{
  "id": 15958049,
  "title": "Software: SAP increases revenue and profit – stock up after hours",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/software-sap-steigert-umsatz-und-gewinn-aktie-nachborslich-im-plus",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-21T21:02:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/software-sap-steigert-umsatz-und-gewinn-aktie-nachboerslich-im-plus/100262108.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "SAP has exceeded stock market expectations with a 13% increase in revenue to 10.3 billion euros in the third quarter. The company's cloud products business grew by 26% to 6.7 billion euros, with a 28% increase in the Current Cloud Backlog (CCB) to 24.1 billion euros. SAP's finance chief, Dominik Asam, attributed the growth to disciplined cost management and sustained momentum in the cloud. CEO Christian Klein described the quarter as \"excellent\". The company's stock price rose to up to 214 euros in after-hours trading.",
  "summary": "Thanks to robust demand, growth in the important cloud business has accelerated somewhat again in the third quarter. The software group thus gave a more optimistic outlook.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}