SAP (NYSE:SAP) Hits New 1-Year Low – Time to Sell?

Shares of SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) hit a new 52-week low during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $147.86 and last traded at $147.5110, with a volume of 2358065 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $154.34.

Trending Headlines about SAP

Here are the key news stories impacting SAP this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SAP reported strong cloud momentum, with current cloud backlog rising 27%, cloud revenue up 22%, and total revenue up 9%, signaling that demand for its enterprise software remains solid. SAP Quarterly Statement Q2 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Investors appeared encouraged that SAP’s cloud growth is holding up despite AI-related worries, with the company saying AI in enterprise software needs to prove value in more complex business processes before meaningful returns show up. SAP CFO says AI must move beyond chatbot ‘low-hanging fruit’ before seeing returns
• Neutral Sentiment: SAP beat the prior-year comparison on revenue growth, but earnings per share of $1.82 missed estimates of $2.00 and operating profit growth slowed, which keeps some pressure on the stock’s near-term fundamentals. SAP Earnings Report
• Neutral Sentiment: SAP also updated full-year revenue guidance to about $47.3 billion, modestly above consensus, but lowered its operating profit outlook due in part to acquisition-related dilution, creating a mixed read-through for investors. SAP Second-Quarter Revenue Up on Cloud Business Results, Operating Profit Guidance Lowered on Slowing Growth
• Negative Sentiment: Unusually high put option activity suggests some traders are still hedging for downside, reflecting lingering caution after the earnings and guidance update. SAP Sees Unusually High Options Volume

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on SAP shares. Wall Street Zen downgraded SAP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $265.00 target price on shares of SAP in a report on Wednesday, June 10th. Piper Sandler cut SAP from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of SAP from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Finally, HSBC raised SAP from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, SAP currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $267.00.

SAP Trading Down 1.7%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 1.07. The company has a market cap of $179.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.14. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $165.78 and its 200 day moving average price is $184.61.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last announced its earnings results on Friday, February 27th. The software maker reported $1.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $11.06 billion during the quarter. SAP had a return on equity of 17.31% and a net margin of 20.08%. Research analysts anticipate that SAP SE will post 8.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On SAP

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in shares of SAP by 91.1% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 2,633 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $648,000 after purchasing an additional 1,255 shares during the period. Baird Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of SAP during the 1st quarter valued at $242,000. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in SAP by 49.0% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 16,309 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,378,000 after purchasing an additional 5,363 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC acquired a new position in shares of SAP during the first quarter valued at about $2,681,000. Finally, Sivia Capital Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of SAP by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,050 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $928,000 after buying an additional 69 shares during the period.

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.