SAP (SAP) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, KARO or SAP?

SAP has higher revenue and earnings than Karooooo. Karooooo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SAP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Karooooo	$210.59M	N/A	$35.89M	$1.18	22.96
SAP	$33.77B	N/A	$6.64B	$5.81	30.75

Is KARO or SAP a better dividend stock?

Karooooo pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. SAP pays an annual dividend of $1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Karooooo pays out 72.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SAP pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. SAP has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend KARO or SAP?

Karooooo presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.74%. SAP has a consensus target price of $193.80, indicating a potential upside of 8.49%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Karooooo is more favorable than SAP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Karooooo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SAP	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has more risk & volatility, KARO or SAP?

Karooooo has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SAP has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KARO or SAP more profitable?

SAP has a net margin of 20.30% compared to SAP's net margin of 16.67%. SAP's return on equity of 25.26% beat Karooooo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Karooooo	16.67%	25.26%	16.79%
SAP	20.30%	9.54%	5.86%

Does the media refer more to KARO or SAP?

In the previous week, SAP had 6 more articles in the media than Karooooo. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SAP and 1 mentions for Karooooo. SAP's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Karooooo's score of 0.05 indicating that Karooooo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Karooooo	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SAP	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KARO or SAP?

SAP received 721 more outperform votes than Karooooo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.44% of users gave Karooooo an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave SAP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Karooooo	Outperform Votes 29 67.44%	Underperform Votes 14 32.56%
SAP	Outperform Votes 750 65.85%	Underperform Votes 389 34.15%

Summary

SAP beats Karooooo on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.