SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) Receives $193.80 Average Price Target from Analysts

Shares of SAP SE (NYSE:SAP - Get Free Report) have received an average rating of "Moderate Buy" from the nine research firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and seven have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $202.00.

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on shares of SAP from $185.00 to $207.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, January 26th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of SAP from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 18th. Jefferies Financial Group raised SAP from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, February 2nd. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on SAP from $147.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a report on Thursday, January 25th. Finally, JMP Securities boosted their price objective on shares of SAP from $204.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a "market outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in SAP. Northwest Investment Counselors LLC acquired a new position in SAP in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Column Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of SAP by 121.0% in the third quarter. Column Capital Advisors LLC now owns 221 shares of the software maker's stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. purchased a new position in SAP in the first quarter valued at about $29,000. Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in SAP in the fourth quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Adirondack Trust Co. increased its stake in shares of SAP by 121.1% during the 4th quarter. Adirondack Trust Co. now owns 199 shares of the software maker's stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 109 shares during the last quarter.

SAP Price Performance

Shares of SAP stock traded up $9.83 on Tuesday, reaching $188.01. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,646,626 shares, compared to its average volume of 763,414. SAP has a 1 year low of $126.75 and a 1 year high of $199.29. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $187.13 and its 200-day simple moving average is $164.72.

SAP (NYSE:SAP - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January 23rd. The software maker reported $1.12 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.29 by ($0.17). SAP had a return on equity of 9.54% and a net margin of 20.30%. The company had revenue of $9.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.98 billion. Equities analysts expect that SAP will post 4.77 EPS for the current year.

SAP Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 17th will be paid a dividend of $2.3852 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 16th. This is a positive change from SAP's previous annual dividend of $2.19. This represents a dividend yield of 0.9%. SAP's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.71%.

About SAP

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.