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$237.60 +5.58 (+2.40%)
(As of 11/29/2024 ET)

SAP vs. PLTR, SHOP, APP, INFY, CRWD, TEAM, TTD, SNOW, NTES, 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), Infosys (INFY), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Atlassian (TEAM), Trade Desk (TTD), Snowflake (SNOW), NetEase (NTES), and Datadog (DDOG). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

SAP vs.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) and Palantir Technologies (NYSE: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 earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

SAP presently has a consensus target price of $252.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.20%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus target price of $35.64, indicating a potential downside of 46.87%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Palantir Technologies
6 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.75

SAP received 680 more outperform votes than Palantir Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.00% of users gave SAP an outperform vote while only 42.78% of users gave Palantir Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SAPOutperform Votes
763
66.00%
Underperform Votes
393
34.00%
Palantir TechnologiesOutperform Votes
83
42.78%
Underperform Votes
111
57.22%

In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 72 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 93 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 21 mentions for SAP. SAP's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 1.00 indicating that SAP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SAP
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Palantir Technologies
61 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

SAP has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palantir Technologies has a beta of 2.7, indicating that its share price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Palantir Technologies has a net margin of 18.01% compared to SAP's net margin of 8.15%. SAP's return on equity of 11.44% beat Palantir Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SAP8.15% 11.44% 6.92%
Palantir Technologies 18.01%9.94%7.91%

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$33.77B8.64$6.64B$2.5095.04
Palantir Technologies$2.23B68.68$209.82M$0.20335.42

Summary

SAP beats Palantir Technologies on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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

MetricSAPPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$291.89B$25.81B$25.55B$20.48B
Dividend Yield0.73%2.28%2.69%3.44%
P/E Ratio95.0468.41196.0437.60
Price / Sales8.6414.613,437.4020.25
Price / Cash34.5292.2836.2122.42
Price / Book6.409.077.374.77
Net Income$6.64B$439.07M$675.58M$982.54M
7 Day Performance0.57%4.59%2.33%1.28%
1 Month Performance1.93%16.40%8.77%6.85%
1 Year Performance48.42%27.29%21.07%25.02%

SAP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAP
SAP
3.3303 of 5 stars
$237.60
+2.4%
$252.33
+6.2%
+49.3%$291.89B$33.77B95.04107,602Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
3.1122 of 5 stars
$64.93
+0.9%
$35.64
-45.1%
+234.5%$147.91B$2.23B327.523,735Insider Trade
Positive News
SHOP
Shopify
4.4834 of 5 stars
$111.13
+3.9%
$94.95
-14.6%
+58.7%$143.40B$7.06B102.278,300Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Positive News
APP
AppLovin
3.784 of 5 stars
$323.09
-3.1%
$249.34
-22.8%
+798.5%$108.43B$2.63B100.961,745Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
INFY
Infosys
2.2407 of 5 stars
$22.73
-0.3%
$20.85
-8.3%
+25.7%$94.15B$18.56B29.09317,240Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.3632 of 5 stars
$363.65
-2.3%
$339.08
-6.8%
+46.0%$89.14B$3.06B524.947,925Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
TEAM
Atlassian
4.4292 of 5 stars
$264.23
+1.4%
$244.21
-7.6%
+38.0%$68.81B$4.36B-176.1412,157Insider Trade
TTD
Trade Desk
3.6168 of 5 stars
$129.54
-0.1%
$124.66
-3.8%
+82.4%$63.94B$1.95B214.773,115Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
3.9582 of 5 stars
$172.25
+2.9%
$181.09
+5.1%
-6.8%$57.74B$2.81B-49.397,004Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
News Coverage
NTES
NetEase
4.4406 of 5 stars
$85.77
-0.8%
$107.29
+25.1%
-22.9%$55.08B$105.69B14.5629,128Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
DDOG
Datadog
4.3389 of 5 stars
$156.55
+1.1%
$150.96
-3.6%
+31.0%$53.18B$2.13B292.145,200Short Interest ↑
Positive News

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