SAP (SAP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The company also provides SAP customer experience solutions; SAP Business Technology platform that enables customers and partners to build, integrate, and automate applications; and SAP Business Network, a business-to-business collaboration platform that helps digitalize key business processes across the supply chain and enables communication between trading partners. In addition, it offers SAP Signavio to help customers to discover, analyze, and understand their business process operations; SAP's industry cloud solutions that provides modular solutions addressing industry-specific functions; Taulia solutions for working capital management to help enable customers mitigate the effects of inflation by providing visibility into working capital and access to liquidity; and sustainability solutions and services. SAP SE was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Walldorf, Germany.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $289.22 to $292.38
• 50-Day Range: $250.65 to $309.84
• 52-Week Range: $190.21 to $311.40
• Volume: 1.61 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.06 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $356.17 billion
• P/E Ratio: 55.54
• Dividend Yield: 0.63%
• Price Target: $271.83
• Consensus Rating: Buy

SAP Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

SAP scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 382nd out of 666 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

SAP has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.09, and is based on 10 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

SAP has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 18.63%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for SAP are expected to grow by 18.63% in the coming year, from $6.55 to $7.77 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of SAP is 55.54, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.49.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of SAP is 55.54, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 34.65.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

SAP has a PEG Ratio of 4.16. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

SAP has a P/B Ratio of 7.19. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.16% of the float of SAP has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SAP has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SAP has recently increased by 31.51%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

SAP has a dividend yield of 0.64%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

SAP does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of SAP is 35.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, SAP will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.68% next year. This indicates that SAP will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.16% of the float of SAP has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SAP has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SAP has recently increased by 31.51%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.89

News Sentiment

SAP has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.75 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 20 news articles for SAP this week, compared to 17 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 24 people have searched for SAP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 6 people have added SAP to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -63% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, SAP insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 7.35% of the stock of SAP is held by insiders.

SAP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SAP shares performed this year?

SAP's stock was trading at $246.21 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, SAP stock has increased by 17.8% and is now trading at $289.9210.
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How were SAP's earnings last quarter?

SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) released its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 22nd. The software maker reported $1.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.39 by $0.12. The software maker earned $10.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.08 billion. SAP had a net margin of 16.33% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.66%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does SAP have any subsidiaries?

The following companies are subsidiaries of SAP: Askdata, Taulia, SwoopTalent, Signavio, AppGyver, Emarsys, Qualtrics, and more.

Who are SAP's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of SAP include TD Asset Management Inc (0.14%), Northern Trust Corp (0.12%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.11%) and GAMMA Investing LLC (0.11%).

How do I buy shares of SAP?

Shares of SAP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of SAP own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that SAP investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), The RMR Group (RMR), AU Optronics (AUOTY) and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/22/2025
• Record date for 5/23 Dividend: 5/13/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/23 Dividend: 5/13/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/23/2025
• Today: 6/19/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/28/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: COMP - SOFTWARE
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SAP
• CIK: 1000184
• Web: www.sap.com
• Phone: 496227747474
• Fax: 49-62-2775-7575
• Employees: 109,973
• Year Founded: 1972

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $271.83
• High Stock Price Target: $330.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $38.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -6.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.09
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $5.22
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 55.54
• Forward P/E Ratio: 44.26
• P/E Growth: 4.22
• Net Income: $3.38 billion
• Net Margins: 16.33%
• Pretax Margin: 23.38%
• Return on Equity: 13.66%
• Return on Assets: 8.26%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.15
• Current Ratio: 1.17
• Quick Ratio: 1.17

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $35.15 billion
• Price / Sales: 10.13
• Cash Flow: $5.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 50.65
• Book Value: $40.35 per share
• Price / Book: 7.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,228,504,000
• Free Float: 1,138,209,000
• Market Cap: $356.17 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.32