SAP SE (SAP) cash flow statement
NYSE · Technology · Software - Application · 113,076 employees · CEO Christian Klein
- Price
- $235.02 +0.41%
- Market cap
- $274B
- Enterprise value
- €245B
- Last report
- Q3 '26 filed 2026-10-26
- Next report
- 2027-01-28
In Q3 '26 SAP SE (SAP) generated €1.88B of operating cash flow, invested €166M in capital expenditure and kept €1.71B of free cash flow. Over the last four quarters free cash flow was €9.14B.
Cash flow
| Cash flow | Trend | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q3 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | |||||||||||||
| Net income | -€1.07B | -€824M | €918M | €1.44B | €1.62B | €1.8B | €1.75B | €2.05B | €1.73B | €1.95B | €2.21B | €2.24B | |
| Depreciation & amortization | €331M | €313M | €313M | €317M | €337M | €349M | €319M | €318M | €325M | €305M | €316M | €331M | |
| Stock-based compensation | €543M | €688M | €592M | €535M | €570M | €420M | €529M | €430M | €316M | €285M | €468M | €0 | |
| Deferred income tax | €609M | -€157M | €470M | €710M | €591M | €672M | €753M | €694M | €825M | €800M | €797M | €0 | |
| Change in working capital | -€244M | €3.24B | €691M | -€1.14B | -€2.17B | €1.28B | -€31M | -€1.11B | -€804M | €864M | €756M | -€992M | |
| Other non-cash items | €1.8B | -€377M | -€1.47B | -€464M | -€1.5B | -€732M | -€743M | -€886M | -€1.1B | -€688M | -€1.39B | €306M | |
| Operating cash flow | €1.97B | €2.88B | €1.51B | €1.4B | -€550M | €3.78B | €2.58B | €1.5B | €1.3B | €3.51B | €3.15B | €1.88B | |
| Investing | |||||||||||||
| Capital expenditure | -€190M | -€187M | -€178M | -€163M | -€269M | -€168M | -€190M | -€201M | -€180M | -€238M | -€116M | -€166M | |
| Acquisitions | -€1.17B | -€19M | €0 | -€1.09B | -€10M | -€3M | -€2M | -€695M | -€2M | -€2M | -€989M | -€806M | |
| Purchases of investments | -€597M | -€4.25B | -€3.74B | €1.47B | €116M | -€1.37B | -€2.02B | -€983M | -€1.48B | -€594M | -€1.19B | -€1.76B | |
| Sales / maturities of investments | €42M | €3.3B | €4.07B | €82M | €81M | €1.42B | €1.39B | €1.64B | €1.33B | €1.53B | €454M | €1.24B | |
| Other investing | -€88M | €171M | €170M | €159M | €43M | €158M | €106M | €163M | €115M | €122M | €95M | €1M | |
| Investing cash flow | -€2B | -€986M | €326M | €463M | -€39M | €43M | -€716M | -€74M | -€218M | €822M | -€1.74B | -€1.49B | |
| Financing | |||||||||||||
| Net debt issued / repaid | -€692M | -€90M | -€71M | €1.19B | €248M | -€1.32B | -€669M | -€322M | -€1.18B | -€559M | -€1.66B | -€66M | |
| Share buybacks | -€231M | -€432M | -€543M | -€650M | -€481M | -€125M | -€1.51B | -€304M | €0 | -€2.28B | -€321M | -€1.52B | |
| Dividends | €0 | €0 | -€2.57B | €0 | €0 | €0 | -€2.74B | €0 | €0 | €0 | -€2.88B | €16.2M | |
| Other financing (incl. tax on vested shares) | -€38M | -€265M | -€120M | -€67M | €0 | -€281M | -€99M | -€74M | -€123M | -€196M | €4.35B | -€20M | |
| Financing cash flow | -€961M | -€787M | -€3.3B | €468M | -€233M | -€1.72B | -€5.02B | -€700M | -€1.3B | -€3.03B | -€511M | -€1.59B | |
| Summary | |||||||||||||
| FX effect on cash | -€260M | €65M | €39M | -€198M | €427M | -€365M | -€245M | -€116M | -€110M | €127M | -€37M | -€1.49M | |
| Net change in cash | -€1.25B | €1.17B | -€1.43B | €2.14B | -€396M | €1.74B | -€3.4B | €612M | -€334M | €1.43B | €863M | -€1.19B | |
| Free cash flow (OCF - capex) | €1.78B | €2.69B | €1.33B | €1.24B | -€819M | €3.61B | €2.39B | €1.3B | €1.12B | €3.27B | €3.04B | €1.71B | |
| Cash flow | Trend | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | |||||||||||
| Net income | €3.63B | €4.05B | €4.09B | €3.37B | €5.28B | €5.26B | €3.28B | €3.6B | €3.15B | €7.33B | |
| Depreciation & amortization | €1.27B | €1.27B | €1.36B | €1.87B | €1.83B | €1.54B | €1.57B | €1.37B | €1.28B | €1.31B | |
| Stock-based compensation | €0 | €1.12B | €830M | €1.84B | €1.08B | €1.34B | €1.43B | €2.22B | €2.39B | €1.7B | |
| Deferred income tax | €1.24B | €983M | €1.51B | €1.23B | €1.94B | -€497M | -€258M | €1.74B | €1.61B | €2.94B | |
| Change in working capital | €9M | €115M | -€729M | -€726M | €659M | €213M | -€220M | -€27M | €623M | -€664M | |
| Other non-cash items | -€1.52B | -€2.49B | -€2.76B | -€4.08B | -€3.6B | -€1.62B | -€153M | -€2.66B | -€3.85B | -€3.46B | |
| Operating cash flow | €4.63B | €5.05B | €4.3B | €3.5B | €7.19B | €6.22B | €5.65B | €6.25B | €5.21B | €9.16B | |
| Investing | |||||||||||
| Capital expenditure | -€1B | -€1.28B | -€1.46B | -€817M | -€816M | -€701M | -€877M | -€785M | -€797M | -€739M | |
| Acquisitions | -€106M | -€291M | -€2.14B | -€6.15B | -€429M | -€1.1B | -€390M | -€1.26B | -€1.11B | -€702M | |
| Purchases of investments | -€1.55B | -€2.91B | -€1.01B | -€900M | -€2.54B | -€4.37B | -€2.32B | -€3.57B | -€6.4B | -€5.85B | |
| Sales / maturities of investments | €793M | €3.27B | €1.49B | €778M | €735M | €3.23B | €4.19B | €907M | €7.53B | €5.78B | |
| Other investing | €63M | €97M | €57M | €71M | €0 | -€119M | €64M | €6.09B | €686M | €542M | |
| Investing cash flow | -€1.8B | -€1.11B | -€3.07B | -€7.02B | -€3.05B | -€3.06B | €667M | €1.39B | -€93M | -€965M | |
| Financing | |||||||||||
| Net debt issued / repaid | -€1.36B | -€1.36B | €4.96B | €1.91B | -€676M | -€647M | -€1.7B | -€4.4B | €1.27B | -€3.49B | |
| Share buybacks | €0 | -€500M | €0 | €0 | -€1.49B | €0 | -€1.5B | -€949M | -€2.11B | -€1.94B | |
| Dividends | -€1.38B | -€1.5B | -€1.67B | -€1.79B | -€1.86B | -€2.18B | -€2.87B | -€2.4B | -€2.57B | -€2.74B | |
| Other financing (incl. tax on vested shares) | €3M | -€43M | -€7M | -€17M | €94M | €2.77B | -€275M | -€387M | -€562M | -€577M | |
| Financing cash flow | -€2.71B | -€3.41B | €3.28B | €103M | -€3.94B | -€56M | -€6.34B | -€8.13B | -€3.96B | -€8.75B | |
| Summary | |||||||||||
| FX effect on cash | €167M | -€218M | €97M | €110M | -€214M | €484M | €133M | -€388M | €333M | -€836M | |
| Net change in cash | €291M | €309M | €4.62B | -€3.31B | -€3M | €3.59B | €110M | -€884M | €1.49B | -€1.39B | |
| Free cash flow (OCF - capex) | €3.63B | €3.77B | €2.84B | €2.68B | €6.38B | €5.52B | €4.77B | €5.46B | €4.41B | €8.42B | |
Standardised by Financial Modeling Prep from the company's filings; outflows and costs keep the sign the provider reports. Hover a period for its end date. Amounts in EUR.
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Data as of 2026-11-01 · Amounts in EUR as reported; price and market cap in USD.