FSE$SAP

SAP SE · Q4 2024 earnings

Q4 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

SAP Q4 2024: €9.38B revenue, €1.37 IFRS EPS as cloud revenue grows 27%

SAP SE reported fourth quarter and full year 2024 results on January 28, 2025. Q4 total revenue rose 11% to €9.38 billion with cloud revenue up 27% to €4.71 billion. Cloud ERP Suite revenue grew 35% to €3.95 billion. IFRS operating profit increased 6% to €2.02 billion and non-IFRS operating profit rose 24% to €2.44 billion. IFRS basic EPS was €1.37, up 31%, and non-IFRS basic EPS was €1.40, up 24%. Current cloud backlog grew 32% to €18.08 billion and total cloud backlog reached €63.29 billion. Full year revenue was €34.18 billion, up 10%. For 2025 SAP expects cloud revenue of €21.6–21.9 billion at constant currencies.

  • Q4 total revenue of €9.38B up 11%; cloud revenue €4.71B up 27%
  • Cloud ERP Suite revenue €3.95B up 35%; current cloud backlog €18.1B up 32%
  • IFRS EPS €1.37 up 31%; non-IFRS EPS €1.40 up 24%
  • Non-IFRS operating margin expanded 290bps to 26.1% at constant currencies
  • FY2024 cloud revenue €17.14B exceeded outlook; 2025 cloud revenue guided €21.6–21.9B

Headline financials

Total Revenue

€9.38B

Previous: €9.12B+2.9%
EPS (adj)

€1.40

Previous: €1.51-7.3%
Non-IFRS cloud gross margin

73.5%

No prior period
Current cloud backlog

€18.1B

No prior period
Net Income

€1.62B

No prior period
Operating Income

€2.02B

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

SAP · Revenue · Quarterly

€9.38B

Q4 2024+2.9%vs Q4 2023
Beat estimate in 10 of 16 quarters(63%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

SAP · €14.1B total across 3 segments · Q4 2024

  • Cloud and software
    €8.27B
  • Cloud
    €4.71B
  • Services
    €1.11B

Forward guidance

2025 cloud revenue €21.6–21.9B (+26–28% CER), cloud and software €33.1–33.6B, non-IFRS operating profit €10.3–10.6B.

Tailwinds

  • Half of Q4 cloud order entry included AI
  • Total cloud backlog €63.3B up 40% CER

Headwinds

  • Q4 free cash flow negative at -€918M due to €1.7B transformation payouts

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q4 2024

Historical avgQ4 2024

-0.3%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.3%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.2%

Avg return

30 days after

54%

35 / 65 earnings

Positive

+12.4%

Q1 2019

Best reaction

-23.2%

Q3 2020

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-0.9%-3.3%+8.7%
Q4 2026-16.2%-0.3%-12.8%
Q3 2025+1.5%-2.2%-14.3%
Q2 2025-4.4%-7.8%-11.5%
Q1 2025+7.6%+13.1%+16.8%
Q4 2024+0.4%+0.2%-0.4%
Q3 2024+0.8%+3.1%+2.0%
Q2 2024+8.9%+8.2%+11.0%
Q1 2024+7.0%+5.9%+10.3%
Q4 2023+7.0%+6.4%+11.3%
Q3 2023+2.2%+1.3%+14.9%
Q2 2023-6.3%-7.3%-5.3%
Q1 2023+4.5%+5.1%+5.8%
Q4 2022-2.5%+2.0%-2.6%
Q3 2022+7.4%+7.4%+20.7%
Q2 2022+1.5%-2.2%-0.8%
Q1 2022-2.5%-6.4%-8.4%
Q4 2021-7.8%-3.5%-13.0%
Q3 2021-1.3%+1.4%-1.9%
Q2 2021-3.3%-3.8%+2.6%
Q1 2021+1.4%+0.5%-1.4%
Q4 2020-0.7%+0.1%-5.4%
Q3 2020-23.2%-28.6%-22.0%
Q2 2020+1.1%+0.4%+6.2%
Q1 2020-4.5%-5.0%-5.2%
Q4 2019-3.4%-4.0%-8.4%
Q3 2019+2.1%+2.1%+4.5%
Q2 2019-7.1%-6.4%-11.4%
Q1 2019+12.4%+12.4%+11.1%
Q4 2018-4.1%-2.8%+0.2%
Q3 2018-4.8%-3.0%-6.5%
Q2 2018-4.6%-3.8%-4.1%
Q1 2018+2.7%+5.1%+7.6%
Q4 2017-0.3%-3.9%-10.2%
Q3 2017+0.2%+0.5%+1.8%
Q2 2017-1.2%-1.6%-0.7%
Q1 2017-1.1%-1.2%+5.4%
Q4 2016+2.2%+2.0%+5.4%
Q3 2016+1.2%+0.5%-4.7%
Q2 2016+6.2%+6.8%+11.2%
Q1 2016-0.6%
Q4 2015+0.4%
Q3 2015+1.9%
Q2 2015-2.6%
Q1 2015+2.9%
Q4 2014-4.5%
Q3 2014-1.6%
Q2 2014+0.6%
Q1 2014+1.6%
Q4 2013-2.0%
Q3 2013-0.7%
Q2 2013-2.3%
Q1 2013-0.5%
Q4 2012+3.8%
Q3 2012-1.0%
Q2 2012+1.1%
Q1 2012+1.6%
Q4 2011+2.8%
Q3 2011-7.2%
Q2 2011+2.0%
Q1 2011+1.0%
Q4 2010+1.9%
Q3 2010+1.3%
Q2 2010+2.6%
Q1 2010+1.7%
Q3 2009
Q4 2009

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