SAP (SAP) Competitors

SAP (NYSE:SAP) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is SAP or PLTR more profitable?

Palantir Technologies has a net margin of 16.13% compared to SAP's net margin of 9.17%. SAP's return on equity of 12.18% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SAP	9.17%	12.18%	7.32%
Palantir Technologies	16.13%	6.85%	5.48%

Do analysts recommend SAP or PLTR?

SAP currently has a consensus price target of $248.83, suggesting a potential downside of 13.62%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus price target of $73.21, suggesting a potential downside of 31.11%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SAP is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SAP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Palantir Technologies	6 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.91

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SAP or PLTR?

SAP has higher revenue and earnings than Palantir Technologies. SAP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palantir Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SAP	$36.99B	9.57	$3.38B	$2.87	100.38
Palantir Technologies	$2.87B	84.48	$462.19M	$0.19	559.32

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SAP or PLTR?

SAP received 682 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave SAP an outperform vote while only 40.55% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SAP	Outperform Votes 770 66.21%	Underperform Votes 393 33.79%
Palantir Technologies	Outperform Votes 88 40.55%	Underperform Votes 129 59.45%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SAP or PLTR?

45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, SAP or PLTR?

SAP has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.81, meaning that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SAP or PLTR?

In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 119 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 143 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 24 mentions for SAP. Palantir Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat SAP's score of 0.89 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SAP	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Palantir Technologies	101 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	14 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SAP beats Palantir Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.