LVW Advisors LLC Grows Position in SAP SE (NYSE:SAP)

LVW Advisors LLC grew its stake in SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) by 7.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,734 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 494 shares during the quarter. LVW Advisors LLC’s holdings in SAP were worth $1,658,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in SAP. Godsey & Gibb Inc. acquired a new stake in SAP in the 3rd quarter worth about $25,000. Brooklyn Investment Group purchased a new position in shares of SAP during the 3rd quarter worth about $42,000. Prospera Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in SAP in the third quarter valued at approximately $47,000. Financial Management Professionals Inc. increased its position in SAP by 104.0% during the fourth quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 202 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $50,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc purchased a new position in SAP during the fourth quarter worth approximately $54,000.

SAP Stock Performance

SAP stock opened at $262.74 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $245.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $228.12. SAP SE has a one year low of $158.94 and a one year high of $264.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 1.10 and a current ratio of 1.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $322.77 billion, a PE ratio of 105.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 1.22.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 21st. The software maker reported $1.23 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.31 by ($0.08). The firm had revenue of $8.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.25 billion. SAP had a return on equity of 11.44% and a net margin of 8.15%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.20 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that SAP SE will post 4.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on SAP. TD Cowen raised shares of SAP from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $240.00 to $305.00 in a research note on Friday. Barclays boosted their price target on SAP from $252.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Kepler Capital Markets upgraded SAP from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. JMP Securities boosted their target price on SAP from $245.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets increased their target price on shares of SAP from $248.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, SAP has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.17.

SAP Profile

SAP SE, together with its subsidiaries, provides applications, technology, and services worldwide. It offers SAP S/4HANA that provides software capabilities for finance, risk and project management, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain and asset management, and research and development; SAP SuccessFactors solutions for human resources, including HR and payroll, talent and employee experience management, and people and workforce analytics; and spend management solutions that covers direct and indirect spend, travel and expense, and external workforce management.