On September 3, SAP SE rose 3.2% in regular trading, trading at $216.89/share, with turnover of $38.356 million. The gain was driven by a broad rally across the AI application software sector following Salesforce's blockbuster quarterly results.
Salesforce reported Q2 revenue of $11.35 billion (up 11% YoY) with adjusted EPS of $5.90, both beating expectations. Its AI products — Agentforce and Data 360 — posted combined ARR approaching $3.9 billion, surging over 210% year-over-year. The company also raised full-year revenue guidance to $46.1–46.4 billion and announced a deepened partnership with Anthropic, effectively countering the market's persistent \"SaaS doomsday\" narrative. Within the Application Software sector, Palantir rose 5.12%, Strategy gained 5.79%, and Salesforce added 3.18%, with sentiment broadly lifting SAP as a global ERP leader.
Notably, SAP had recently faced headwinds after UBS downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral, citing slow agentic AI delivery and limited near-term monetization catalysts. The stock had retreated roughly 21% from its 52-week high of $242. The current sector-wide rebound may represent short-term sentiment repair; investors should continue to monitor SAP's own AI transformation progress and cloud backlog growth trajectory.
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