Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Has $11.37 Million Holdings in SAP SE $SAP

Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC raised its stake in SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) by 17.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 42,548 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,397 shares during the period. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC’s holdings in SAP were worth $11,369,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. First PREMIER Bank bought a new position in shares of SAP during the 3rd quarter worth about $25,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC lifted its stake in shares of SAP by 246.4% in the third quarter. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 97 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 69 shares during the period. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in SAP during the third quarter worth about $27,000. Copia Wealth Management bought a new position in SAP during the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Guerra Advisors Inc bought a new position in SAP during the third quarter valued at about $31,000.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have commented on SAP shares. Citigroup downgraded SAP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. HSBC upgraded SAP to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 20th. Wall Street Zen cut SAP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Citizens Jmp downgraded shares of SAP from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of SAP in a report on Friday, January 30th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $305.75.

SAP Trading Down 1.0%

SAP stock opened at $200.26 on Tuesday. SAP SE has a 1-year low of $187.93 and a 1-year high of $313.28. The firm has a market cap of $246.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.41, a P/E/G ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.18. The business’s 50 day moving average is $217.54 and its 200-day moving average is $243.98. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The software maker reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $11.36 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.77 billion. SAP had a return on equity of 16.54% and a net margin of 19.92%.SAP’s revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.40 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that SAP SE will post 6.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

SAP Profile

SAP SE is a global enterprise software company headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. Founded in 1972 by five former IBM engineers, the company’s name is an acronym for Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung (Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing). SAP develops and sells software and services that help organizations manage business processes across finance, human resources, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain and customer relationships.

SAP’s product portfolio spans on‑premises and cloud offerings, anchored by its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions such as SAP S/4HANA and the SAP HANA in‑memory database and platform.