Erste Group Bank Estimates SAP’s FY2026 Earnings (NYSE:SAP)

SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) – Investment analysts at Erste Group Bank cut their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for SAP in a research note issued on Friday, June 5th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now anticipates that the software maker will earn $8.31 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $8.42. The consensus estimate for SAP’s current full-year earnings is $8.37 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for SAP’s FY2027 earnings at $9.68 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “neutral” rating on shares of SAP in a report on Tuesday, March 24th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of SAP from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Thursday. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of SAP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. HSBC raised shares of SAP from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on SAP from $210.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $283.40.

SAP Trading Up 0.1%

NYSE SAP opened at $164.33 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $201.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 1.12. SAP has a 12 month low of $158.58 and a 12 month high of $313.28. 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 50-day moving average of $173.97 and a 200-day moving average of $202.30.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 27th. The software maker reported $1.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $11.06 billion for the quarter. SAP had a return on equity of 17.31% and a net margin of 20.08%.

SAP Increases Dividend

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SAP

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Sound Income Strategies LLC boosted its stake in shares of SAP by 109.4% during the 4th quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 111 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of SAP during the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. Bayban bought a new stake in shares of SAP in the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Community Bank N.A. acquired a new stake in SAP in the third quarter valued at $32,000. Finally, Front Row Advisors LLC raised its holdings in SAP by 362.5% in the first quarter. Front Row Advisors LLC now owns 185 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares in 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.