SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Shares of SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-one research firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, thirteen have assigned a buy recommendation and three have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $305.75.

A number of analysts recently issued reports on SAP shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of SAP in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research raised shares of SAP from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Barclays set a $283.00 target price on shares of SAP in a report on Monday, February 2nd. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of SAP in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Citigroup cut SAP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th.

SAP Trading Up 3.0%

Shares of SAP stock opened at $203.41 on Monday. SAP has a fifty-two week low of $189.22 and a fifty-two week high of $313.28. The business’s fifty day moving average is $235.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is $256.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The firm has a market cap of $249.89 billion, a PE ratio of 28.85, a P/E/G ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.17.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The software maker reported $1.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $11.36 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.77 billion. SAP had a return on equity of 16.52% and a net margin of 19.92%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.40 earnings per share. Analysts anticipate that SAP will post 6.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of SAP

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. First PREMIER Bank purchased a new position in shares of SAP in the third quarter valued at $25,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC lifted its holdings in SAP by 246.4% in the 3rd quarter. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 97 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in SAP in the 3rd quarter valued at about $27,000. Copia Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of SAP during the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC grew its stake in shares of SAP by 109.4% during the fourth quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 111 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares in the last quarter.

Trending Headlines about SAP

Here are the key news stories impacting SAP this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks upgraded SAP to a “strong-buy” and added the stock to its Zacks Rank #1 list, boosting buy-side attention and momentum. New Strong Buy Stocks for February 5th
• Positive Sentiment: Piper Sandler initiated coverage on SAP, bringing additional analyst focus and potential flow from institutional investors that follow the firm’s research. Piper Sandler Initiates Coverage on SAP
• Positive Sentiment: SAP announced a multi-season partnership with N4XT Experiences to power digital and retail infrastructure for New York Fashion Week — a commercial reference win that highlights SAP’s retail and experiential commerce strategy. N4XT Experiences and SAP Announce Partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage of SAP’s Joule for Consultants highlights ongoing AI product innovation aimed at improving project delivery and competitive differentiation in transformation services. AI for transformation: How SAP’s Joule for Consultants reimagines project delivery
• Neutral Sentiment: A comparative piece contrasts SAP with smaller peers (SofTech), offering context for investors assessing relative valuation and market positioning but not introducing new company-specific catalysts. Comparing SAP & SofTech
• Negative Sentiment: Research reported by media finds most SAP migrations exceed budgets and timelines, a reminder that implementation complexity can create customer churn, delay revenue recognition and pressure services margins. Most SAP migrations bust budgets and project timelines

SAP Company Profile

SAP SE is a global enterprise software company headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. Founded in 1972 by five former IBM engineers, the company’s name is an acronym for Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung (Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing). SAP develops and sells software and services that help organizations manage business processes across finance, human resources, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain and customer relationships.

SAP’s product portfolio spans on‑premises and cloud offerings, anchored by its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions such as SAP S/4HANA and the SAP HANA in‑memory database and platform.