SAP AG (SAP) Reports Prelim. Q4 EPS of EUR 1.09

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) reported Q4 EPS of €1.09, versus €1.11 reported last year. Revenue for the quarter came in at €5.46 billion, versus €5.11 billion reported last year.

Q4 Highlights/Commentary:

SAP delivered exceptionally strong growth in the cloud and continues to lead in this industry-wide transformation. Full year non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue increased 45% at actual and constant currencies to €1.10 billion1.

The company also showed a solid software and software-related service revenue performance despite the accelerated shift from upfront software revenue to more subscription-based cloud revenue. Non-IFRS software and software-related service revenue grew 7% at constant currencies (6% at actual currencies to €14.87 billion) achieving the full year target of 6% - 8% growth at constant currencies. Non-IFRS operating profit increased by 3% at constant currencies to €5.63 billion (3% at actual currencies to €5.64 billion), achieving the full year outlook of €5.6 - €5.8 billion at constant currencies.

"In 2014 we delivered on our Run Simple strategy to help our customers transform their businesses. SAP's strong growth is driven by the HANA platform, the broadest cloud portfolio and the largest business network in the world," said Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP. "SAP powers the clear path to growth for businesses in the 21st century: run real-time, run networked, run simple. We will continue to push relentlessly toward a much more predictable business model and are once again raising our cloud ambition to grow 7X from 2014 through 2020."

"We had exceptional growth in our cloud business and have significantly lifted the total of cloud backlog and non-IFRS deferred cloud revenue to more than €3 billion. This is committed business that will drive strong cloud growth in the future," said Luka Mucic, CFO of SAP. "We expect cloud subscriptions to exceed software license revenue in 2018. At that time SAP expects to reach a scale in its cloud business that will clear the way for accelerated operating profit expansion."

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