Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC Sells 5,895 Shares of SAP SE $SAP

Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC lessened its holdings in shares of SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) by 14.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 35,053 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 5,895 shares during the period. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC’s holdings in SAP were worth $9,366,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. First PREMIER Bank acquired a new position in shares of SAP in the third quarter worth approximately $25,000. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC increased its position in SAP by 246.4% during the 3rd quarter. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 97 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 69 shares during the period. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in SAP during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Copia Wealth Management acquired a new position in shares of SAP in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, Guerra Advisors Inc bought a new stake in shares of SAP in the 3rd quarter valued at $31,000.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently commented on SAP shares. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of SAP in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Santander raised SAP to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of SAP in a report on Friday, January 30th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of SAP from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered shares of SAP from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $305.75.

SAP Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:SAP opened at $202.09 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $248.27 billion, a PE ratio of 28.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a quick ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $218.45 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $244.86. SAP SE has a twelve month low of $187.93 and a twelve month high of $313.28.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The software maker reported $1.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $11.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.77 billion. SAP had a net margin of 19.92% and a return on equity of 16.54%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.40 earnings per share. Equities analysts forecast that SAP SE will post 6.55 EPS for the current year.

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.