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SAP SE reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results driven by cloud growth. In Q4 2025, cloud revenue rose 19% to €5.61 billion and operating profit increased 27% to €2.55 billion, with basic EPS up 15% to €1.58.

For 2025, cloud revenue grew 23% to €21.02 billion and total revenue rose 8% to €36.80 billion. IFRS operating profit more than doubled to €9.83 billion and basic EPS increased 135% to €6.28, supported by higher margins and much lower restructuring costs. Free cash flow nearly doubled to €8.24 billion and net liquidity reached €3.38 billion.

SAP’s share of more predictable revenue increased to 86%, while software license revenue declined as the business shifted to cloud. Non-financially, customer NPS slipped, but employee engagement, culture scores, and carbon emissions improved. The company authorized a new share repurchase program of up to €10 billion through 2027 and recorded a €174 million provision related to its offer to settle the Teradata litigation ahead of a jury trial scheduled for March–April 2026.

Positive

  • Strong cloud and revenue growth: 2025 cloud revenue rose 23% to €21.02 billion and total revenue grew 8% to €36.80 billion, with Cloud ERP Suite revenue up 28% to €18.12 billion and more predictable revenue reaching 86%.
  • Sharp profitability and cash-flow improvement: IFRS operating profit more than doubled to €9.83 billion, IFRS EPS increased 135% to €6.28, and free cash flow rose 95% to €8.24 billion, boosting net liquidity to €3.38 billion.
  • Large new share repurchase program: Following prior repurchases of about 56 million shares for roughly €8.0 billion, SAP authorized a new buyback of up to €10 billion scheduled from February 2026 through the end of 2027.

Negative

  • Deceleration in cloud backlog growth: Current cloud backlog growth slowed to 25% at constant currencies in Q4 2025, down from 29% the prior year, even though total cloud backlog remained strong at €77.29 billion.
  • Litigation-related provision and expense: SAP recorded a €174 million provision related to its settlement offer in the Teradata litigation and noted around €0.2 billion of 2025 operating profit impact tied to the matter and other tax litigation.
  • Legacy software and NPS pressure: Software license revenue fell 29% to €0.99 billion for 2025, and Customer NPS declined 3 points to 9, below the 12–16 target range, largely due to on‑premise customers yet to transition to cloud.

Insights

SAP’s 2025 results show powerful cloud-led growth, margin expansion, and a large buyback, partly offset by litigation and NPS pressure.

SAP delivered robust cloud momentum in 2025, with cloud revenue up 23% to €21.02 billion and Cloud ERP Suite revenue up 28% to €18.12 billion. Total revenue rose 8% to €36.80 billion while the share of more predictable revenue reached 86%, underscoring the shift to recurring cloud subscriptions.

Profitability improved sharply. IFRS operating profit more than doubled to €9.83 billion and non-IFRS operating profit rose 28% to €10.42 billion, with the IFRS operating margin increasing 13.1 percentage points to 26.7%. Free cash flow rose 95% to €8.24 billion, lifting net liquidity to €3.38 billion. These gains reflect higher cloud scale, lower restructuring, and disciplined costs.

Capital allocation is notably shareholder-friendly. Management authorized a new share repurchase program of up to €10 billion to run from February 2026 through end‑2027, following prior buybacks of about 56 million shares for roughly €8.0 billion. Offsetting positives, SAP booked a €174 million provision for its settlement offer in the Teradata litigation and current cloud backlog growth decelerated to 25% at constant currencies.

SAP advanced on internal culture and climate metrics but saw weaker legacy-customer satisfaction and is overhauling its KPIs for 2026.

In 2025, Customer NPS declined by 3 points to 9, below the 12–16 target range, mainly from on‑premise customers who have not yet moved to cloud. By contrast, cloud‑oriented customer scores stayed steady or improved in the enterprise segment, highlighting differing satisfaction across the installed base.

Employee Engagement rose 2 percentage points to 76% and the Business Health Culture Index reached 81%, both mid‑target, suggesting strengthening internal culture. Gross greenhouse gas emissions fell to 6.3 Mt from 6.9 Mt. From 2026, SAP will replace Customer NPS with a cloud‑focused CSAT metric and update its Scope 3 methodology; under the new approach, 2025 GHG emissions would have been 3,549 kilotons.

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

February 3, 2026

 

Commission file number:

 

001-14251

 

 

SAP EUROPEAN COMPANY

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

 

Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16

69190 Walldorf

Federal Republic of Germany

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F        [X]                                                                                      Form 40-F        [  ]

 

 

 

 

SAP SE

 

FORM 6-K

 

On January 30, 2026, SAP SE, (“SAP"), filed a quarterly statement with Deutsche Boerse AG for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025 (the “Quarterly Statement”). The Quarterly Statement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

This Quarterly Statement discloses certain non-IFRS measures. These measures are not prepared in accordance with IFRS and are therefore considered non-IFRS financial measures. The non-IFRS financial measures that we report should be considered in addition to, and not as substitutes for or superior to, revenue, operating income, cash flows, or other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with IFRS.

 

Please refer to Explanations of Non-IFRS Measures online (https://www.sap.com/investors/performance-measures) for further information regarding the non-IFRS measures.

 

Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "predict," "should" and "will" and similar expressions as they relate to SAP are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. SAP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. The factors that could affect SAP's future financial results are discussed more fully in SAP's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including SAP's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No. Exhibit
   
99.1 Quarterly Statement dated January 29, 2026

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  SAP SE
  (Registrant)
     
     
         
  By:   /s/ Christopher Sessar  
    Name: Dr. Christopher Sessar  
    Title: Chief Accounting Officer
     
     
     
         
  By:   /s/ Julia Zicke  
    Name: Dr. Julia Zicke  
    Title: Head of External Reporting and
Accounting Technology

 

Date: February 3, 2026

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Exhibit No. Exhibit
   
99.1 Quarterly Statement dated January 29, 2026

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

SAP meets revenue and exceeds non-IFRS operating profit and free cash flow outlook for FY2025

 

Total cloud backlog up 22% and up 30% at constant currencies

 

Current cloud backlog up 16% and up 25% at constant currencies

 

Cloud revenue up 23% and up 26% at constant currencies in FY2025

 

Cloud ERP Suite revenue up 28% and up 32% at constant currencies in FY2025

 

Total revenue up 8% and up 11% at constant currencies in FY2025

 

IFRS operating profit up 111%, non-IFRS operating profit up 28% and up 31% at constant currencies in FY2025

 

SAP announces a new, two-year share repurchase program with a volume of up to €10 billion

 

 

 

FY 2025 | in € millions, unless otherwise stated

 

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

Walldorf, Germany – January 29, 2026

SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced today its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

 

Christian Klein, CEO:

Q4 was a strong cloud quarter, with bookings resulting in 30% Total Cloud Backlog growth to a record 77 billion Euros. The significant Current Cloud Backlog growth in Q4 has laid a strong foundation for accelerating Total Revenue growth through 2027. SAP Business AI has become a main driver for growth as it was included in two thirds of our Q4 cloud order entry, combined with strong AI adoption across the ERP Suite.

 

Dominik Asam, CFO:

We closed 2025 on a high note, delivering strong operating profit and free cash flow ahead of our expectations. This performance reflects focused execution, financial discipline, and the continued trust our customers place in us as the North Star for their digital transformation. As evidenced by continued strong growth well ahead of the market in SaaS and PaaS, and our ability to bring such growth down to the bottom line and Free Cash Flow, we are confident that our strategy and operational discipline will continue to drive long-term value creation.

 

 

Financial Performance

 

Group results at a glance – Fourth quarter 2025

 

  IFRS   Non-IFRS1
€ million, unless otherwise stated Q4 2025 Q4 2024 ∆ in %   Q4 2025 Q4 2024 ∆ in % ∆ in %
const. curr.
SaaS/PaaS 5,532 4,585 21   5,532 4,585 21 27
Thereof Cloud ERP Suite2 4,862 3,948 23   4,862 3,948 23 30
Thereof Extension Suite3 670 636 5   670 636 5 10
IaaS4 78 123 –37   78 123 –37 –33
Cloud revenue 5,610 4,708 19   5,610 4,708 19 26
Cloud and software revenue 8,618 8,267 4   8,618 8,267 4 10
Total revenue 9,684 9,377 3   9,684 9,377 3 9
Share of more predictable revenue (in %) 84 81 3pp   84 81 3pp  
Cloud gross profit 4,106 3,429 20   4,185 3,458 21 27
Gross profit 7,044 6,943 1   7,175 6,972 3 8
Operating profit (loss) 2,554 2,016 27   2,829 2,436 16 21
Profit (loss) after tax 1,896 1,616 17   1,896 1,619 17  
Earnings per share - Basic (in €) 1.58 1.37 15   1.62 1.40 16  
Net cash flows from operating activities 1,297 –584 NA          
Free cash flow         1,034 –908 NA  

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.

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

Group results at a glance – Full year 2025

 

  IFRS   Non-IFRS1
€ million, unless otherwise stated Q1–Q4
2025
Q1-Q4
2024
∆ in %   Q1–Q4
2025
Q1-Q4
2024
∆ in % ∆ in %
const. curr.
SaaS/PaaS 20,678 16,601 25   20,678 16,601 25 28
Thereof Cloud ERP Suite revenue2 18,119 14,165 28   18,119 14,165 28 32
Thereof Extension Suite revenue3 2,559 2,436 5   2,559 2,436 5 8
IaaS4 345 540 –36   345 540 –36 –34
Cloud revenue 21,023 17,141 23   21,023 17,141 23 26
Cloud and software revenue 32,538 29,830 9   32,538 29,830 9 12
Total revenue 36,800 34,176 8   36,800 34,176 8 11
Share of more predictable revenue (in %) 86 83 3pp   86 83 3pp  
Cloud gross profit 15,607 12,481 25   15,757 12,559 25 29
Gross profit 26,942 24,932 8   27,145 25,011 9 11
Operating profit (loss) 9,830 4,665 >100   10,419 8,153 28 31
Profit (loss) after tax 7,492 3,150 >100   7,176 5,279 36  
Earnings per share - Basic (in €) 6.28 2.68 >100   6.15 4.53 36  
Net cash flows from operating activities 9,156 5,207 76          
Free cash flow         8,239 4,222 95  

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 Highlights1

 

 

Fourth Quarter 2025

 

In the fourth quarter, current cloud backlog grew by 16% to €21.05 billion and was up 25% at constant currencies. Large transformational deals with high cloud revenue ramps in outer years and termination for convenience clauses required by law negatively impacted fourth quarter constant currency current cloud backlog growth by approximately 1 percentage point.

 

Cloud revenue was up 19% to €5.61 billion and up 26% at constant currencies. Cloud ERP Suite revenue was up 23% to €4.86 billion and up 30% at constant currencies.

 

Software licenses revenue decreased by 34% to €0.45 billion and was down 31% at constant currencies. Cloud and software revenue was up 4% to €8.62 billion and up 10% at constant currencies. Services revenue was down 4% to €1.07 billion and flat at constant currencies. Total revenue was up 3% to €9.68 billion and up 9% at constant currencies.

 

The share of more predictable revenue increased by 3 percentage points to 84%.

 

IFRS cloud gross profit was up 20% to €4.11 billion. Non-IFRS cloud gross profit was up 21% to €4.18 billion and was up 27% at constant currencies. IFRS cloud gross margin was up 0.4 percentage points to 73.2%, non-IFRS cloud gross margin up 1.1 percentage points to 74.6% and up 0.9 percentage points at constant currencies to 74.3%.

 

IFRS operating profit increased 27% to €2.55 billion and IFRS operating margin was up 4.9 percentage points to 26.4%. Non-IFRS operating profit was up 16% to €2.83 billion and was up 21% at constant currencies. Non-IFRS operating margin increased by 3.2 percentage points to 29.2% and was up 3.0 percentage points to 29.0% at constant currencies. IFRS and non-IFRS operating profit growth were negatively impacted by approximately €0.1 billion related to a 2025 workforce transformation. In addition, IFRS operating profit growth was negatively impacted by approximately €0.2 billion related to Teradata litigation expenses (see section (N) Teradata Litigation Matter).

 

 

 

1 The Q4 2025 results were also impacted by other effects. For details, please refer to the disclosures on page 27 of this document.

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

IFRS earnings per share (basic) increased 15% to €1.58. Non-IFRS earnings per share (basic) increased 16% to €1.62. IFRS effective tax rate was 31.5% and non-IFRS effective tax rate was 33.1%. Both were mainly driven by tax effects relating to taxes for prior years.

 

Operating cash flow in the fourth quarter increased from -€0.58 billion to €1.30 billion and free cash flow increased from -€0.91 billion to €1.03 billion. The increase was mainly attributable to lower restructuring payments and further supported by lower payouts for share-based compensation and capex.

 

Full Year 2025

 

SAP performed against its financial outlook as follows:

 

  Actual 2024 2025 Outlook
(as of January 28)
Revised 2025 Outlook
(as of October 22)
Actual 2025
Cloud revenue (at constant currencies) €17.14 billion €21.6 – 21.9 billion €21.6 – 21.9 billion
towards the lower end of the outlook range
€21.66 billion
Cloud and software revenue (at constant currencies) €29.83 billion €33.1 – 33.6 billion €33.1 – 33.6 billion €33.44 billion
Operating profit (non-IFRS, at constant currencies) €8.15 billion €10.3 – 10.6 billion €10.3 – 10.6 billion
towards the upper end of the outlook range
€10.66 billion
Free cash flow €4.22 billion approx. €8 billion €8.0 – 8.2 billion €8.24 billion
Effective tax rate (non-IFRS) 32.3% approx. 32% approx. 32% 30.4%
Current cloud backlog (at constant currencies) 29% to slightly decelerate to slightly decelerate 25%

 

As of December 31, total cloud backlog was up 22% to €77.29 billion and up 30% at constant currencies.

 

Cloud revenue for the full year was up 23% to €21.02 billion and up 26% at constant currencies. Cloud ERP Suite revenue was up 28% to €18.12 billion and up 32% at constant currencies. Subscription revenue2 was up 22% to €21.33 billion and up 26% at constant currencies. Software licenses revenue was down 29% to €0.99 billion and down 27% at constant currencies. Cloud and software revenue was up 9% to €32.54 billion and up 12% at constant currencies. Services revenue was down 2% to €4.26 billion and up 1% at constant currencies. Total revenue was up 8% to €36.80 billion and up 11% at constant currencies.

 

The share of more predictable revenue increased by 3 percentage points year over year to 86% for the full year 2025.

 

IFRS cloud gross profit was up 25% to €15.61 billion. Non-IFRS cloud gross profit was up 25% to €15.76 billion and was up 29% at constant currencies. IFRS cloud gross margin was up 1.4 percentage points to 74.2%, non-IFRS cloud gross margin up 1.7 percentage points to 75.0% and up 1.6 percentage points at constant currencies.

 

IFRS operating profit was up 111% to €9.83 billion and IFRS operating margin increased by 13.1 percentage points to 26.7%. IFRS operating profit growth was positively impacted by a restructuring expense decline of approximately €3.1 billion as compared to full year 2024 in connection with the 2024 transformation program and negatively impacted by approximately €0.2 billion related to Teradata litigation expenses (see section (N) Teradata Litigation Matter). Non-IFRS operating profit increased by 28% to €10.42 billion and increased by 31% at constant currencies, non-IFRS operating margin increased by 4.5 percentage points to 28.3% and was up 4.3 percentage points to 28.2% at 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 €0.2 billion related to a 2025 workforce transformation.

 

IFRS earnings per share (basic) increased by 135% to €6.28 and non-IFRS earnings per share (basic) increased 36% to €6.15. IFRS effective tax rate was 28.5% and non-IFRS effective tax rate was 30.4%. The IFRS effective tax rate is lower than the non-IFRS effective tax rate due to tax benefits from tax-exempt income.

 

For the full year, operating cash flow was up 76% to €9.16 billion and free cash flow increased by 95% to €8.24 billion. The increase was mainly attributable to higher profitability and to lower payments for restructuring and share-based compensation. At year end, net liquidity was €3.38 billion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 The subscription revenue measure is the sum of cloud revenue and revenue from time-based on-premise software licenses, which allow our customers to use our software for a specific, predefined period, and the associated software support. Revenue from time-based on-premise licenses is recognized at a point in time, whereas revenue from the associated software support is recognized over time.

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

Non-Financial Performance 2025

 

In 2025, our Customer NPS decreased 3 points year over year to 9 (2024: 12), which is below our target range of 12 to 16. The decrease was driven primarily by lower NPS scores from on-premise customers who have yet to transition to cloud. Overall NPS scores for cloud-oriented customers remained steady year over year, while increasing in the enterprise segment.

 

The Employee Engagement Index for the full year 2025 increased 2 percentage points year over year to 76% (2024: 74%), at the midpoint of the target range of 74% to 78%.

 

The Business Health Culture Index increased one percentage point to 81% (2024: 80%), at the midpoint of the target range of 80% to 82%.

 

Total carbon emissions decreased to 6.3 Mt in 2025 (2024: 6.9 Mt), in line with our guidance for a steady decrease across the relevant value chain.

 

New Share Repurchase Program

 

Following SAP’s strong free cash flow generation, the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board have authorized a new share repurchase program with a volume of up to €10 billion. It is scheduled to start in February 2026 and expected to be completed by the end of 2027. The program will be implemented based on the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting of SAP SE on May 11, 2023, and in compliance with the restrictions set forth therein.

 

The new share repurchase program follows SAP’s 2020, 2022 and 2023-2025 repurchases of around 56 million shares for about €8.0 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 €0.8 billion for the full year 2025.

 

Business Highlights

 

In the fourth quarter, customers around the globe continued to choose the “RISE with SAP” journey to drive their end-to-end business transformations. These customers included: A2A, adidas, Bertelsmann, BioNTech, Daimler Truck, Deloitte, Électricité de France, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Fresenius Digital Technology, Galenica, H&M Group, His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, Jabil, KEBA Group, Kirin Holdings, Nokia, Pirelli, RTX, s.Oliver Group, Sigma Healthcare, Sun Chemical, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, Toyota, Ultragaz, and Weir Group.

Dexco, Lockheed Martin, Rolls-Royce SMR, and SA Power Networks went live on SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the fourth quarter.

A. Darbo, BSI, FUNKE Media Group, KPMG, Müller Holding, and Snowflake 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: Bank of Italy, Coop, Deutsche Bundesbank, Hilti, Marubeni IT Solutions, Mondelez International, Robert Bosch, Schaeffler Group, Tech Mahindra, XXXLutz, Zalando, and Zespri Group.

Fressnapf, Globe, Origin Energy, Sartorius, and WATERALIA went live on SAP solutions.

In the fourth quarter, SAP’s cloud revenue performance was particularly strong in APJ and EMEA and solid in the Americas region. Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, South Korea, Spain and the United Kingdom had outstanding performance, while Australia, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the U.S. were particularly strong.

For the full year, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, South Korea and Spain all had outstanding performances in cloud revenue while China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and the U.S. were particularly strong.

On November 4, SAP and Snowflake announced a new collaboration to enable organizations to leverage Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud and SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC) together with semantically rich data.

On November 14, SAP reaffirmed its commitment to fair competition amid EU review.

On November 18, SAP announced a new collaboration with France’s AI sector, which includes new and expanded partnerships with Bleu, Capgemini and Mistral AI.

On November 27, SAP announced the next stage of its vision for European digital sovereignty with the launch of EU AI Cloud. SAP now offers a truly full-stack sovereign cloud offering, empowering customers to select the right level of sovereignty and deployment for their needs, whether in SAP’s own data centers, on trusted European infrastructure or as a fully managed solution on-site.

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

Outlook 2026

 

 

Financial Outlook 2026

 

For 2026, SAP expects:

 

·€25.8 – 26.2 billion cloud revenue at constant currencies (2025: €21.02 billion), up 23% to 25% at constant currencies.

 

·€36.3 – 36.8 billion cloud and software revenue at constant currencies (2025: €32.54 billion), up 12% to 13% at constant currencies.

 

·€11.9 – 12.3 billion non-IFRS operating profit at constant currencies (2025: €10.42 billion), up 14% to 18% at constant currencies.

 

·Approximately €10 billion free cash flow at actual currencies (2025: €8.24 billion).

 

·An effective tax rate (non-IFRS) of approximately 29% (2025: 30.4%)3.

 

·Constant currency current cloud backlog growth to slightly decelerate in 2026 (2025: 25%).

 

 

SAP further expects:

 

·Constant currency total revenue growth to accelerate through 2027.

 

·Total operating expenses to grow at 80% to 90% of total revenue growth in 2027.

 

·Constant currency software support revenue decline rate to accelerate in the coming years as a consequence of an acceleration of customers transforming to the cloud.

 

 

While SAP’s 2026 financial outlook for the income statement parameters is at constant currencies (including an average exchange rate of 1.13 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 December 31, 2025 Rates Apply for 2026

 

In percentage points Q1 2026 FY 2026
Cloud revenue growth -8.0pp -3.0pp
Cloud and software revenue growth -7.0pp -2.5pp
Operating profit growth (non-IFRS) -8.0pp -3.5pp

 

This includes an exchange rate of 1.18 USD per EUR.

 

Non-Financial Outlook 2026

 

For 2026, SAP expects:

 

·Cloud Customer Satisfaction4 (Cloud CSAT) to be in a range of 75% to 76% (2025: 75%).

 

·The Employee Engagement Index to be in a range of 74% to 78% (2025: 76%).

 

·The Business Health Culture Index (BHCI) to be in a range of 80% to 82% (2025: 81%).

 

·To steadily decrease carbon emissions5 across the relevant value chain (2025: 3.5 Mt).

 

 

3 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).

 

4 For 2026 and onward, SAP is adopting Cloud Customer Satisfaction (Cloud CSAT) as its new customer experience KPI, as this metric better aligns to SAP’s cloud-first strategy. For more information, see the Other Disclosures section.

 

5 In 2026, we will update the calculation methodology for the Use of Sold Products KPI, to a forward-looking approach that considers the estimated emissions during the lifetime of all new systems sold within a specific period. This change results in a significant decrease in reported emissions and therefore leads to a rebaselining according to the GHG-Protocol. For more information, see the Other Disclosures section.

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

This quarterly statement and all information therein is preliminary and unaudited. Due to rounding, numbers may not add up precisely.

 

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/en/financial-documents-and-events/reporting-framework.html.

 

Webcast

 

SAP senior management will host a financial analyst conference call on Thursday, January 29th at 07:00 AM (CET) / 06:00 AM (GMT) / 1:00 AM (EST) / Wednesday, January 28th 10:00 PM (PST), followed by a press conference at 10:00 AM (CET) / 9:00 AM (GMT) / 4:00 AM (EST) / 1:00 AM (PST). Both conferences 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 fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results can be found at https://www.sap.com/investor.

 

 

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Contents

 

 

 

 

Financial and Non-Financial Key Facts (IFRS and Non-IFRS) 9
   
Primary Financial Statements of SAP Group (IFRS) 11
(A) Consolidated Income Statements 11
(B) Consolidated Statements of Financial Position 13
(C) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 14
     
Non-IFRS Numbers 15
(D) Basis of Non-IFRS Presentation 15
(E) Reconciliation from Non-IFRS Numbers to IFRS Numbers 15
(F) Non-IFRS Adjustments – Actuals and Estimates 20
(G) Non-IFRS Operating Expense Adjustments by Functional Areas 20
     
Disaggregations 22
(H) Segment Reporting 22
(I) Revenue by Region (IFRS and Non-IFRS) 24
(J) Employees by Region and Functional Areas 26
     
Other Disclosures 27
(K) Share-Based Payment 27
(L) Business Combinations 27
(M) Tax-related Litigation 27
(N) Teradata Litigation Matter 27
(O) Changes to Our Financial Key Measures 28
(P) Changes to Our Non-Financial Key Measures 28

 

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Financial and Non-Financial Key Facts
(IFRS and Non-IFRS)

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated Q1
2024
Q2
2024
Q3
2024
Q4
2024
TY
2024
Q1
2025
Q2
2025
Q3
2025
Q4
2025
TY
2025
Revenues                    
Cloud 3,928 4,153 4,351 4,708 17,141 4,993 5,130 5,290 5,610 21,023
% change – yoy 24 25 25 27 25 27 24 22 19 23
% change constant currency – yoy 25 25 27 27 26 26 28 27 26 26
Cloud ERP Suite 3,167 3,414 3,636 3,948 14,165 4,251 4,422 4,586 4,862 18,119
% change – yoy 31 33 34 35 33 34 30 26 23 28
% change constant currency – yoy 32 33 36 35 34 33 34 31 30 32
Software licenses 203 229 285 683 1,399 183 194 161 452 990
% change – yoy –26 –28 –15 –18 –21 –10 –15 –43 –34 –29
% change constant currency – yoy –25 –27 –14 –19 –21 –10 –13 –42 –31 –27
Software support 2,829 2,792 2,793 2,876 11,290 2,761 2,642 2,565 2,557 10,525
% change – yoy –3 –3 –3 1 –2 –2 –5 –8 –11 –7
% change constant currency – yoy –1 –3 –2 1 –1 –3 –3 –5 –7 –5
Total revenue 8,041 8,288 8,470 9,377 34,176 9,013 9,027 9,076 9,684 36,800
% change – yoy 8 10 9 11 10 12 9 7 3 8
% change constant currency – yoy 9 10 10 10 10 11 12 11 9 11
Profits                    
Operating profit (loss) (IFRS) –787 1,222 2,214 2,016 4,665 2,333 2,456 2,487 2,554 9,830
Operating profit (loss) (non-IFRS) 1,533 1,940 2,244 2,436 8,153 2,455 2,568 2,566 2,829 10,419
% change - yoy 16 33 27 24 25 60 32 14 16 28
% change constant currency - yoy 19 35 28 24 26 58 35 19 21 31
Profit (loss) after tax (IFRS) –824 918 1,441 1,616 3,150 1,796 1,749 2,051 1,896 7,492
Profit (loss) after tax (non-IFRS) 944 1,278 1,437 1,619 5,279 1,681 1,747 1,852 1,896 7,176
% change - yoy 9 60 6 24 22 78 37 29 17 36
Margins                    
Cloud gross margin (IFRS, in %) 72.2 73.0 73.2 72.8 72.8 74.5 74.7 74.6 73.2 74.2
Cloud gross margin (non-IFRS, in %) 72.5 73.3 73.7 73.5 73.3 75.0 75.2 75.1 74.6 75.0
Gross margin (IFRS, in %) 71.7 72.6 73.3 74.0 73.0 73.3 73.3 73.5 72.7 73.2
Gross margin (non-IFRS, in %) 71.8 72.7 73.6 74.3 73.2 73.6 73.6 73.8 74.1 73.8
Operating margin (IFRS, in %) –9.8 14.7 26.1 21.5 13.6 25.9 27.2 27.4 26.4 26.7
Operating margin (non-IFRS, in %) 19.1 23.4 26.5 26.0 23.9 27.2 28.5 28.3 29.2 28.3
Order Entry and current cloud backlog                    
Current cloud backlog 14,179 14,808 15,377 18,078 18,078 18,202 18,052 18,839 21,052 21,052
% change – yoy 27 28 25 32 32 28 22 23 16 16
% change constant currency – yoy 28 28 29 29 29 29 28 27 25 25
Share of cloud orders greater than €5 million based on total cloud order entry volume (in %) 52 52 64 68 63 54 53 63 71 65
Share of cloud orders smaller than €1 million based on total cloud order entry volume (in %) 21 20 16 11 15 20 20 16 10 14
Liquidity and Cash Flow                    
Net cash flows from operating activities 2,878 1,509 1,403 –584 5,207 3,780 2,577 1,502 1,297 9,156
Free cash flow 2,642 1,288 1,200 –908 4,222 3,583 2,357 1,266 1,034 8,239
Cash and cash equivalents 9,295 7,870 10,005 9,609 9,609 11,345 7,942 8,554 8,220 8,220
Group liquidity 13,411 11,449 11,856 11,080 11,080 12,760 9,788 9,688 9,531 9,531
Financial debt (–) –7,770 –7,776 –8,996 –9,385 –9,385 –8,121 –7,492 –7,235 –6,150 –6,150
Net liquidity (+) / Net debt(–) 5,641 3,674 2,860 1,695 1,695 4,639 2,297 2,453 3,381 3,381
Non-Financials                    
Number of employees (quarter end)1 108,133 105,315 107,583 109,121 109,121 108,187 108,929 110,730 110,650 110,650

 

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€ millions, unless otherwise stated Q1
2024
Q2
2024
Q3
2024
Q4
2024
TY
2024
Q1
2025
Q2
2025
Q3
2025
Q4
2025
TY
2025

Gross greenhouse gas emissions (scope 1, 2, 3 / market-based)2

(in million tons CO2 equivalents)

1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 6.9 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 6.3

 

1 In full-time equivalents.

 

2 Our gross greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) include the total lifecycle emissions resulting from the use of our on-premise software. The calculation of use of sold products emissions is based on the number of active maintenance contracts at quarter end. Therefore, the emissions for individual quarters will not add up to the total sum of GHG emissions at year end.

 

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Primary Financial Statements of SAP Group (IFRS)

 

(A)Consolidated Income Statements

 

(A.1)Consolidated Income Statements – Quarter

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated   Q4 2025 Q4 2024 ∆ in %
Cloud   5,610 4,708 19
Software licenses   452 683 –34
Software support   2,557 2,876 –11
Software licenses and support   3,008 3,559 –15
Cloud and software   8,618 8,267 4
Services   1,066 1,110 –4
Total revenue   9,684 9,377 3
         
Cost of cloud   –1,504 –1,279 18
Cost of software licenses and support   –340 –319 7
Cost of cloud and software   –1,844 –1,598 15
Cost of services   –796 –837 –5
Total cost of revenue   –2,640 –2,435 8
Gross profit   7,044 6,943 1
Research and development   –1,698 –1,675 1
Sales and marketing   –2,303 –2,496 –8
General and administration   –465 –378 23
Restructuring   –3 –323 –99
Other operating income/expense, net   –21 –54 –60
Total operating expenses   –7,130 –7,361 –3
Operating profit (loss)   2,554 2,016 27
         
Other non-operating income/expense, net   65 –83 NA
Finance income   665 578 15
Finance costs   –517 –305 70
Financial income, net   147 273 –46
Profit (loss) before tax   2,767 2,207 25
         
Income tax expense   –871 –591 47
Profit (loss) after tax   1,896 1,616 17
Attributable to owners of parent   1,846 1,601 15
Attributable to non-controlling interests   50 15 >100
         
Earnings per share, basic (in €)1   1.58 1.37 15
Earnings per share, diluted (in €)1   1.57 1.36 16

 

1 For the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the weighted average number of shares was 1,166 million (diluted 1,172 million) and 1,165 million (diluted: 1,176 million), respectively (treasury stock excluded).

 

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(A.2)Consolidated Income Statements – Year-to-Date

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated   Q1–Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2024 ∆ in %
Cloud   21,023 17,141 23
Software licenses   990 1,399 –29
Software support   10,525 11,290 –7
Software licenses and support   11,515 12,689 –9
Cloud and software   32,538 29,830 9
Services   4,262 4,346 –2
Total revenue   36,800 34,176 8
         
Cost of cloud   –5,416 –4,660 16
Cost of software licenses and support   –1,249 –1,262 –1
Cost of cloud and software   –6,665 –5,922 13
Cost of services   –3,193 –3,321 –4
Total cost of revenue   –9,858 –9,243 7
Gross profit   26,942 24,932 8
Research and development   –6,633 –6,514 2
Sales and marketing   –8,879 –9,090 –2
General and administration   –1,548 –1,435 8
Restructuring   –3 –3,144 –100
Other operating income/expense, net   –49 –85 –43
Total operating expenses   –26,970 –29,511 –9
Operating profit (loss)   9,830 4,665 >100
         
Other non-operating income/expense, net   118 –298 NA
Finance income   1,911 1,429 34
Finance costs   –1,377 –1,031 34
Financial income, net   534 398 34
Profit (loss) before tax   10,482 4,764 >100
         
Income tax expense   –2,991 –1,614 85
Profit (loss) after tax   7,492 3,150 >100
Attributable to owners of parent   7,327 3,124 >100
Attributable to non-controlling interests   165 26 >100
         
Earnings per share, basic (in €)1   6.28 2.68 >100
Earnings per share, diluted (in €)1   6.24 2.65 >100

 

1 For the full year 2025 and 2024, the weighted average number of shares was 1,166 million (diluted: 1,175 million) and 1,166 million (diluted: 1,180 million), respectively (treasury stock excluded).

 

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(B)Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

 

as at 12/31/2025 and 12/31/2024
€ millions 2025 2024
Cash and cash equivalents 8,220 9,609
Other financial assets 1,552 1,629
Trade and other receivables 6,675 6,774
Other non-financial assets 3,212 2,682
Tax assets 598 707
Total current assets 20,256 21,401
Goodwill 29,014 31,264
Intangible assets 2,282 2,706
Property, plant, and equipment 4,497 4,493
Other financial assets 7,269 7,141
Trade and other receivables 218 209
Other non-financial assets 4,419 3,990
Tax assets 244 359
Deferred tax assets 2,163 2,674
Total non-current assets 50,106 52,836
Total assets 70,362 74,237

 

€ millions 2025 2024
Trade and other payables 2,431 1,988
Tax liabilities 1,015 585
Financial liabilities 2,050 4,277
Other non-financial liabilities 4,849 5,537
Provisions 324 716
Contract liabilities 6,581 5,978
Total current liabilities 17,250 19,082
Trade and other payables 2 10
Tax liabilities 562 512
Financial liabilities 6,021 7,169
Other non-financial liabilities 524 749
Provisions 550 494
Deferred tax liabilities 72 326
Contract liabilities 144 88
Total non-current liabilities 7,873 9,349
Total liabilities 25,123 28,431
Issued capital 1,229 1,229
Share premium 2,778 2,564
Retained earnings 47,511 42,907
Other components of equity 182 4,692
Treasury shares –6,948 –5,954
Equity attributable to owners of parent 44,752 45,438
     
Non-controlling interests 488 368
Total equity 45,239 45,806
Total equity and liabilities 70,362 74,237

 

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(C)Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

€ millions Q1–Q4 20251 Q1–Q4 2024
Profit (loss) after tax 7,492 3,150
Adjustments to reconcile profit (loss) after tax to net cash flows from operating activities:    
Depreciation and amortization 1,311 1,280
Share-based payment expense 1,695 2,385
Income tax expense 2,991 1,614
Financial income, net –534 –398
Increase/decrease in allowances on trade receivables 11 30
Other adjustments for non-cash items 94 110
Increase/decrease in trade and other receivables –388 –247
Increase/decrease in other assets –1,315 –632
Increase/decrease in trade payables, provisions, and other liabilities –521 603
Increase/decrease in contract liabilities 1,336 869
Share-based payments –817 –1,282
Income taxes paid, net of refunds –2,198 –2,277
Net cash flows from operating activities 9,156 5,207
Business combinations, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired –702 –1,114
Purchase of intangible assets and property, plant, and equipment –739 –797
Proceeds from sales of intangible assets and property, plant, and equipment 121 122
Purchase of equity or debt instruments of other entities –5,845 –6,401
Proceeds from sales of equity or debt instruments of other entities 5,779 7,533
Interest received 420 563
Net cash flows from investing activities –965 –93
Dividends paid –2,743 –2,565
Dividends paid on non-controlling interests –2 –1
Purchase of treasury shares –1,937 –2,106
Proceeds from borrowings 2 2,767
Repayments of borrowings –3,191 –1,185
Payments of lease liabilities –299 –310
Transactions with non-controlling interests 0 –11
Interest paid –574 –550
Net cash flows from financing activities –8,745 –3,961
Effect of foreign currency rates on cash and cash equivalents –836 333
Net increase/decrease in cash and cash equivalents –1,390 1,485
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 9,609 8,124
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 8,220 9,609

 

1 As of January 2025, SAP no longer classifies interest paid and interest received as a part of cash flows from operating activities.

 

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Non-IFRS Numbers

 

(D)Basis of Non-IFRS Presentation

 

SAP disclose certain financial measures such as expense (non-IFRS) and profit measures (non-IFRS) that are not prepared in accordance with IFRS and are therefore considered non-IFRS financial measures.

 

For a more detailed description of all of SAP’s non-IFRS measures and their limitations as well as SAP’s constant currency and free cash flow figures, see Explanation of Non-IFRS Measures.

 

 

(E)Reconciliation from Non-IFRS Numbers to IFRS Numbers

 

 

(E.1)Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Revenue – Quarter

 

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated Q4 2025 Q4 2024  ∆ in %
IFRS Currency Impact Non-IFRS Constant Currency IFRS IFRS Non-IFRS Constant Currency
Revenue Numbers            
Cloud 5,610 313 5,923 4,708 19 26
Software licenses 452 22 474 683 –34 –31
Software support 2,557 111 2,668 2,876 –11 –7
Software licenses and support 3,008 133 3,141 3,559 –15 –12
Cloud and software 8,618 446 9,064 8,267 4 10
Services 1,066 50 1,115 1,110 –4 0
Total revenue 9,684 495 10,179 9,377 3 9

 

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(E.2)Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Operating Expenses – Quarter

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated Q4 2025 Q4 2024  ∆ in %
IFRS Adj. Non-IFRS

Currency
Impact

Non-IFRS
Constant
Currency

IFRS Adj. Non-IFRS IFRS Non-IFRS

Non-IFRS
Constant
Currency

Operating Expense Numbers                      
Cost of cloud –1,504 79 –1,425     –1,279 29 –1,250 18 14  
Cost of software licenses and support –340 52 –288     –319 0 –319 7 –10  
Cost of cloud and software –1,844 131 –1,713     –1,598 29 –1,569 15 9  
Cost of services –796 0 –796     –837 0 –837 –5 –5  
Total cost of revenue –2,640 131 –2,509     –2,435 29 –2,406 8 4  
Gross profit 7,044 131 7,175 345 7,520 6,943 29 6,972 1 3 8
Research and development –1,698 1 –1,697     –1,675 2 –1,673 1 1  
Sales and marketing –2,303 69 –2,234     –2,496 53 –2,443 –8 –9  
General and administration –465 71 –393     –378 12 –366 23 7  
Restructuring –3 3 0     –323 323 0 –99 NA  
Other operating income/expense, net –21 0 –21     –54 0 –54 –60 –60  
Total operating expenses –7,130 275 –6,855 –371 –7,226 –7,361 420 –6,941 –3 –1 4

 

 

(E.3)Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Profit Figures, Income Tax, and Key Ratios – Quarter

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated Q4 2025 Q4 2024  ∆ in %
IFRS Adj. Non-IFRS

Currency
Impact

Non-IFRS
Constant
Currency

IFRS Adj. Non-IFRS IFRS Non-IFRS

Non-IFRS
Constant
Currency

Profit Numbers                      
Operating profit (loss) 2,554 275 2,829 124 2,953 2,016 420 2,436 27 16 21
Other non-operating
income/expense, net
65 0 65     –83 0 –83 NA NA  
Finance income 665 –549 115     578 –408 170 15 –32  
Finance costs –517 341 –177     –305 94 –210 70 –16  
Financial income, net 147 –209 –61     273 –314 –40 –46 52  
Profit (loss) before tax 2,767 66 2,833     2,207 106 2,313 25 22  
Income tax expense –871 –66 –937     –591 –103 –694 47 35  
Profit (loss) after tax 1,896 0 1,896     1,616 3 1,619 17 17  
Attributable to owners of parent 1,846 42 1,888     1,601 28 1,629 15 16  
Attributable to non-controlling interests 50 –42 8     15 –24 –10 >100 NA  
                       
Key Ratios                      
Operating margin (in %) 26.4   29.2   29.0 21.5   26.0 4.9pp 3.2pp 3.0pp
Effective tax rate (in %)1 31.5   33.1     26.8   30.0 4.7pp 3.1pp  
Earnings per share, basic (in €) 1.58   1.62     1.37   1.40 15 16  

 

1 The difference between our effective tax rate (IFRS) and effective tax rate (non-IFRS) in Q4 2025 mainly resulted from tax effects of equity securities. The difference between our effective tax rate (IFRS) and effective tax rate (non-IFRS) in Q4 2024 mainly resulted from tax effects of restructuring expenses and equity securities.

 

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(E.4)Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Revenue – Year-to-Date

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated Q1–Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2024  ∆ in %
IFRS

Currency

Impact

Non-IFRS
Constant
Currency

IFRS IFRS

Non-IFRS
Constant
Currency

Revenue Numbers            
Cloud 21,023 637 21,661 17,141 23 26
Software licenses 990 31 1,020 1,399 –29 –27
Software support 10,525 229 10,754 11,290 –7 –5
Software licenses and support 11,515 259 11,774 12,689 –9 –7
Cloud and software 32,538 897 33,435 29,830 9 12
Services 4,262 107 4,369 4,346 –2 1
Total revenue 36,800 1,004 37,804 34,176 8 11

 

(E.5)Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Operating Expenses – Year-to-Date

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated Q1–Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2024  ∆ in %
IFRS Adj. Non-IFRS

Currency

Impact

Non-IFRS
Constant
Currency

IFRS Adj. Non-IFRS IFRS Non-IFRS

Non-IFRS
Constant
Currency

Operating Expense Numbers                      
Cost of cloud –5,416 150 –5,266     –4,660 78 –4,582 16 15  
Cost of software licenses and support –1,249 52 –1,196     –1,262 0 –1,262 –1 –5  
Cost of cloud and software –6,665 203 –6,463     –5,922 78 –5,844 13 11  
Cost of services –3,193 1 –3,192     –3,321 1 –3,321 –4 –4  
Total cost of revenue –9,858 203 –9,655     –9,243 79 –9,165 7 5  
Gross profit 26,942 203 27,145 705 27,851 24,932 79 25,011 8 9 11
Research and development –6,633 5 –6,628     –6,514 5 –6,508 2 2  
Sales and marketing –8,879 299 –8,580     –9,090 234 –8,856 –2 –3  
General and administration –1,548 78 –1,470     –1,435 27 –1,409 8 4  
Restructuring –3 3 0     –3,144 3,144 0 –100 NA  
Other operating income/expense, net –49 0 –49     –85 0 –85 –43 –43  
Total operating expenses –26,970 589 –26,382 –762 –27,143 –29,511 3,489 –26,022 –9 1 4

 

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(E.6)Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Profit Figures, Income Tax, and Key Ratios – Year-to-Date

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated Q1–Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2024  ∆ in %
IFRS Adj. Non-IFRS

Currency

Impact

Non-IFRS
Constant
Currency

IFRS Adj. Non-IFRS IFRS Non-IFRS

Non-IFRS
Constant
Currency

Profit Numbers                      
Operating profit (loss) 9,830 589 10,419 242 10,661 4,665 3,489 8,153 >100 28 31
Other non-operating income/expense, net 118 0 118     –298 0 –298 NA NA  
Finance income 1,911 –1,389 522     1,429 –777 652 34 –20  
Finance costs –1,377 625 –751     –1,031 316 –715 34 5  
Financial income, net 534 –764 –230     398 –461 –63 34 >100  
Profit (loss) before tax 10,482 –175 10,307     4,764 3,028 7,792 >100 32  
Income tax expense –2,991 –141 –3,132     –1,614 –899 –2,513 85 25  
Profit (loss) after tax 7,492 –316 7,176     3,150 2,129 5,279 >100 36  
Attributable to owners of parent 7,327 –161 7,166     3,124 2,162 5,286 >100 36  
Attributable to non-controlling interests 165 –156 10     26 –33 –7 >100 NA  
                       
Key Ratios                      
Operating margin (in %) 26.7   28.3   28.2 13.6   23.9 13.1pp 4.5pp 4.3pp
Effective tax rate (in %)1 28.5   30.4     33.9   32.3 –5.4pp –1.9pp  
Earnings per share, basic (in €) 6.28   6.15     2.68   4.53 >100 36  

 

1 The difference between our effective tax rate (IFRS) and effective tax rate (non-IFRS) in 2025 mainly resulted from tax effects of equity securities. The difference between our effective tax rate (IFRS) and effective tax rate (non-IFRS) in 2024 mainly resulted from tax effects of restructuring expenses and equity securities.

 

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(E.7)Reconciliation of Free Cash Flow

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated Q1–Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2024
Net cash flows from operating activities 9,156 5,207
Purchase of intangible assets and property, plant, and equipment –739 –797
Proceeds from sales of intangible assets and property, plant, and equipment 121 122
Payments of lease liabilities –299 –310
Free cash flow 8,239 4,222
     
Net cash flows from investing activities –965 –93
Net cash flows from financing activities –8,745 –3,961

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

(F)Non-IFRS Adjustments – Actuals and Estimates

 

€ millions, unless otherwise stated

Estimated Amounts for
Full Year 2026

Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2025 Q4 2024 Q1–Q4 2024
Profit (loss) before tax (IFRS)   2,767 10,482 2,207 4,764
Adjustment for acquisition-related charges  340-420 98 411 100 356
Adjustment for restructuring expenses 0-20 3 3 323 3,144
Adjustment for regulatory compliance matter expenses 0 0 0 –3 –11
Adjustment for the Teradata litigation expenses 0 174 174 0 0
Adjustment for gains and losses from equity securities, net N/A1 –209 –764 –314 –461
Profit (loss) before tax (non-IFRS)   2,833 10,307 2,313 7,792

 

1 Due to the uncertainty and potential variability of gains and losses from equity securities, we cannot provide an estimate for the full year without unreasonable efforts. This item could however have a material impact on our non-IFRS measures below operating profit.

 

 

(G)Non-IFRS Operating Expense Adjustments by Functional Areas

 

€ millions Q4 2025 Q4 2024
  IFRS Acquisition
-Related
Restruc-
turing
RCM1 Teradata
litigation
Non-
IFRS
IFRS Acquisition-
Related
Restruc-turing RCM1 Teradata litigation Non-IFRS
Cost of cloud –1,504 26 0 0 52 –1,425 –1,279 29 0 0 0 –1,250
Cost of software licenses and support –340 0 0 0 52 –288 –319 0 0 0 0 –319
Cost of services –796 0 0 0 0 –796 –837 0 0 0 0 –837
Research and development –1,698 1 0 0 0 –1,697 –1,675 2 0 0 0 –1,673
Sales and marketing –2,303 69 0 0 0 –2,234 –2,496 67 0 –14 0 –2,443
General and administration –465 2 0 0 70 –393 –378 2 0 11 0 –366
Restructuring –3 0 3 0 0 0 –323 0 323 0 0 0
Other operating income/expense, net –21 0 0 0 0 –21 –54 0 0 0 0 –54
Total operating expenses –7,130 98 3 0 174 –6,855 –7,361 100 323 –3 0 –6,941

 

1 Regulatory Compliance Matters

 

€ millions Q1–Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2024
IFRS Acquisition
-Related
Restruc-
turing
RCM1 Teradata
litigation
Non-
IFRS
IFRS Acquisition-
Related
Restruc-turing RCM1 Teradata litigation Non-IFRS
Cost of cloud –5,416 98 0 0 52 –5,266 –4,660 78 0 0 0 –4,582
Cost of software licenses and support –1,249 0 0 0 52 –1,196 –1,262 0 0 0 0 –1,262
Cost of services –3,193 1 0 0 0 –3,192 –3,321 1 0 0 0 –3,321
Research and development –6,633 5 0 0 0 –6,628 –6,514 5 0 0 0 –6,508
Sales and marketing –8,879 299 0 0 0 –8,580 –9,090 255 0 –22 0 –8,856
General and administration –1,548 8 0 0 70 –1,470 –1,435 16 0 11 0 –1,409
Restructuring –3 0 3 0 0 0 –3,144 0 3,144 0 0 0
Other operating income/expense, net –49 0 0 0 0 –49 –85 0 0 0 0 –85
Total operating expenses –26,970 411 3 0 174 –26,382 –29,511 356 3,144 –11 0 –26,022

 

1 Regulatory Compliance Matters

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

If not presented in a separate line item in our income statement, the restructuring expenses would break down as follows:

 

€ millions Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2025 Q4 2024 Q1–Q4 2024
Cost of cloud 0 1 –1 –95
Cost of software licenses and support 1 5 –6 –85
Cost of services –1 8 –41 –566
Research and development –3 17 –109 –1,197
Sales and marketing –2 –19 –149 –1,043
General and administration 2 –16 –17 –158
Restructuring expenses –3 –3 –323 –3,144

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

Disaggregations

 

 

(H) Segment Reporting

 

(H.1) Segment Policies and Changes

SAP is organized in two operating segments, the Applications, Technology & Support (ATS) segment and the Core Services segment:

 

The ATS segment represents SAP’s cohesive product portfolio which is holistically steered and commercialized. It primarily generates revenue from cloud subscriptions and from the sale of software licenses and support offerings, and it incurs cost for support, operating our solutions, and the provision of infrastructure. The revenue and cost for services arise for SAP’s training business which is highly integrated with SAP’s product portfolio.

 

The Core Services segment supports SAP’s product portfolio by enabling customers to transform their business and accelerate the adoption of innovations. Revenues are mainly generated from professional consulting services and premium support services. Cost is incurred primarily for the delivery of those services. The Core Services segment does not reflect the full services business.

 

The segment information for comparative prior periods was restated to conform with the new segment composition.

 

(H.2) Segment Reporting – Quarter

 

Applications, Technology & Support (ATS)

 

€ millions

(non-IFRS)

Q4 2025 Q4 2024

Actual

Currency

Constant

Currency

Actual

Currency

Cloud 5,610 5,923 4,708
Software licenses 452 474 683
Software support 2,557 2,668 2,876
Software licenses and support 3,008 3,141 3,559
Cloud and software 8,618 9,064 8,267
Services 93 96 114
Total segment revenue 8,711 9,160 8,381
Cost of cloud –1,372 –1,465 –1,223
Cost of software licenses and support –285 –301 –306
Cost of cloud and software –1,656 –1,766 –1,529
Cost of services –84 –86 –96
Total cost of revenue –1,740 –1,853 –1,626
Segment gross profit 6,971 7,307 6,755
Other segment expenses –3,438 –3,611 –3,483
Segment profit (loss) 3,532 3,696 3,272

 

 

Core Services

 

€ millions

(non-IFRS)

Q4 2025 Q4 2024

Actual

Currency

Constant

Currency

Actual

Currency

Services 973 1,019 996
Total segment revenue 973 1,019 996
Cost of cloud –34 –35 –32
Cost of software licenses and support –10 –10 –13
Cost of cloud and software –44 –45 –45
Cost of services –704 –736 –743
Total cost of revenue –747 –781 –788
Segment gross profit 226 238 209
Other segment expenses –160 –167 –177
Segment profit (loss) 66 71 32

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

(H.3) Segment Reporting – Year-to-Date

 

Applications, Technology & Support

 

€ millions

(non-IFRS)

Q1–Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2024

Actual

Currency

Constant

Currency

Actual

Currency

Cloud 21,023 21,661 17,141
Software licenses 990 1,020 1,399
Software support 10,525 10,754 11,290
Software licenses and support 11,515 11,774 12,689
Cloud and software 32,538 33,435 29,829
Services 309 316 418
Total segment revenue 32,847 33,751 30,248
Cost of cloud –5,084 –5,276 –4,446
Cost of software licenses and support –1,109 –1,143 –1,169
Cost of cloud and software –6,193 –6,419 –5,615
Cost of services –349 –357 –385
Total cost of revenue –6,542 –6,775 –6,000
Segment gross profit 26,305 26,976 24,248
Other segment expenses –12,959 –13,328 –12,995
Segment profit (loss) 13,345 13,647 11,253

 

 

Core Services

 

€ millions

(non-IFRS)

Q1–Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2024

Actual

Currency

Constant

Currency

Actual

Currency

Services 3,953 4,053 3,927
Total segment revenue 3,953 4,053 3,927
Cost of cloud –120 –124 –108
Cost of software licenses and support –39 –40 –49
Cost of cloud and software –159 –164 –158
Cost of services –2,773 –2,843 –2,850
Total cost of revenue –2,932 –3,007 –3,008
Segment gross profit 1,021 1,046 920
Other segment expenses –590 –605 –637
Segment profit (loss) 432 440 283

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

(I) Revenue by Region (IFRS and Non-IFRS)

 

(I.1) Revenue by Region (IFRS and Non-IFRS) – Quarter

 

€ millions Q4 2025 Q4 2024  ∆ in %
Actual currency

Currency

Impact

Constant

Currency

Actual currency Actual currency

Constant

Currency

Cloud Revenue by Region      
EMEA 2,410 41 2,451 1,920 26 28
Americas 2,383 192 2,574 2,121 12 21
APJ 817 80 897 667 23 34
Cloud revenue 5,610 313 5,923 4,708 19 26
Cloud and Software Revenue by Region      
EMEA 4,055 52 4,107 3,840 6 7
Americas 3,327 273 3,600 3,230 3 11
APJ 1,236 120 1,357 1,197 3 13
Cloud and software revenue 8,618 446 9,064 8,267 4 10
Total Revenue by Region      
Germany 1,582 2 1,583 1,557 2 2
Rest of EMEA 3,007 57 3,064 2,838 6 8
Total EMEA 4,589 58 4,647 4,395 4 6
United States 2,934 257 3,191 2,947 0 8
Rest of Americas 801 48 849 714 12 19
Total Americas 3,734 305 4,040 3,662 2 10
Japan 393 39 432 370 6 17
Rest of APJ 968 92 1,061 950 2 12
Total APJ 1,361 132 1,493 1,320 3 13
Total revenue   9,684 495 10,179 9,377 3 9

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

(I.2) Revenue by Region (IFRS and Non-IFRS) – Year-to-Date

 

€ millions Q1–Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2024  ∆ in %
Actual Currency

Currency

Impact

Constant

Currency

Actual Currency Actual Currency

Constant

Currency

Cloud Revenue by Region      
EMEA 8,876 62 8,938 6,892 29 30
Americas 9,075 422 9,497 7,872 15 21
APJ 3,072 153 3,226 2,377 29 36
Cloud revenue 21,023 637 21,661 17,141 23 26
Cloud and Software Revenue by Region      
EMEA 15,013 75 15,089 13,534 11 11
Americas 12,744 592 13,336 11,987 6 11
APJ 4,781 229 5,011 4,308 11 16
Cloud and software revenue 32,538 897 33,435 29,830 9 12
Total Revenue by Region      
Germany 5,828 1 5,829 5,359 9 9
Rest of EMEA 11,197 83 11,280 10,216 10 10
Total EMEA 17,025 83 17,109 15,575 9 10
United States 11,537 486 12,023 11,056 4 9
Rest of Americas 2,962 182 3,145 2,752 8 14
Total Americas 14,499 669 15,167 13,808 5 10
Japan 1,569 50 1,619 1,388 13 17
Rest of APJ 3,707 202 3,909 3,404 9 15
Total APJ 5,276 252 5,528 4,793 10 15
Total revenue   36,800 1,004 37,804 34,176 8 11

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

(J) Employees by Region and Functional Areas

 

Full-time equivalents 12/31/2025 12/31/2024
  EMEA Americas APJ Total EMEA Americas APJ Total
Cloud and software 4,665 4,511 5,381 14,557 4,543 4,339 4,764 13,646
Services 8,331 4,546 5,813 18,691 8,485 4,719 5,566 18,770
Research and development 18,589 5,845 13,531 37,965 18,819 5,677 13,094 37,590
Sales and marketing 12,031 9,829 4,963 26,823 12,042 9,801 5,139 26,983
General and administration 4,057 1,924 1,356 7,337 3,836 1,836 1,300 6,971
Infrastructure 3,164 1,104 1,008 5,277 3,076 1,164 921 5,161
SAP Group (12/31) 50,837 27,759 32,052 110,650 50,801 27,536 30,784 109,121
    Thereof acquisitions1 288 74 13 375 413 414 86 912
SAP Group (twelve months' end average) 49,685 27,823 31,703 109,211 49,764 27,394 29,997 107,155

 

1 Acquisitions closed between January 1 and December 31 of the respective year.

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

Other Disclosures

 

 

(K) Share-Based Payment

 

SAP’s share-based payment expenses included in SAPs non-IFRS operating expenses break down as follows:

 

€ millions Q4 2025 Q1–Q4 2025 Q4 2024 Q1–Q4 2024
Cost of cloud –21 –107 –34 –138
Cost of software licenses and support –6 –30 –11 –42
Cost of services –46 –244 –91 –360
Research and development –119 –600 –180 –751
Sales and marketing –101 –579 –200 –876
General and administration –23 –135 –54 –217
Share-based payment expenses –316 –1,695 –570 –2,385

 

The decrease in share-based payment expenses is mainly due to a reduction in the SAP share price of more than €25 in 2025, as compared to an increase in 2024 of more than €95, as well as lower grant volumes as compared to prior years. For more information about share-based payment expenses, see the Notes to the Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements, Note (B.3).

 

In the fourth quarter and in the full year 2025, the amount of accelerated share-based payment expenses triggered by the transformation program was not material. In 2024, SAP recognized accelerated share-based payment expenses amounting to €138 million in the fourth quarter, and €309 million in the full year. These share-based payment expenses are classified as restructuring expenses in SAP’s consolidated income statements.

 

Associated share-based payments in the full year 2025 amounted to €165 million (Q1-Q4/2024: €171 million) and are classified as a decrease in provisions and other liabilities in SAP’s consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

(L) Business Combinations

 

On August 1, 2025, SAP announced its intention to acquire 100% of SmartRecruiters, Inc. (“SmartRecruiters”), a leading talent acquisition software provider.

 

The transaction closed on September 11, 2025, following satisfaction of regulatory and other approvals. The acquisition will strengthen the SAP SuccessFactors Human Capital Management (HCM) suite. SmartRecruiter’s products improve employee hiring decision-making and reduce time to hire. Embedded analytics and AI-powered recommendations from SAP and SmartRecruiters will provide valuable insights into talent pools, avoid hiring bottlenecks, and improve workforce planning. The preliminary consideration transferred amounted to €753 million.

 

In the fourth quarter of 2025, the contribution of SmartRecruiters to revenue was approximately €20 million, to operating profit (IFRS) approximately €-11 million and operating profit (non-IFRS) approximately €-6 million (non-IFRS). For the full year 2025 the contribution of SmartRecruiters was approximately €26 million to revenue, approximately €-17 million to operating profit (IFRS) and approximately €-10 million to operating profit (non-IFRS).

 

(M) Tax-related Litigation

 

Due to a recent change in case law, SAP´s other tax litigation was affected for prior years. This resulted in an increase of other taxes by €98 million negatively affecting SAP’s operating profit and a compensating benefit in SAP’s income tax expense in the third quarter of 2025. As payments were made over the years, the impact on cash flows from operating activities 2025 is immaterial.

 

The other tax litigation was disclosed among the contingent liabilities in the Notes to the Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements, Note (G.1).

 

(N) Teradata Litigation Matter

 

The Teradata litigation claims have been pending in the U.S. federal court since 2018 when Teradata Corporation, Teradata US, Inc. and Teradata Operations, Inc. (collectively “Teradata“) filed a civil lawsuit against SAP SE, SAP America, Inc. and SAP Labs, LLC. Teradata alleges trade secret misappropriation and U.S. antitrust violations concerning the development and commercialization of the SAP HANA database. While SAP initially secured a dismissal of these claims in 2021, a 2024 appellate ruling reinstated the case, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the matter in October 2025. SAP will continue to defend itself vigorously at the jury trial scheduled for March-April 2026. SAP engaged in a court ordered mediation at the end of January 2026 and as a result thereof,

 

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Quarterly Statement Q4 2025

 

 

 

we have recorded a provision of €174 million as of December 31, 2025 (FY 2024: €0 million) related to our offer to Teradata to fully settle these claims, which to date reflects our best estimate to resolve the litigation.

 

For more information about the Teradata litigation, see the Notes to the Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements, Note (G.1).

 

(O) Changes to Our Financial Key Measures

 

Effective 2025, numbers that are identified as operating profit (non-IFRS) will be adjusted by excluding expenses related to the Teradata litigation matter. This adjustment includes legal fees and expenses from settlements, or damages awarded in court, and are strictly limited to the scope of IAS 37.

 

The adjustments to SAP’s non-IFRS definitions will also impact our profit before tax (non-IFRS), profit after tax (non-IFRS), and our non-IFRS key ratios such as operating margin, effective tax rate, and earnings per share, basic.

 

For more details such as the explanation, the usefulness, and the limitations of non-IFRS measures, please refer to the SAP Performance Measures. For more information about the Teradata litigation matter, see Note (N) in this quarterly statement, and the Notes to the Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements, Note (G.1).

 

(P) Changes to Our Non-Financial Key Measures

 

The following changes will be effective as of 2026.

 

(P.1) Gross Greenhouse Gas Emissions

 

Starting 2026, SAP intend to revise the methodology we use to calculate Scope 3 GHG emissions. We will replace our current methodology for calculating category 11 emissions from the use of sold products, which is based on the total amount of active maintenance contracts, with a forward-looking approach that considers the estimated emissions during the lifetime of all new systems sold within a specific period. This change aligns our approach more closely with the GHG Protocol. The revised calculation methodology will result in a significant decrease in reported emissions and therefore lead to a re-baselining in accordance with the GHG Protocol. Had this methodology been applied in the reporting year, our 2025 GHG emissions would have been 3,549 kilotons.

 

(P.2) Customer Net Promoter Score

 

Starting 2026, we are revising our customer experience KPI framework by switching from Customer NPS (Net Promoter Score) to Cloud Customer Satisfaction (Cloud CSAT). The CSAT metric is calculated as a “top 2-box” score, taking the percentage of customers who are “very satisfied” or “satisfied” with SAP, as indicated on a 5-point scale, that provides response options from “very satisfied” to “very dissatisfied”. Consequently, the range of achievable scores is between 0 and 100, with the latter being the best achievable score for customer satisfaction as measured by the Cloud CSAT methodology.

 

The Cloud CSAT KPI is calculated based on feedback from our cloud customers, in alignment with SAP’s cloud-first strategy. The Cloud CSAT score for 2025 was 75%. A cloud customer is a customer giving feedback either (1) explicitly about one of the cloud solutions that they have implemented and are operationally running, or (2) giving feedback about “SAP in general” while having implemented and operationally running either exclusively one or more cloud solution(s) or has a mixed portfolio that does not include certain pre-defined solutions confirmed to be running as on-premise. If a customer runs any of the pre-defined, confirmed to be running as on-premise solutions (ERP On-Prem, HANA On-Prem, S/4HANA On-prem, HCM On-Prem, SAP Business Objects, SAP Business Warehouse), they are treated as an on-premise customer and their rating score is not considered in the Cloud CSAT calculation. The revenue generated with cloud solutions in any mixed portfolio counts towards cloud revenue reported in our financial information.

 

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FAQ

How did SAP (SAP) perform financially in full-year 2025?

SAP delivered strong 2025 results, with total revenue up 8% to €36.80 billion and cloud revenue up 23% to €21.02 billion. IFRS operating profit more than doubled to €9.83 billion, and basic earnings per share rose 135% to €6.28 as margins expanded.

What were SAP (SAP) key cloud metrics and backlog trends in 2025?

Cloud revenue grew 23% to €21.02 billion, led by Cloud ERP Suite revenue up 28% to €18.12 billion. Current cloud backlog reached €21.05 billion, growing 25% at constant currencies, while total cloud backlog increased 22% to €77.29 billion, indicating strong contracted future business.

How did SAP (SAP) profitability and cash flow change in 2025?

SAP’s IFRS operating profit rose to €9.83 billion, more than double 2024, while non-IFRS operating profit increased 28% to €10.42 billion. Operating cash flow climbed 76% to €9.16 billion, and free cash flow rose 95% to €8.24 billion, supporting stronger net liquidity of €3.38 billion.

What capital return actions did SAP (SAP) announce with these results?

SAP’s boards authorized a new share repurchase program of up to €10 billion, scheduled to start in February 2026 and expected to conclude by end‑2027. This follows earlier buybacks of around 56 million shares for about €8.0 billion, signaling continued shareholder-return focus.

How are SAP (SAP) customer and employee metrics trending?

Customer Net Promoter Score fell 3 points to 9, below the 12–16 target, mainly among on‑premise customers. However, the Employee Engagement Index improved to 76% and the Business Health Culture Index rose to 81%. SAP plans to adopt a cloud-focused Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) metric from 2026.

What litigation and legal provisions affected SAP (SAP) in 2025?

SAP recorded a €174 million provision linked to its offer to fully settle the Teradata litigation, after an appellate ruling reinstated the case. The company also noted about €0.1 billion impact from other tax litigation and related changes in case law on 2025 operating profit.

How is SAP (SAP) progressing on climate and ESG metrics?

Total gross greenhouse gas emissions decreased to 6.3 Mt in 2025 from 6.9 Mt, aligning with SAP’s reduction guidance. From 2026, SAP will adopt a new Scope 3 methodology; under this updated approach, 2025 emissions would have been 3,549 kilotons, requiring a revised baseline.
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