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

Should you be buying SAP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SAP include Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Shopify (SHOP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), AppLovin (APP), NetEase (NTES), CoreWeave (CRWV), American Noble Gas (INFY), Snowflake (SNOW), Roblox (RBLX), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Palantir Technologies had 132 more articles in the media than SAP. MarketBeat recorded 152 mentions for Palantir Technologies and 20 mentions for SAP. SAP's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Palantir Technologies' score of 0.98 indicating that SAP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SAP
14 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Palantir Technologies
86 Very Positive mention(s)
23 Positive mention(s)
36 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 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, 9.2% of Palantir Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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$36.99B10.06$3.38B$5.2258.00
Palantir Technologies$3.12B101.72$462.19M$0.23583.76

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%

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

SAP currently has a consensus target price of $271.83, suggesting a potential downside of 10.21%. Palantir Technologies has a consensus target price of $89.32, suggesting a potential downside of 33.48%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09
Palantir Technologies
5 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.96

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$373.12B$158.56B$27.72B$20.68B
Dividend Yield0.61%1.28%3.12%3.71%
P/E Ratio58.0038.3037.2428.08
Price / Sales10.0617.082,028.4236.76
Price / Cash52.5728.4038.5122.53
Price / Book7.509.887.224.58
Net Income$3.38B$3.58B$763.57M$985.54M
7 Day Performance0.49%7.56%2.80%2.79%
1 Month Performance-2.29%7.47%5.52%4.37%
1 Year Performance47.01%48.54%52,212.03%15.08%

SAP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SAP
SAP
3.508 of 5 stars
$302.76
+1.5%
$271.83
-10.2%
+47.0%$373.12B$36.99B58.00109,973Positive News
PLTR
Palantir Technologies
2.3312 of 5 stars
$135.33
+3.5%
$89.32
-34.0%
+393.1%$319.37B$2.87B588.393,936Trending News
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SHOP
Shopify
4.0171 of 5 stars
$115.15
+1.3%
$115.66
+0.4%
+73.7%$149.39B$9.38B74.2911,600Positive News
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.3907 of 5 stars
$507.63
+1.7%
$453.88
-10.6%
+31.8%$126.53B$3.95B-735.7010,118Trending News
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APP
AppLovin
4.2763 of 5 stars
$348.50
+4.4%
$438.85
+25.9%
+292.0%$117.93B$4.71B62.911,710Trending News
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NTES
NetEase
4.2575 of 5 stars
$134.82
+1.6%
$119.38
-11.5%
+45.3%$85.42B$14.43B19.4032,100
CRWV
CoreWeave
N/A$163.50
+2.2%
$65.00
-60.2%
N/A$78.48B$2.71B0.00881Options Volume
Gap Up
INFY
American Noble Gas
3.3136 of 5 stars
$18.50
-0.1%
$17.48
-5.5%
-2.2%$76.66B$19.28B24.34339,500Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
3.9749 of 5 stars
$223.02
+0.2%
$225.22
+1.0%
+54.6%$74.46B$3.63B-52.973,990Trending News
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RBLX
Roblox
2.53 of 5 stars
$105.08
-0.5%
$80.57
-23.3%
+167.7%$71.27B$3.60B-78.422,130Trending News
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NET
Cloudflare
3.7761 of 5 stars
$194.81
+0.4%
$145.92
-25.1%
+120.0%$67.52B$1.67B-847.003,220Insider Trade

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