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

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), Snowflake (SNOW), American Noble Gas (INFY), Cloudflare (NET), and Atlassian (TEAM). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

45.7% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Palantir Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $136.61, indicating a potential downside of 25.02%. SAP has a consensus target price of $281.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.65%. 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
Palantir Technologies
2 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.09
SAP
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.08

Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.6, meaning that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SAP has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$2.87B150.05$462.19M$0.30607.33
SAP$36.99B9.81$3.38B$6.0448.91

In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 324 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 343 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 19 mentions for SAP. SAP's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.84 indicating that SAP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Palantir Technologies
166 Very Positive mention(s)
46 Positive mention(s)
84 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
7 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SAP
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

SAP beats Palantir Technologies on 10 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$358.45B$170.65B$29.51B$20.71B
Dividend Yield0.63%1.33%3.11%3.67%
P/E Ratio48.9138.5350.8728.65
Price / Sales9.819.971,556.0269.00
Price / Cash50.5028.8436.7223.59
Price / Book7.7210.217.314.32
Net Income$3.38B$4.12B$803.33M$995.66M
7 Day Performance4.41%0.10%1.13%1.91%
1 Month Performance-4.33%-3.35%-0.75%-0.54%
1 Year Performance43.21%35.17%53,045.80%14.76%

SAP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAP
SAP
3.0281 of 5 stars
$295.42
+1.2%
$281.67
-4.7%
+46.4%$358.45B$36.99B48.91109,973Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
2.4398 of 5 stars
$157.88
-0.6%
$95.30
-39.6%
+592.0%$372.58B$2.87B686.423,936Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
SHOP
Shopify
3.9793 of 5 stars
$126.82
+1.9%
$119.68
-5.6%
+136.5%$164.53B$9.38B81.8211,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
APP
AppLovin
3.3631 of 5 stars
$370.97
+1.9%
$447.57
+20.6%
+550.9%$125.53B$4.71B66.961,710Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.3824 of 5 stars
$471.84
+0.8%
$461.17
-2.3%
+84.2%$117.61B$3.95B-683.8310,118Trending News
Insider Trade
NTES
NetEase
3.7155 of 5 stars
$131.89
-2.6%
$120.00
-9.0%
+49.2%$83.57B$14.43B18.9826,028
RBLX
Roblox
3.1568 of 5 stars
$120.67
+1.6%
$96.27
-20.2%
+258.7%$81.85B$3.60B-90.052,474Trending News
Insider Trade
SNOW
Snowflake
4.0833 of 5 stars
$218.86
-0.3%
$226.73
+3.6%
+79.6%$73.07B$3.63B-51.997,834Trending News
Gap Up
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.1214 of 5 stars
$17.16
-1.2%
$18.48
+7.7%
-23.7%$71.08B$19.28B22.28323,578Positive News
NET
Cloudflare
4.2733 of 5 stars
$199.34
+0.5%
$161.72
-18.9%
+175.4%$69.09B$1.67B-866.704,263
TEAM
Atlassian
4.8367 of 5 stars
$201.88
-0.6%
$274.05
+35.7%
+24.4%$52.99B$4.96B-121.6112,157Trending News
Earnings Report
Insider Trade

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