On July 24, SAP SE rose 5.75% overnight. The rebound was triggered by the release of Q2 earnings after market close, where cloud business momentum offset a headline EPS miss.

SAP reported Q2 non-IFRS earnings of 1.59 euros per share, below the consensus estimate of 1.75 euros. However, total revenue of 9.878 billion euros slightly exceeded the 9.85 billion euro expectation. Cloud revenue grew 22% year-over-year, with current cloud backlog reaching 22.929 billion euros, up 27% year-over-year. IFRS net income surged 26% to 2.209 billion euros, with IFRS basic EPS of 1.89 euros rising 30%.

Prior to the earnings release, multiple institutions had downgraded SAP targets — Barclays to $255, UBS from 205 to 164 euros, and Wells Fargo from 250 to 180 euros — contributing to consecutive session declines that likely absorbed much of the pessimistic outlook. The earnings print, while mixed on profitability, confirmed accelerating cloud transition and robust backlog growth, prompting a sentiment recovery.

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