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

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), Cloudflare (NET), Snowflake (SNOW), American Noble Gas (INFY), and Datadog (DDOG). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

SAP vs. Its Competitors

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

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
Palantir Technologies22.18% 10.75% 8.71%
SAP 18.26%14.84%9.01%

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

In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 153 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 171 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 18 mentions for SAP. Palantir Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat SAP's score of 0.74 indicating that Palantir Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Palantir Technologies
109 Very Positive mention(s)
23 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SAP
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Palantir Technologies$2.87B136.13$462.19M$0.30548.08
SAP$36.99B8.61$3.38B$6.0442.90

Palantir Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $138.28, suggesting a potential downside of 15.90%. SAP has a consensus target price of $281.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.70%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SAP is more favorable than Palantir Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Palantir Technologies
2 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09
SAP
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.59, meaning that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SAP has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$318.19B$177.10B$31.56B$21.55B
Dividend Yield0.73%1.23%3.15%3.49%
P/E Ratio42.8840.15451.9430.03
Price / Sales8.617.001,736.1153.09
Price / Cash43.6927.6937.2024.77
Price / Book6.429.597.444.55
Net Income$3.38B$4.39B$809.77M$999.02M
7 Day Performance-0.49%2.32%3.69%2.22%
1 Month Performance-6.69%1.73%6.79%5.48%
1 Year Performance16.66%6.91%24,288.60%14.74%

SAP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAP
SAP
3.9349 of 5 stars
$259.13
+2.2%
$281.67
+8.7%
+13.5%$318.19B$36.99B42.88109,973Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
2.8142 of 5 stars
$156.10
+2.0%
$136.61
-12.5%
+368.9%$370.32B$2.87B520.353,936Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SHOP
Shopify
N/A$146.22
-0.4%
$150.27
+2.8%
N/A$190.04B$10.01B94.3411,600Positive News
APP
AppLovin
2.8686 of 5 stars
$547.04
+11.6%
$482.86
-11.7%
+419.4%$185.04B$5.74B77.701,710Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.1969 of 5 stars
$428.06
+2.5%
$460.10
+7.5%
+66.2%$107.43B$3.95B-359.7110,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NTES
NetEase
4.3849 of 5 stars
$144.00
+7.2%
$128.78
-10.6%
+104.6%$91.24B$14.43B19.4926,028Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
RBLX
Roblox
2.653 of 5 stars
$128.56
+0.7%
$121.96
-5.1%
+193.7%$82.93B$3.60B-89.902,474Positive News
NET
Cloudflare
3.8224 of 5 stars
$217.96
+1.6%
$191.28
-12.2%
+174.7%$75.96B$1.67B-641.074,263Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
4.3889 of 5 stars
$226.41
+0.4%
$255.53
+12.9%
+91.7%$75.59B$3.63B-54.567,834Positive News
Short Interest ↑
INFY
American Noble Gas
2.9944 of 5 stars
$16.80
+2.5%
$17.18
+2.3%
-26.5%$69.62B$19.28B21.81323,578Positive News
DDOG
Datadog
4.5248 of 5 stars
$136.44
+0.3%
$153.10
+12.2%
+20.8%$47.58B$2.68B389.846,500Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:SAP) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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