SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest

SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,841,263 shares, a growth of 25.8% from the December 15th total of 1,463,098 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 983,266 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Based on an average trading volume of 983,266 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of SAP in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on shares of SAP from $330.00 to $320.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of SAP in a research note on Monday, October 27th. Argus reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $320.00 target price on shares of SAP in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating on shares of SAP in a report on Friday, October 31st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $280.20.

Institutional Trading of SAP

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Perigon Wealth Management LLC grew its position in SAP by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC now owns 15,901 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,862,000 after purchasing an additional 499 shares in the last quarter. Louisbourg Investments Inc. boosted its stake in shares of SAP by 11.9% during the 4th quarter. Louisbourg Investments Inc. now owns 8,480 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $2,060,000 after buying an additional 900 shares during the last quarter. Earned Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of SAP by 23.9% in the 4th quarter. Earned Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,000 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $243,000 after acquiring an additional 193 shares in the last quarter. YHB Investment Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of SAP by 28.6% in the 4th quarter. YHB Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 3,231 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $785,000 after acquiring an additional 718 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its position in shares of SAP by 93.1% in the fourth quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 3,445 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $837,000 after acquiring an additional 1,661 shares during the last quarter.

SAP Trading Down 0.9%

SAP stock traded down $2.17 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $233.67. 1,883,265 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,178,309. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $243.17 and its 200-day moving average is $265.21. SAP has a 12 month low of $231.91 and a 12 month high of $313.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.10.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 22nd. The software maker reported $1.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $10.65 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.10 billion. SAP had a return on equity of 15.69% and a net margin of 19.50%.SAP’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.23 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that SAP will post 6.55 EPS for the current year.

SAP News Summary

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.

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.