SAPSAP
About: Founded in Germany in 1972 by former IBM employees, SAP is the world's largest provider of enterprise application software. Known as the leader in enterprise resource planning software, SAP's portfolio also includes software for supply chain management, procurement, travel and expense management, and customer relationship management, among others. The company operates in more than 180 countries and has more than 400,000 customers, approximately 80% of which are small to medium-size enterprises.
Employees: 109,973
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
104% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 141 | Existing positions closed: 69
11% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $15.9B [Q3] → $17.6B (+$1.73B) [Q4]
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 784 [Q3] → 839 (+55) [Q4]
4% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 290 | Existing positions reduced: 278
0.08% more ownership
Funds ownership: 5.65% [Q3] → 5.73% (+0.08%) [Q4]
17% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $359M | Put options by funds: $432M
20% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 15 [Q3] → 12 (-3) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
4 analyst ratings
RBC Capital Irene Nattel 50% 1-year accuracy 2 / 4 met price target | 86%downside $38 | Outperform Reiterated | 30 Jan 2025 |
Barclays Raimo Lenschow 39% 1-year accuracy 32 / 82 met price target | 8%upside $286 | Overweight Maintained | 30 Jan 2025 |
BMO Capital Keith Bachman 43% 1-year accuracy 23 / 53 met price target | 16%upside $307 | Outperform Maintained | 29 Jan 2025 |
JMP Securities Patrick Walravens 67% 1-year accuracy 73 / 109 met price target | 25%upside $330 | Market Outperform Maintained | 29 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 21 articles about SAP published over the past 30 days









