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SAP vs. PLTR, SHOP, APP, CRWD, INFY, NTES, TEAM, SNOW, NET, and VEEV

Should you be buying SAP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SAP include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Shopify (SHOP), AppLovin (APP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Infosys (INFY), NetEase (NTES), Atlassian (TEAM), Snowflake (SNOW), Cloudflare (NET), and Veeva Systems (VEEV). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

SAP vs.

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

SAP received 680 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.21% of users gave SAP an outperform vote while only 40.72% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SAPOutperform Votes
770
66.21%
Underperform Votes
393
33.79%
Palantir TechnologiesOutperform Votes
90
40.72%
Underperform Votes
131
59.28%

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
SAP9.17% 12.18% 7.32%
Palantir Technologies 16.13%6.85%5.48%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SAP$34.18B9.91$3.38B$2.8796.03
Palantir Technologies$2.87B79.19$462.19M$0.19509.21

In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 100 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 125 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 25 mentions for SAP. Palantir Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat SAP's score of 0.75 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
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Palantir Technologies
80 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

SAP has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.81, indicating that its stock price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.

SAP presently has a consensus target price of $248.83, suggesting a potential downside of 9.72%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus target price of $74.45, suggesting a potential downside of 23.05%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Palantir Technologies
5 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.95

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SAP vs. The Competition

MetricSAPPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$338.59B$23.65B$24.14B$19.77B
Dividend Yield0.64%2.06%2.80%3.75%
P/E Ratio96.03112.0143.1334.14
Price / Sales9.9121.932,335.9328.93
Price / Cash49.8386.0634.6317.54
Price / Book6.838.686.384.65
Net Income$3.38B$436.62M$734.58M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.80%1.88%1.80%1.47%
1 Month Performance-3.95%-5.03%49,628.46%-0.75%
1 Year Performance41.14%10.64%52,588.06%7.33%

SAP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAP
SAP
2.5278 of 5 stars
$279.71
+1.4%
$248.83
-11.0%
+41.1%$343.54B$34.18B97.44107,602
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
1.5662 of 5 stars
$87.86
+1.9%
$74.45
-15.3%
+300.1%$206.01B$2.87B462.323,840
SHOP
Shopify
4.2115 of 5 stars
$97.35
+2.6%
$126.31
+29.8%
+39.0%$126.05B$8.88B62.8011,600Positive News
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APP
AppLovin
3.7415 of 5 stars
$313.28
+7.0%
$438.28
+39.9%
+376.9%$106.06B$4.71B68.721,745Gap Up
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4839 of 5 stars
$370.16
+4.6%
$398.78
+7.7%
+13.8%$91.20B$3.95B726.024,960Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
INFY
Infosys
2.4955 of 5 stars
$18.62
+1.2%
$19.78
+6.2%
+4.9%$77.10B$19.11B23.56317,240
NTES
NetEase
4.325 of 5 stars
$102.08
-0.7%
$114.57
+12.2%
-5.3%$65.46B$105.30B16.0029,128
TEAM
Atlassian
4.8359 of 5 stars
$223.70
+2.4%
$319.71
+42.9%
+21.9%$58.60B$4.79B-166.928,810Positive News
Gap Up
SNOW
Snowflake
4.6032 of 5 stars
$157.66
+1.0%
$202.92
+28.7%
+2.7%$52.05B$3.63B-46.523,990Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
3.9746 of 5 stars
$117.66
+1.3%
$130.04
+10.5%
+28.6%$40.57B$1.67B-534.453,682Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
VEEV
Veeva Systems
3.8037 of 5 stars
$237.52
+1.5%
$255.28
+7.5%
+3.8%$38.56B$2.75B58.655,480Positive News
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This page (NYSE:SAP) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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