SAP SE $SAP Stock Holdings Reduced by Polen Capital Management LLC

Polen Capital Management LLC trimmed its holdings in SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) by 32.4% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 233,332 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 111,620 shares during the quarter. Polen Capital Management LLC’s holdings in SAP were worth $56,679,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Sound Income Strategies LLC boosted its holdings in SAP by 109.4% in 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 in the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of SAP during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Community Bank N.A. acquired a new position in shares of SAP during the 3rd quarter valued at about $32,000. GoalVest Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in SAP in the 4th quarter worth approximately $35,000. Finally, Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in SAP by 758.8% during the fourth quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 146 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares during the period.

SAP News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting SAP this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SAP and Deloitte launched an AI-led delivery center in Bengaluru that could add up to 500 AI specialists, reinforcing SAP’s push into enterprise AI and expanding its India talent base. Deloitte-SAP launch Bengaluru hub, to add up to 500 AI specialists
• Positive Sentiment: SAP is highlighting India as a major future AI market, with CEO Christian Klein saying the country could become a frontrunner in applying AI in industry, which supports the company’s long-term growth narrative there. SAP CEO Christian Klein says India a future AI frontrunner
• Positive Sentiment: SAP released patches for multiple critical vulnerabilities, which may help reduce security risk for customers and protect enterprise confidence in its software platform. Ivanti, Fortinet, and SAP Release Patches for Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities
• Neutral Sentiment: SAP’s presentation at the Bank of America Global Research C-Suite TMT Conference likely offered updates on strategy and operations, but no major new catalyst was evident from the transcript headline alone. SAP SE (SAP) Presents at Bank of America Global Research C-Suite TMT Conference Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: SAP shares weakened after Oracle unveiled aggressive AI investment plans, stoking concerns that a rival could spend heavily to compete more directly in enterprise software and AI. SAP shares retreat after Oracle unveils aggressive AI investment plans (SAP)
• Negative Sentiment: Goldman Sachs reportedly lowered its gross margin forecast for SAP, citing rising hardware costs, which could pressure profitability expectations. SAP falls as Goldman lowers gross margin forecast on rising hardware costs
• Negative Sentiment: Separately, SAP’s stock was also hit by the broader software-sector reaction to Oracle’s spending surge, with investors interpreting the higher AI capex environment as a potential threat to margins and competition. SAP stock tumbles 3%: why Oracle’s AI capex surge is hitting software shares

SAP Stock Down 3.9%

Shares of SAP stock opened at $163.59 on Friday. 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 stock has a fifty day moving average price of $174.11 and a 200 day moving average price of $202.83. SAP SE has a one year low of $158.58 and a one year high of $313.28. The stock has a market cap of $200.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 1.12.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 27th. The software maker reported $1.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. SAP had a net margin of 20.08% and a return on equity of 17.31%. The firm had revenue of $11.06 billion during the quarter. Analysts predict that SAP SE will post 8.39 earnings per share for the current year.

SAP Increases Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

SAP has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $265.00 target price on shares of SAP in a report on Wednesday. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on SAP from $210.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Santander upgraded SAP from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of SAP in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered SAP from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Monday, March 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $283.40.

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.