Boston Trust Walden Corp Has $1.72 Million Stock Holdings in SAP SE (NYSE:SAP)

Boston Trust Walden Corp grew its position in shares of SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) by 25.0% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,495 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,500 shares during the quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp’s holdings in SAP were worth $1,717,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of SAP. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP acquired a new position in SAP during the 1st quarter worth approximately $58,936,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in SAP during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $40,573,000. Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new position in SAP during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $21,479,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. acquired a new position in SAP during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $20,532,000. Finally, GQG Partners LLC acquired a new position in SAP during the 1st quarter worth approximately $14,940,000.

SAP Stock Down 0.3 %

SAP opened at $237.69 on Monday. SAP SE has a 1-year low of $130.63 and a 1-year high of $240.08. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $223.61 and its 200 day simple moving average is $205.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.12, a quick ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. The stock has a market cap of $292.00 billion, a PE ratio of 51.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 1.25.

SAP (NYSE:SAP) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 21st. The software maker reported $1.23 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.31 by ($0.08). SAP had a net margin of 8.15% and a return on equity of 11.39%. The business had revenue of $8.47 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.25 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.20 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts expect that SAP SE will post 4.83 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have weighed in on SAP. Barclays upped their price target on SAP from $252.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Argus raised SAP from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. TD Cowen increased their price objective on SAP from $234.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 22nd. JMP Securities increased their price objective on SAP from $245.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on SAP from $248.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $252.33.

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.