Sap Se (SAP) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Sap Se's Operating Expenses came in at $8.45 billion for Q3 2026, up 9.6% from $7.7 billion a year earlier and up 0.4% from the prior quarter.
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Sap Se (SAP) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Sap Se reported Operating Expenses of $33.13 billion, up 10.3% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $30.71 billion, down 3.8% from FY2024.
- Operating Expenses carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Expenses was $31.94 billion in FY2024 (+16.2%), $27.48 billion in FY2023 (-0.5%), $27.61 billion in FY2022 (+0.6%) and $27.44 billion in FY2021 (+16.0%).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Expenses since Q1 2024.
- Year-over-year, Operating Expenses has increased for five consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 4.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Expenses over five years came in Q1 2024 (growth of 34.6%), and the weakest in Q1 2025 (a decline of 26.7%).
- Business Quant data shows SAP's Operating Expenses at $8.41 billion (Q2 2026), $7.98 billion (Q1 2026) and $8.3 billion (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 413.65 Bn | 378.59 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 845.28 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 374.28 Bn | 246.84 Bn | - | 12.62 Bn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 294.90 Bn | 222.88 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 8.45 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 186.99 Bn | 142.87 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 6.37 Bn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 120.08 Bn | 106.87 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 4.18 Bn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 113.02 Bn | 92.28 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 95.72 Bn | 75.07 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 3.88 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 74.73 Bn | 73.84 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 57.35 Bn | 44.49 Bn | 89.63 Mn | -20.82 Bn |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 52.16 Bn | 48.13 Bn | - | 1.18 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 8.45 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.41 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.98 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.30 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.70 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.44 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.03 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.87 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.87 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.61 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.59 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 7.06 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.56 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.73 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.12 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.18 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.97 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.56 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.95 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.46 Bn |
API Access
Sap Se Operating Expenses API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=SAP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "SAP", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=SAP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();