SAP (NYSE:SAP) Sets New 1-Year Low – Should You Sell?

SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) hit a new 52-week low during trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $233.22 and last traded at $232.4020, with a volume of 110647 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $235.84.

Key Headlines Impacting SAP

Here are the key news stories impacting SAP this week:

• Positive Sentiment: BofA says risk is skewed to the upside into SAP’s upcoming 4Q results — suggests analysts expect better-than-feared results or upside surprises that could drive the stock higher on the report. SAP stock: BofA sees risk skewed to the upside into 4Q results
• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley also views risk skewed to the upside into 4Q results — a second major house backing upside raises the chance that earnings/guide beats could spur a rally when results arrive. SAP stock: Morgan Stanley sees risk skewed to the upside into 4Q results
• Positive Sentiment: SAP announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Syngenta to embed AI across Syngenta’s operations — expands SAP’s total addressable market in agriculture, highlights demand for AI-enabled enterprise software and could support recurring cloud revenue over time. SAP and Syngenta Announce Partnership to Scale AI-Assisted Agriculture
• Neutral Sentiment: Decisions + ProcessMaker acquired a codeless SAP integration/automation company — signals healthy third‑party ecosystem and demand for easier SAP automation, but the deal is indirect and unlikely to materially change SAP’s near-term financials. Decisions + ProcessMaker Acquires Codeless SAP Integration and Automation Company
• Neutral Sentiment: Praxis completed a rapid SAP Cloud ERP go‑live for a mid‑market customer in three months — a positive execution example, but small in scale relative to SAP’s enterprise footprint. Praxis enables rapid SAP cloud ERP go-live for Dhananjay Group in just three months
• Negative Sentiment: Unusually large put option activity: ~5,494 puts traded on Friday (≈136% above typical put volume). This elevated put buying can reflect hedging or bearish bets and may exert short-term downward pressure or increased volatility ahead of results.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on SAP shares. Arete Research upgraded SAP to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Oddo Bhf upgraded shares of SAP from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 24th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of SAP in a research note on Monday, October 27th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of SAP in a report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Argus restated a “buy” rating and set a $320.00 target price on shares of SAP in a report on Friday, October 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $280.20.

SAP Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.10. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $243.17 and a 200 day moving average price of $265.44.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The software maker reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.69 by $0.17. SAP had a return on equity of 15.69% and a net margin of 19.50%.The firm had revenue of $10.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.10 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.23 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts anticipate that SAP SE will post 6.55 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. First PREMIER Bank acquired a new stake in SAP during the third quarter worth about $25,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC lifted its position in shares of SAP by 246.4% in the 3rd quarter. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 97 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 69 shares during the period. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of SAP during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of SAP during the second quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Copia Wealth Management acquired a new position in shares of SAP in the third quarter valued at $28,000.

About SAP

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.