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SAP vs. PLTR, APP, SHOP, CRWD, NTES, RBLX, SNOW, NET, INFY, and CRWV

Should you be buying SAP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SAP include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), AppLovin (APP), Shopify (SHOP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Roblox (RBLX), Snowflake (SNOW), Cloudflare (NET), American Noble Gas (INFY), and CoreWeave (CRWV). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

SAP vs. Its Competitors

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

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$36.99B9.10$3.38B$6.0445.37
Palantir Technologies$2.87B150.82$462.19M$0.30607.23

Palantir Technologies has a net margin of 22.18% compared to SAP's net margin of 18.26%. SAP's return on equity of 14.84% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SAP18.26% 14.84% 9.01%
Palantir Technologies 22.18%10.75%8.71%

SAP has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

SAP presently has a consensus price target of $281.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.78%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus price target of $140.22, indicating a potential downside of 23.03%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Palantir Technologies
2 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 175 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 197 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 22 mentions for SAP. Palantir Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat SAP's score of 0.52 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
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Palantir Technologies
133 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
32 Neutral mention(s)
14 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

SAP beats Palantir Technologies on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SAP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SAP vs. The Competition

MetricSAPCOMP IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$336.95B$182.25B$33.20B$22.14B
Dividend Yield0.67%1.19%3.16%3.57%
P/E Ratio45.3731.03495.3629.64
Price / Sales9.106.872,035.1995.37
Price / Cash47.4727.2937.8824.65
Price / Book6.799.387.534.61
Net Income$3.38B$4.39B$819.01M$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.56%-0.39%2.27%0.14%
1 Month Performance1.88%2.30%11.13%2.33%
1 Year Performance25.66%7.30%24,144.38%13.85%

SAP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAP
SAP
3.2713 of 5 stars
$274.06
-0.1%
$281.67
+2.8%
+24.2%$336.95B$36.99B45.37109,973Trending News
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
2.1455 of 5 stars
$178.86
+0.7%
$140.22
-21.6%
+348.7%$424.32B$2.87B596.223,936Trending News
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APP
AppLovin
3.0735 of 5 stars
$712.36
+6.3%
$553.62
-22.3%
+320.3%$240.96B$5.74B101.191,710Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SHOP
Shopify
3.2851 of 5 stars
$149.00
+6.2%
$151.69
+1.8%
+99.6%$193.65B$8.88B83.248,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4561 of 5 stars
$488.45
+1.5%
$483.79
-1.0%
+69.7%$122.58B$3.95B-410.4610,118Positive News
NTES
NetEase
4.0309 of 5 stars
$151.36
+2.5%
$132.00
-12.8%
+47.6%$95.90B$14.43B20.4826,028Positive News
Short Interest ↑
RBLX
Roblox
2.5308 of 5 stars
$141.61
+4.9%
$126.24
-10.9%
+200.9%$91.34B$3.60B-99.032,474Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
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SNOW
Snowflake
4.2245 of 5 stars
$225.76
+0.5%
$255.53
+13.2%
+111.6%$76.49B$3.63B-54.407,834Trending News
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NET
Cloudflare
3.7611 of 5 stars
$218.55
+1.0%
$191.28
-12.5%
+165.0%$76.16B$1.67B-642.794,263
INFY
American Noble Gas
2.7999 of 5 stars
$16.33
-1.2%
$17.18
+5.2%
-26.7%$67.67B$19.28B21.20323,578
CRWV
CoreWeave
1.7418 of 5 stars
$122.52
+1.8%
$125.89
+2.7%
N/A$59.86BN/A0.00881Trending News
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This page (NYSE:SAP) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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