SAP Quarterly Statement Q3 2025

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SAP (NYSE: SAP) reported strong Q3 2025 results on Oct 22, 2025: cloud backlog €18.8bn (+23% y/y, +27% constant currency) and cloud revenue €5.29bn (+22% y/y, +27% cc). Cloud ERP Suite revenue was €4.59bn (+26% y/y, +31% cc). Total revenue rose to €9.08bn (+7% y/y, +11% cc). IFRS operating profit was €2.49bn (+12% y/y); non-IFRS operating profit €2.57bn (+14% y/y, +19% cc). Q3 free cash flow was €1.27bn (+5%). SAP updated 2025 outlook: cloud revenue €21.6–21.9bn (cc) and non-IFRS operating profit €10.3–10.6bn (cc).

Positive

• Current cloud backlog €18.84bn (+23% y/y)
• Cloud revenue €5.29bn (+22% y/y; +27% cc)
• Cloud ERP Suite revenue €4.59bn (+26% y/y; +31% cc)
• Non-IFRS operating profit €2.57bn (+14% y/y; +19% cc)
• Nine‑month free cash flow €7.21bn (+40% y/y)
• Completed share repurchase ~€4.9bn (May 2023–Aug 13, 2025)

Negative

• Software licenses revenue €0.16bn (–43% y/y)
• IaaS revenue down 34% in Q3 and 36% YTD
• ~€0.1bn profit headwind from case law tax litigation
• ~€0.1bn workforce transformation charge in Q3

Insights

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SAP reports strong cloud growth, margin expansion and an improved 2025 outlook, driven by Cloud ERP Suite momentum and cash generation.

SAP delivered high single- to double-digit growth across cloud metrics: current cloud backlog of €18.8 billion (+23% reported, +27% constant currency), third‑quarter cloud revenue €5.29 billion (+22% reported, +27% cc) and Cloud ERP Suite revenue €4.59 billion (+26% reported, +31% cc). Profitability expanded: IFRS operating profit rose 12% and non‑IFRS operating profit rose 14% (19% cc), while cloud gross margin improved to 74.6% (IFRS) and non‑IFRS to 75.1%. Cash flow strengthened with third‑quarter free cash flow of €1.27 billion and nine‑month free cash flow of €7.21 billion.

The company updated its 2025 outlook higher for cloud revenue, operating profit and free cash flow, targeting cloud revenue near the lower end of €21.6–21.9 billion (up 26–28% cc), non‑IFRS operating profit toward the upper end of €10.3–10.6 billion (up 26–30% cc) and free cash flow of €8.0–8.2 billion. Key drivers cited are broad adoption of the Business Suite, Business Data Cloud and AI, plus large deals (including a U.S. Army IDIQ) and completed share repurchase activity. Watch upcoming Q4 execution, the FY 2025 currency impact (reported growth sensitivity shown), and the remaining €0.1 billion workforce transformation payout expected in Q4 for potential near‑term P&L and cash implications.

• Current cloud backlog of €18.8 billion, up 23% and up 27% at constant currencies
• Cloud revenue up 22% and up 27% at constant currencies
• Cloud ERP Suite revenue up 26% and up 31% at constant currencies
• Total revenue up 7% and up 11% at constant currencies
• IFRS operating profit up 12%, non-IFRS operating profit up 14% and up 19% at constant currencies
• SAP updates its 2025 cloud revenue, operating profit and free cash flow outlook

WALLDORF, Germany, Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced today its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025.

Christian Klein, CEO:

SAP delivered a great Q3 with strong cloud revenue growth of 27%. We are gaining market share as our customers are adopting solutions across the entire Business Suite, including Business Data Cloud and AI at accelerated pace. For Q4 we are executing against a strong pipeline - which gives us confidence in our accelerating total revenue growth ambition for 2026.

Dominik Asam, CFO:

Q3's strong performance underscores the strength and agility of our model. Through disciplined execution and a sharp focus on profitability and cash flow, we've maintained forward momentum despite an uncertain macroeconomic backdrop. We enter the fourth quarter confident in our ability to deliver on our commitments, as reflected by an improved outlook for operating profit and free cash flow.

Financial Performance

Group results at a glance – Third quarter 2025
	IFRS				Non-IFRS1
€ million, unless otherwise stated	Q3 2025	Q3 2024	∆ in %		Q3 2025	Q3 2024	∆ in %	∆ in % const. curr.
SaaS/PaaS	5,212	4,234	23		5,212	4,234	23	28
Thereof Cloud ERP Suite2	4,586	3,636	26		4,586	3,636	26	31
Thereof Extension Suite3	626	598	5		626	598	5	9
IaaS4	78	117	–34		78	117	–34	–31
Cloud revenue	5,290	4,351	22		5,290	4,351	22	27
Cloud and software revenue	8,016	7,429	8		8,016	7,429	8	12
Total revenue	9,076	8,470	7		9,076	8,470	7	11
Share of more predictable revenue (in %)	87	84	2pp		87	84	2pp
Cloud gross profit	3,948	3,184	24		3,972	3,209	24	28
Gross profit	6,671	6,212	7		6,696	6,236	7	11
Operating profit (loss)	2,487	2,214	12		2,566	2,244	14	19
Profit (loss) after tax	2,051	1,441	42		1,852	1,437	29
Earnings per share - Basic (in €)	1.72	1.25	37		1.59	1.23	29
Net cash flows from operating activities	1,502	1,403	7
Free cash flow					1,266	1,200	5

¹ For a breakdown of the individual adjustments see table "Non-IFRS Operating Expense Adjustments by Functional Areas" in this Quarterly Statement.

² Cloud ERP Suite references the portfolio of strategic Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions that are tightly integrated with our core ERP solutions and are included in key commercial packages, such as RISE with SAP. Further, Cloud ERP Suite also includes cloud-based capabilities enabling our customers' ERP landscapes and their cloud transformation. The following offerings contribute to Cloud ERP Suite revenue: SAP Cloud ERP, SAP Business Technology Platform, financial- and spend management, supply chain management, core solutions for human capital management, commerce, business transformation management and AI.

³ Extension Suite references SAP's remaining SaaS and PaaS solutions that supplement and extend the functional coverage of the Cloud ERP Suite.

⁴ Infrastructure as a service (IaaS): The major portion of IaaS comes from SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud.

Group results at a glance – Nine months ended September 2025
	IFRS				Non-IFRS1
€ million, unless otherwise stated	Q1–Q3 2025	Q1-Q3 2024	∆ in %		Q1–Q3 2025	Q1-Q3 2024	∆ in %	∆ in % const. curr.
SaaS/PaaS	15,147	12,016	26		15,147	12,016	26	29
Thereof Cloud ERP Suite revenue2	13,258	10,217	30		13,258	10,217	30	32
Thereof Extension Suite revenue3	1,889	1,799	5		1,889	1,799	5	8
IaaS4	267	417	–36		267	417	–36	–35
Cloud revenue	15,413	12,433	24		15,413	12,433	24	27
Cloud and software revenue	23,920	21,563	11		23,920	21,563	11	13
Total revenue	27,116	24,798	9		27,116	24,798	9	11
Share of more predictable revenue (in %)	86	84	2pp		86	84	2pp
Cloud gross profit	11,501	9,052	27		11,573	9,101	27	30
Gross profit	19,898	17,990	11		19,971	18,039	11	13
Operating profit (loss)	7,276	2,648	>100		7,590	5,717	33	35
Profit (loss) after tax	5,596	1,534	>100		5,280	3,660	44
Earnings per share - Basic (in €)	4.70	1.31	>100		4.53	3.13	44
Net cash flows from operating activities	7,859	5,791	36
Free cash flow					7,205	5,130	40

¹ For a breakdown of the individual adjustments see table "Non-IFRS Operating Expense Adjustments by Functional Areas" in this Quarterly Statement.

² Cloud ERP Suite references the portfolio of strategic Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions that are tightly integrated with our core ERP solutions and are included in key commercial packages, such as RISE with SAP. Further, Cloud ERP Suite also includes cloud-based capabilities enabling our customers' ERP landscapes and their cloud transformation. The following offerings contribute to Cloud ERP Suite revenue: SAP Cloud ERP, SAP Business Technology Platform, financial- and spend management, supply chain management, core solutions for human capital management, commerce, business transformation management and AI.

³ Extension Suite references SAP's remaining SaaS and PaaS solutions that supplement and extend the functional coverage of the Cloud ERP Suite.

⁴ Infrastructure as a service (IaaS): The major portion of IaaS comes from SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Financial Highlights^[1]

Third Quarter 2025

In the third quarter, current cloud backlog grew by 23% to €18.84 billion and was up 27% at constant currencies, retaining its second quarter growth momentum considering that the WalkMe acquisition is now in the base. Cloud revenue was up 22% to €5.29 billion and up 27% at constant currencies. Cloud ERP Suite revenue was up 26% to €4.59 billion and up 31% at constant currencies.

Software licenses revenue decreased by 43% to €0.16 billion and was down 42% at constant currencies. Cloud and software revenue was up 8% to €8.02 billion and up 12% at constant currencies. Services revenue was up 2% to €1.06 billion and up 6% at constant currencies. Total revenue was up 7% to €9.08 billion and up 11% at constant currencies.

The share of more predictable revenue increased by 2 percentage points to 87%.

IFRS cloud gross profit was up 24% to €3.95 billion. Non-IFRS cloud gross profit was up 24% to €3.97 billion and was up 28% at constant currencies. IFRS cloud gross margin was up 1.5 percentage points to 74.6%, non-IFRS cloud gross margin up 1.3 percentage points to 75.1% and up 1.1 percentage points at constant currencies to 74.9%.

IFRS operating profit increased 12% to €2.49 billion and IFRS operating margin was up 1.3 percentage points to 27.4%. Non-IFRS operating profit was up 14% to €2.57 billion and was up 19% at constant currencies. Non-IFRS operating margin increased by 1.8 percentage points to 28.3% at both nominal and constant currencies. IFRS and non-IFRS operating profit growth were negatively impacted by approximately €0.1 billion as a result of a change in case law that affected SAP's other tax litigation as well as approximately €0.1 billion related to a workforce transformation, with another €0.1 billion expected to be realized in the fourth quarter of 2025.  

IFRS earnings per share (basic) increased 37% to €1.72. Non-IFRS earnings per share (basic) increased 29% to €1.59. IFRS effective tax rate was 25.3% and non-IFRS effective tax rate was 27.9%. The IFRS effective tax rate is lower than the non-IFRS effective tax rate due to tax benefits from tax-exempt income.

Operating cash flow in the third quarter was up 7% to €1.50 billion and free cash flow increased by 5% to €1.27 billion. The increase was mainly attributable to higher profitability and to lower restructuring payments, which were partially offset by higher tax payments. For the first nine months, operating cash flow was up 36% to €7.86 billion and free cash flow increased by 40% to €7.21 billion.

Share Repurchase Program

In May 2023, SAP announced a share repurchase program with an aggregate volume of up to €5 billion, which was completed on August 13, 2025. SAP had repurchased 26,010,591 shares at an average price of €188.24 resulting in a purchased volume of approximately €4.9 billion under the program. The fourth and final tranche of the program was completed with a purchased volume of approximately €1.5 billion.

2024 Transformation Program: Focus on scalability of operations and key strategic growth areas

In January 2024, SAP announced a company-wide restructuring program which concluded as planned in the first quarter 2025. Overall expenses associated with the program were approximately €3.2 billion. Restructuring payouts amounted to €2.5 billion for the full-year 2024 and €0.7 billion for the first nine months of 2025. Approximately €0.1 billion is expected to be paid out in the fourth quarter of 2025.  

Business Highlights

In the third quarter, customers around the globe continued to choose the "RISE with SAP" journey to drive their end-to-end business transformations. These customers included: Alphabet, ANA HOLDINGS, BarmeniaGothaer, Computacenter, DXC Technology, Endress+Hauser, Ericsson, Jack Wolfskin, Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, JK Tyre & Industries, JYSK, The Magnum Ice Cream Company, Maple Leaf Foods, NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, Olam Food Ingredients, Otto Aerospace, STIHL, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Tapestry, Vale Base Metals, and Zalaris.

BMW, City of Charlottesville, The Clorox Company, Country Fire Authority, La Trobe University, Nestlé, NYK Line, and PwC went live on SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the third quarter.

ABB, ArborGen, Kodiak AI, Konecta, Noventa, Perplexity, and VidaVeg chose "GROW with SAP", a journey helping customers adopt cloud ERP with speed, predictability, and continuous innovation.

Key customer wins across SAP's solution portfolio included: BREITLING, Canton of Bern, Derbyshire County Council, Grupo Boticário, Panasonic, Schwarz Group, Sysmex Corporation, Tata Consultancy Services, and Volkswagen Mexico.

Aeropuertos Argentina, The Australian Postal Corporation, HiPP, Landis+Gyr, and Rieter went live on SAP solutions.

In the third quarter, SAP's cloud revenue performance was particularly strong in APJ and EMEA and solid in the Americas region. Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy and South Korea had outstanding performance, while Japan, Spain, and the U.S. were particularly strong.

On August 1, SAP and SmartRecruiters announced that SAP entered into an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, a leading talent acquisition (TA) software provider. The acquisition was completed on September 11.

On September 19, SAP and ADP, a global leader in HR and payroll solutions, announced that they are partnering to enable shared clients to run ADP Global Payroll in the cloud.

On September 24, SAP and OpenAI announced the launch of OpenAI for Germany, a partnership to bring SAP's enterprise applications expertise and OpenAI's leading AI technology to Germany's public sector.

In addition, SAP and Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, unveiled plans to make SAP's Sovereign Cloud capabilities available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, a new independent cloud for Europe backed by a planned €7.8 billion investment from Amazon.

On September 25, SAP confirmed that the European Commission began formal proceedings on on-premise maintenance and support policies. SAP is working closely with the EU Commission to resolve the matter. Further, SAP does not currently anticipate the engagement will result in material impact on its financial performance.

In September, SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2®) was awarded a $1 billion firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the United States Army for an end-user license agreement for the RISE with SAP portfolio. This significant deal is expected to run through September 2035, and enables the migration from on-premise systems to SAP's NS2's FedRAMP-authorized cloud platform, enhancing the speed and efficiency of enterprise software delivery to support mission-critical military operations.

On October 6, SAP and Google Cloud announced that they are expanding their long-standing data and analytics partnership with the launch of SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Google BigQuery - a new capability introduced that simplifies access to mission-critical SAP data products from SAP Business Data Cloud through bidirectional, zero-copy sharing.

Outlook 2025

Financial Outlook 2025

For 2025, SAP is updating its cloud revenue, operating profit and free cash flow outlook and now expects:

• To generate cloud revenue towards the lower end of the outlook range of €21.6 – 21.9 billion at constant currencies (2024: €17.14 billion), up 26% to 28% at constant currencies.
• To generate non-IFRS operating profit towards the upper end of the outlook range of €10.3 – 10.6 billion at constant currencies (2024: €8.15 billion), up 26% to 30% at constant currencies.
• €8.0 – 8.2 billion free cash flow (2024: €4.22 billion). The previous outlook was approximately €8.0 billion.

SAP continues to expect:

• €33.1 – 33.6 billion cloud and software revenue at constant currencies (2024: €29.83 billion), up 11% to 13% at constant currencies.
• An effective tax rate (non-IFRS) of approximately 32% (2024: 32.3%)^[2].
• Current cloud backlog growth at constant currencies to slightly decelerate in 2025.

While SAP's 2025 financial outlook for the income statement parameters is at constant currencies (including an average exchange rate of 1.08 USD per EUR), actual currency reported figures are expected to be impacted by currency exchange rate fluctuations as the company progresses through the year, as reflected in the table below.

Currency Impact Assuming September 30, 2025 Rates Apply for the Remainder of 2025

In percentage points	Q4 2025	FY 2025
Cloud revenue growth	-7.0pp	-4.0pp
Cloud and software revenue growth	-5.5pp	-3.0pp
Operating profit growth (non-IFRS)	-6.5pp	-3.5pp

This includes an exchange rate of 1.17 USD per EUR.

Non-Financial Outlook 2025

For 2025, SAP continues to expect:

• A Customer Net Promoter Score of 12 to 16.
• The Business Health Culture Index (BHCI) to be in a range of 80% to 82%.
• The Employee Engagement Index to be in a range of 74% to 78%.
• To steadily decrease carbon emissions across the relevant value chain.

Additional Information

This quarterly statement and all information therein is preliminary and unaudited. Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely. The Q3 2025 Quarterly Statement can be downloaded from: https://www.sap.com/investors/sap-2025-q3-statement

SAP Performance Measures

For more information about our key growth metrics and performance measures, their calculation, their usefulness, and their limitations, please refer to the following document on our Investor Relations website: https://www.sap.com/investors/performance-measures.

Webcast

SAP senior management will host a financial analyst conference call on Wednesday, October 22nd at 11:00 PM (CEST) / 10:00 PM (BST) / 5:00 PM (EDT) / 2:00 PM (PDT). The conference will be webcast on the Company's website at https://www.sap.com/investor and will be available for replay. Supplementary financial information pertaining to the third quarter results can be found at https://www.sap.com/investor.

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[1] The Q3 2025 results were also impacted by other effects. For details, please refer to the disclosures on page 26 of this document. 

[2] The effective tax rate (non-IFRS) is a non-IFRS financial measure and is presented for supplemental informational purposes only. We do not provide an outlook for the effective tax rate (IFRS) due to the uncertainty and potential variability of gains and losses associated with equity securities, which are reconciling items between the two effective tax rates (non-IFRS and IFRS). These items cannot be provided without unreasonable efforts but could have a significant impact on our future effective tax rate (IFRS).

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FAQ

What did SAP (SAP) report for Q3 2025 cloud revenue and growth?

SAP reported cloud revenue €5.29bn in Q3 2025, up 22% year‑over‑year and 27% at constant currencies.

How much is SAP's current cloud backlog (Q3 2025) and growth rate?

Current cloud backlog was €18.84bn, up 23% year‑over‑year and 27% at constant currencies.

What guidance did SAP update for full‑year 2025 cloud revenue and operating profit?

SAP updated 2025 outlook to cloud revenue €21.6–21.9bn (cc) and non‑IFRS operating profit €10.3–10.6bn (cc).

How did SAP's free cash flow perform in Q3 2025 and year‑to‑date?

Q3 free cash flow was €1.27bn (+5%); nine‑month free cash flow was €7.21bn (+40%).

What material negatives affected SAP's Q3 2025 operating profit?

Reported profit was reduced by about €0.1bn from a change in case law and €0.1bn from workforce transformation charges.

Did SAP complete a share buyback program by August 2025?

Yes. SAP repurchased 26,010,591 shares for approximately €4.9bn, completing the program on August 13, 2025.