SAP (SAP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The company also provides cloud-based human capital management, procurement and travel/expense solutions, analytics and business‑intelligence tools, and customer experience and industry-specific applications. In addition to software licensing, SAP’s revenue streams include cloud subscriptions, maintenance and support, consulting and implementation services delivered directly and through a global partner ecosystem.

SAP serves customers across industries and geographies, operating worldwide with a significant presence in Europe, the Americas and Asia‑Pacific. The company works with large enterprises as well as mid‑market customers, supporting digital transformation initiatives, intelligent enterprise projects and the move from traditional on‑premises deployments to cloud architectures. As a publicly traded company listed on major exchanges (including the NYSE under the ticker SAP), SAP is led by its executive management team, with Christian Klein serving as chief executive officer (as of mid‑2024), and remains notable for its large partner network and extensive industry solution footprint.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $172.73 to $177.03
• 50-Day Range: $160.74 to $191.54
• 52-Week Range: $158.58 to $313.28
• Volume: 2.46 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.00 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $216.35 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.80
• Dividend Yield: 1.22%
• Price Target: $288.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

SAP Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

SAP scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 31st out of 624 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: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

SAP has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 11 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

SAP has a consensus price target of $288.00, representing about 63.5% upside from its current price of $176.11.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

SAP has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 16.31%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for SAP are expected to grow by 16.31% in the coming year, from $8.34 to $9.70 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of SAP is 23.80, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.58.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of SAP is 23.80, 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 168.76.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

SAP has a PEG Ratio of 2.02. 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 4.07. 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

0.79% 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 2.04, 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 18.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

SAP pays a meaningful dividend of 1.19%, higher than 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 28.92%. 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 22.06% next year. This indicates that SAP will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.44

News Sentiment

SAP has a news sentiment score of 0.44. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for SAP this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

72 people have searched for SAP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 44% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

21 people have added SAP to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 91% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 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

7.35% of the stock of SAP is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

SAP has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/27/2026
• Record date for 5/15 Dividend: 5/05/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/15 Dividend: 5/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/15/2026
• Today: 5/21/2026
• BNP Paribas Exane CEO Conference: 6/03/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/23/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: COMP - SOFTWARE
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SAP
• CIK: 1000184
• Web: www.sap.com
• Phone: 496227747474
• Fax: 49-62-2775-7575
• Employees: 110,650
• Year Founded: 1972

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for SAP: $288.00
• High Price Target: $375.00
• Low Price Target: $200.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +63.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.80
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.12
• P/E Growth: 2.02
• Net Income: $8.10 billion
• Net Margins: 20.08%
• Pretax Margin: 28.25%
• Return on Equity: 17.31%
• Return on Assets: 10.80%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.11
• Current Ratio: 1.07
• Quick Ratio: 1.07

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $41.63 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.20
• Cash Flow: $7.64 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 23.05
• Book Value: $43.22 per share
• Price / Book: 4.07

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,228,500,000
• Free Float: 1,138,209,000
• Market Cap: $216.35 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.11