NYSE:SAPSAP Competitors & Alternatives

SAP (NYSE:SAP) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) 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 profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for SAP and Adobe, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

SAP currently has a consensus price target of $138.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.40%. Adobe has a consensus price target of $406.9259, suggesting a potential downside of 8.13%. Given SAP's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SAP is more favorable than Adobe.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

4.7% of SAP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Adobe shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Adobe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

SAP has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adobe has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SAP and Adobe's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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

Profitability

This table compares SAP and Adobe's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Summary

Adobe beats SAP on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) and salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) 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 profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for SAP and salesforce.com, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

SAP currently has a consensus price target of $138.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.40%. salesforce.com has a consensus price target of $200.1579, suggesting a potential upside of 3.96%. Given salesforce.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe salesforce.com is more favorable than SAP.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

4.7% of SAP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of salesforce.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of salesforce.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

SAP has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, salesforce.com has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SAP and salesforce.com's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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

Profitability

This table compares SAP and salesforce.com's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Summary

SAP beats salesforce.com on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) 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 profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Dividends

SAP pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Oracle pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. SAP pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oracle 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Oracle has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Oracle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for SAP and Oracle, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

SAP currently has a consensus price target of $138.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.40%. Oracle has a consensus price target of $54.9286, suggesting a potential downside of 1.81%. Given Oracle's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oracle is more favorable than SAP.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.7% of SAP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of Oracle shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.6% of Oracle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

SAP has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oracle has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SAP and Oracle's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

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

Profitability

This table compares SAP and Oracle's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Summary

Oracle beats SAP on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) and Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) 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 profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for SAP and Shopify, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

SAP currently has a consensus price target of $138.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.40%. Shopify has a consensus price target of $694.6296, suggesting a potential downside of 32.56%. Given SAP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SAP is more favorable than Shopify.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

4.7% of SAP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.3% of Shopify shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

SAP has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shopify has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares SAP and Shopify's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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

Profitability

This table compares SAP and Shopify's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Summary

SAP beats Shopify on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) and Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) 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 profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares SAP and Intuit's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

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

Profitability

This table compares SAP and Intuit's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for SAP and Intuit, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

SAP currently has a consensus price target of $138.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.40%. Intuit has a consensus price target of $308.4118, suggesting a potential upside of 1.02%. Given Intuit's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Intuit is more favorable than SAP.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.7% of SAP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Intuit shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Intuit shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

SAP pays an annual dividend of $1.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Intuit pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. SAP pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intuit pays out 38.0% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Intuit has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. SAP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Volatility and Risk

SAP has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuit has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Intuit beats SAP on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) 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 risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares SAP and ServiceNow's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

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

Profitability

This table compares SAP and ServiceNow's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for SAP and ServiceNow, as provided by MarketBeat.

SAP currently has a consensus price target of $138.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.40%. ServiceNow has a consensus price target of $378.5385, suggesting a potential downside of 8.61%. Given SAP's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SAP is more favorable than ServiceNow.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

4.7% of SAP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of ServiceNow shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of SAP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of ServiceNow shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

SAP has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServiceNow has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ServiceNow beats SAP on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.