SAP (NYSE:SAP) Reaches New 12-Month Low – Time to Sell?

SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) hit a new 52-week low on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $189.22 and last traded at $199.80, with a volume of 6628648 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $197.29.

Key SAP News

Here are the key news stories impacting SAP this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks upgraded SAP to a “strong-buy” and added the stock to its Zacks Rank #1 list, boosting buy-side attention and momentum. New Strong Buy Stocks for February 5th
• Positive Sentiment: Piper Sandler initiated coverage on SAP, bringing additional analyst focus and potential flow from institutional investors that follow the firm’s research. Piper Sandler Initiates Coverage on SAP
• Positive Sentiment: SAP announced a multi-season partnership with N4XT Experiences to power digital and retail infrastructure for New York Fashion Week — a commercial reference win that highlights SAP’s retail and experiential commerce strategy. N4XT Experiences and SAP Announce Partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage of SAP’s Joule for Consultants highlights ongoing AI product innovation aimed at improving project delivery and competitive differentiation in transformation services. AI for transformation: How SAP’s Joule for Consultants reimagines project delivery
• Neutral Sentiment: A comparative piece contrasts SAP with smaller peers (SofTech), offering context for investors assessing relative valuation and market positioning but not introducing new company-specific catalysts. Comparing SAP & SofTech
• Negative Sentiment: Research reported by media finds most SAP migrations exceed budgets and timelines, a reminder that implementation complexity can create customer churn, delay revenue recognition and pressure services margins. Most SAP migrations bust budgets and project timelines

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have commented on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded shares of SAP from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. JMP Securities reiterated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $375.00 price objective on shares of SAP in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating on shares of SAP in a report on Friday, January 30th. Citizens Jmp lowered SAP from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of SAP in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.75.

SAP Trading Up 3.0%

The company has a current ratio of 1.17, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The firm has a market capitalization of $249.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.85, a PEG ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.17. The business has a 50 day moving average of $235.57 and a 200-day moving average of $256.60.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The software maker reported $1.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.77 by $0.13. SAP had a net margin of 19.92% and a return on equity of 16.52%. The firm had revenue of $11.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.77 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.40 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts anticipate that SAP SE will post 6.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of SAP

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. First PREMIER Bank bought a new position in shares of SAP during the third quarter worth about $25,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC grew its stake in shares of SAP by 246.4% during the 3rd quarter. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 97 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of SAP in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Copia Wealth Management bought a new stake in shares of SAP in the third quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC boosted its holdings in SAP by 109.4% during the fourth quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 111 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares during the last quarter.

SAP Company 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.