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: $243.19 to $250.28
• 50-Day Range: $228.31 to $255.54
• 52-Week Range: $148.38 to $256.13
• Volume: 1.65 million shs
• Average Volume: 810,151 shs
• Market Capitalization: $304.55 billion
• P/E Ratio: 99.16
• Dividend Yield: 0.70%
• Price Target: $252.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

SAP Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

SAP scored higher than 42% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 449th out of 653 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: 1.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

SAP has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.89, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

SAP has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 34.79%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for SAP are expected to grow by 34.79% in the coming year, from $4.80 to $6.47 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of SAP is 99.16, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.45.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of SAP is 99.16, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 238.11.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

SAP has a PEG Ratio of 4.94. 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 6.48. 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

0.15% 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 2, 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 18.44%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

SAP has a dividend yield of 0.70%, 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 69.20%. 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 26.74% 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

0.15% 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 2, 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 18.44%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.50

News Sentiment

SAP has a news sentiment score of 0.50. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for SAP this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 12 people have searched for SAP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added SAP to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 120% 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 $154.59 at the start of the year. Since then, SAP shares have increased by 60.4% and is now trading at $247.90.
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How were SAP's earnings last quarter?

SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 21st. The software maker reported $1.23 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.08. The company's revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Does SAP have any subsidiaries?

SAP subsidiaries include these companies: Askdata, Taulia, SwoopTalent, Signavio, AppGyver, Emarsys, Qualtrics, and others.

Who are SAP's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of SAP include FMR LLC (0.83%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.38%), Windacre Partnership LLC (0.11%) and Westfield Capital Management Co. LP (0.05%).

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.
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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), AUO (AUOTY) and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/21/2024
• Today: 12/21/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Prepackaged software
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SAP
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 1000184
• Web: www.sap.com
• Phone: 496227747474
• Fax: 49-62-2775-7575
• Employees: 107,602
• Year Founded: 1972

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $252.33
• High Stock Price Target: $300.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $207.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +1.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.89
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.50
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 99.16
• Forward P/E Ratio: 51.65
• P/E Growth: 4.94
• Net Income: $6.64 billion
• Net Margins: 8.15%
• Pretax Margin: 13.14%
• Return on Equity: 11.44%
• Return on Assets: 6.92%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.17
• Current Ratio: 1.10
• Quick Ratio: 1.10

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $33.27 billion
• Price / Sales: 9.15
• Cash Flow: $6.74 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 36.80
• Book Value: $38.24 per share
• Price / Book: 6.48

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,228,504,000
• Free Float: 1,138,209,000
• Market Cap: $304.55 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.23