SAP SE fell roughly 50% from its 2025 peak on AI disruption fears and weaker cloud backlog growth, and even after the rebound it trades about 30% below the peak. Q2 was better than feared, with current cloud backlog up 26% and cloud revenue up 24%, but guidance depends on a Middle East de-escalation that hasn't really happened. SAP's AI plan looks serious, but as an old company with over 110,000 employees, execution is the main risk, and it isn't part of the AI build-out.
Asian stocks dropped, tracking the weakness in U.S. technology stocks, as simmering geopolitical tensions continued to weigh on appetite for risky assets.
SAP's planned TechWolf acquisition aims to strengthen AI-driven talent management, skills mapping and workforce planning as enterprises adopt AI.
SAP (NYSE:SAP), the enterprise applications company, has agreed to acquire TechWolf, a Ghent-based provider of an artificial intelligence (AI) work intelligence platform, though the companies did not disclose the terms of the deal. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval.
SAP SE sold off due to broader industry trends, but reactions to the last two quarterly reports show that the market is hesitant. The stock is pricing-in a very negative scenario for 2027 and the years ahead, which is far from certain at this point in time. I am cautiously optimistic about SAP's performance going forward, but we might see the stock trading at even more attractive levels in the coming months.
A SAP executive anticipates a recovery from the SaaSpocalypse, driven by advances in business AI. SAP is using AI to solidify its competitive edge against Palantir and other tech giants.
SAP is downgraded from strong buy to hold after a 36% rally in two months. Cloud revenue surged 24% and backlog 27%, with AI and cloud initiatives driving major deals. SAP's cloud gross margin remains robust at 74.6%, supporting overall profitability and solid free cash flow.
SAP SE is rated a Buy, with technical and fundamental factors supporting upside despite a recent UBS downgrade. Cloud revenue and backlog growth remain robust, but margin expansion is challenged by lower cloud margins versus legacy support streams. A €10B buyback program through 2027 and recent AI/data acquisitions underpin long-term EPS and strategic positioning.
SAP (NYSE:SAP) faces a slower path to monetizing artificial intelligence, according to UBS, which downgraded the German software giant to Neutral from Buy on concerns that agentic AI is reaching customers too slowly. The Swiss bank said SAP remains a dominant system of record with a deep moat around its core enterprise resource planning business, but the pace of "out-of-the-box" AI agent delivery is lagging.
The software sector's artificial-intelligence pain is starting to look chronic.
SAP stock slumped on Wednesday, making it the worst-performing large-cap European stock, after a UBS analyst criticized the German database giant's slow rollout of artificial-intelligence-based tools.
SAP's Business Data Cloud is becoming a key AI pillar as strong deal adoption, cloud growth and data integration support its push toward the autonomous enterprise.