Leonteq Securities AG Lowers Holdings in SAP SE $SAP

Leonteq Securities AG reduced its stake in shares of SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) by 64.5% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 3,893 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 7,070 shares during the quarter. Leonteq Securities AG’s holdings in SAP were worth $667,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Windacre Partnership LLC boosted its stake in shares of SAP by 130.9% in the third quarter. Windacre Partnership LLC now owns 2,357,225 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $629,874,000 after buying an additional 1,336,325 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in SAP by 58.1% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,650,418 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $805,992,000 after acquiring an additional 973,779 shares during the period. Sustainable Growth Advisers LP boosted its position in SAP by 1,126.3% in the 3rd quarter. Sustainable Growth Advisers LP now owns 842,416 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $225,102,000 after purchasing an additional 773,720 shares in the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp boosted its position in SAP by 1,582.7% in the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 817,295 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $198,529,000 after purchasing an additional 768,725 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of SAP during the 4th quarter worth approximately $81,784,000.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

SAP has been the subject of several analyst reports. Santander upgraded shares of SAP from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of SAP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Piper Sandler cut shares of SAP from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of SAP from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of SAP in a research note on Tuesday, March 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, SAP has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $283.40.

SAP Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of SAP opened at $162.54 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $169.45 and a 200 day moving average price of $193.54. SAP SE has a one year low of $148.06 and a one year high of $313.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 1.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $199.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.96, a PEG ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.14.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 27th. The software maker reported $1.99 earnings per share for the quarter. SAP had a return on equity of 17.31% and a net margin of 20.08%.The company had revenue of $11.06 billion for the quarter. Equities research analysts forecast that SAP SE will post 8.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

SAP Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared an annual dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 5th were paid a $2.9291 dividend. This is an increase from SAP’s previous annual dividend of $2.54. This represents a dividend yield of 170.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 5th. SAP’s payout ratio is 28.92%.

Trending Headlines about SAP

Here are the key news stories impacting SAP this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SAP is emphasizing AI-driven growth, saying it wants employees to create new AI-powered roles and redeploy workers into higher-value work rather than relying on large layoffs. That could support longer-term productivity and revenue opportunities. SAP Seeks to Rein In Costs to Focus on AI Investments
• Positive Sentiment: The company also announced a one-time $1,000 contribution for eligible U.S.-based employees’ children as part of a broader family-support initiative, which is positive for employee morale and corporate reputation, though it is not a major direct financial driver. SAP Celebrates America’s 250th with Investment in the Next Generation
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple outlets reported that SAP is cutting or freezing non-core hiring and reducing travel and expense budgets to fund a bigger AI push. Investors may see this as disciplined spending, but it also signals near-term restraint on operating expenses and headcount growth. SAP cuts hiring and travel to fund AI
• Negative Sentiment: The repeated focus on budget tightening, non-core hiring freezes, and expense controls may raise concerns that SAP is slowing spending to preserve margins, which can weigh on sentiment if investors worry about reduced growth in the near term. SAP wants workers to create new AI-powered jobs, slashes travel and expenses budgets to up AI spend

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.