SAP Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:SAP)

SAP trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SAP."

SAP declared an annual dividend on Wednesday, April 17th. Investors of record on Friday, May 17th will be given a dividend of $1.6961 per share on Tuesday, May 28th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 16th. View SAP's Dividend History.

SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 18th. The software maker reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.02. The software maker earned $6.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.99 billion. SAP had a return on equity of 15.39% and a net margin of 11.95%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.01 earnings per share. View SAP's Earnings History.

SAP is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 21st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for SAP.

SAP updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of €1.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.19. The company issued revenue guidance of €6.79 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.67 billion.

16 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for SAP's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $167.00. On average, they expect SAP's share price to reach $126.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for SAP.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SAP in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for SAP.

Media headlines about SAP stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. SAP earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the software maker a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for SAP.

SAP saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,810,000 shares, an increase of 18.3% from the August 30th total of 1,530,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 703,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View SAP's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to SAP include Oracle (ORCL), Adobe (ADBE), salesforce.com (CRM), Intuit (INTU), VMware (VMW), Uber Technologies (UBER), ServiceNow (NOW), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Dassault Systemes (DASTY), Shopify (SHOP), Autodesk (ADSK), Electronic Arts (EA), Electronic Arts (EA), Square (SQ) and Veeva Systems (VEEV).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SAP investors own include Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walt Disney (DIS), Home Depot (hd), IBM (IBM), NVIDIA (NVDA), salesforce.com (CRM), General Electric (GE), Visa (V) and QUALCOMM (QCOM).

SAP's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Cambiar Investors LLC (0.10%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.01%), Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%), Cohen Klingenstein LLC (0.01%) and Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.00%).

SAP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cambiar Investors LLC, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Stephens Inc. AR, Pacer Advisors Inc. and Hartwell J M Limited Partnership.

SAP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen Klingenstein LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Park Avenue Securities LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, BTC Capital Management Inc. and Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA.

Shares of SAP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SAP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $129.13.

SAP has a market capitalization of $154.13 billion and generates $29.18 billion in revenue each year. The software maker earns $4.82 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.53 on an earnings per share basis. SAP employs 96,498 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About SAP.

The official website for SAP is http://www.sap.com/.

SAP's mailing address is DIETMAR-HOPP-ALLEE 16, WALLDORF 2M, 69190. The software maker can be reached via phone at 49-62-2774-7474 or via email at [email protected]