For example, Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) is beating the S&P 500's year-to-date gain, but Microsoft and Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) are lagging behind. Adobe, in particular, is down over 22% year to date at ...

While Adobe customers often use its marketing-automation platform with Twilio's communications tools, Salesforce houses both marketing-automation and communications tools in one platform.

In a Wednesday note, the firm raised Salesforce’s price target from $ ... Also this week, Deutsche Bank downgraded Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) to Hold from Buy, citing a lack of clear financial benefits ...

Salesforce, which Microsoft overtook as the SaaS leader in 2016, followed with a 12 percent share. Adobe took third place with 10 percent, and SAP and Oracle both brought up the rear of the top ...