SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) Shares Bought by Natixis Advisors LLC

Natixis Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of SAP SE (NYSE:SAP - Free Report) by 39.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 407,974 shares of the software maker's stock after purchasing an additional 116,119 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC's holdings in SAP were worth $100,447,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Centricity Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in SAP in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA purchased a new stake in SAP in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. lifted its stake in SAP by 2,700.0% in the fourth quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 112 shares of the software maker's stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 108 shares during the period. Albion Financial Group UT lifted its stake in SAP by 122.4% in the fourth quarter. Albion Financial Group UT now owns 129 shares of the software maker's stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the period. Finally, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich purchased a new stake in SAP in the fourth quarter worth about $42,000.

SAP Stock Down 0.0 %

Shares of SAP traded down $0.04 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $270.60. 544,228 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 889,065. SAP SE has a 1-year low of $175.08 and a 1-year high of $293.70. The company has a quick ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The company has a market capitalization of $332.44 billion, a PE ratio of 94.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.71 and a beta of 1.25. The business has a 50 day moving average of $274.50 and a 200 day moving average of $248.77.

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SAP (NYSE:SAP - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The software maker reported $1.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.51 by ($0.02). SAP had a net margin of 9.17% and a return on equity of 12.18%. Equities research analysts anticipate that SAP SE will post 6.55 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $38.00 price objective on shares of SAP in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Kepler Capital Markets raised shares of SAP from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of SAP from $283.00 to $286.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on shares of SAP from $265.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, TD Cowen upgraded shares of SAP from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $240.00 to $305.00 in a report on Friday, January 17th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $248.83.

SAP Company Profile

SAP SE, together with its subsidiaries, provides applications, technology, and services worldwide. It offers SAP S/4HANA that provides software capabilities for finance, risk and project management, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain and asset management, and research and development; SAP SuccessFactors solutions for human resources, including HR and payroll, talent and employee experience management, and people and workforce analytics; and spend management solutions that covers direct and indirect spend, travel and expense, and external workforce management.