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

Should you be buying SAP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SAP include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Shopify (SHOP), AppLovin (APP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), Roblox (RBLX), American Noble Gas (INFY), Snowflake (SNOW), CoreWeave (CRWV), and Cloudflare (NET). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation 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$36.99B10.17$3.38B$5.2258.65
Palantir Technologies$2.87B126.43$462.19M$0.23667.48

SAP presently has a consensus target price of $271.83, indicating a potential downside of 11.21%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus target price of $91.37, indicating a potential downside of 40.48%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09
Palantir Technologies
4 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Palantir Technologies has a net margin of 18.32% compared to SAP's net margin of 16.33%. SAP's return on equity of 13.66% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SAP16.33% 13.66% 8.26%
Palantir Technologies 18.32%6.55%5.27%

45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Palantir Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

SAP has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its share price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 136 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 172 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 36 mentions for SAP. Palantir Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat SAP's score of 1.02 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
26 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Palantir Technologies
117 Very Positive mention(s)
17 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
6 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$379.13B$166.56B$28.61B$20.85B
Dividend Yield0.60%1.29%3.07%3.65%
P/E Ratio58.6536.4033.5627.56
Price / Sales10.1717.651,802.6159.11
Price / Cash53.4128.3238.0622.29
Price / Book7.599.967.634.66
Net Income$3.38B$3.48B$779.03M$994.58M
7 Day Performance1.72%0.55%2.35%-0.29%
1 Month Performance5.60%8.07%7.44%4.90%
1 Year Performance55.25%39.17%52,486.13%11.14%

SAP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAP
SAP
3.4187 of 5 stars
$306.17
-0.8%
$271.83
-11.2%
+55.2%$379.13B$36.99B58.65109,973Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
2.7403 of 5 stars
$149.16
+5.0%
$90.37
-39.4%
+436.4%$351.99B$2.87B648.503,936Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
SHOP
Shopify
4.1346 of 5 stars
$116.79
+4.2%
$115.77
-0.9%
+101.3%$151.53B$9.38B75.3511,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
APP
AppLovin
3.9516 of 5 stars
$355.99
+6.2%
$438.43
+23.2%
+350.3%$120.46B$5.14B64.261,710Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4588 of 5 stars
$476.46
-0.4%
$456.40
-4.2%
+38.7%$118.76B$3.95B-690.5210,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
NTES
NetEase
4.1842 of 5 stars
$129.96
+1.3%
$119.38
-8.1%
+47.1%$82.34B$107.27B18.7026,028Positive News
Gap Up
RBLX
Roblox
2.6834 of 5 stars
$111.92
+5.9%
$86.45
-22.8%
+212.5%$75.91B$3.60B-83.522,474Analyst Forecast
INFY
American Noble Gas
2.3424 of 5 stars
$18.01
-1.0%
$17.48
-3.0%
-18.2%$74.62B$19.28B23.70323,578News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SNOW
Snowflake
3.8118 of 5 stars
$213.22
+1.1%
$225.36
+5.7%
+66.9%$71.19B$3.63B-50.657,834Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CRWV
CoreWeave
N/A$132.46
+5.3%
$81.56
-38.4%
N/A$63.58BN/A0.00881Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
NET
Cloudflare
4.0174 of 5 stars
$182.73
+0.7%
$148.92
-18.5%
+150.7%$63.34B$1.67B-794.494,263Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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