for example. Its revenue growth is at a cyclical low. Indeed, at just +8% per annum, as reported in the company’s most recent quarter, its rate of revenue growth has never been lower.

But in 2025, not only will price increases that were announced two years ago boost Salesforce, Inc.’s (NYSE:CRM) revenue growth, but the year will also mark the early stages of adoption of the company’s new ‘Agentforce’ (released only weeks ago). This is a new platform that lets businesses build and deploy their own custom AI agents to automate tasks, improve efficiency, and enhance customer experiences…” (Click here to read the full text)

Overall, CRM ranks 10th on our list of the best blue chip stocks to buy according to billionaires. While we acknowledge the potential for CRM as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than CRM but trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.