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Watch as beneficiaries of agentic AI expanding usage of complex enterprise software with strong APIs.

Jensen Huang argues that AI agents will create the largest opportunity ever for enterprise software partners, countering disruption fears and framing a bullish read-through for these tickers.

Watch SAP as AI raises the strategic value of its mission-critical ERP, finance, HR, and supply-chain data; the Snowflake GA partnership makes that data more accessible for governed agentic workflows, supporting data monetization and stickiness.

SAP is the core ERP (record of truth) for most mid-to-large companies; migration to cloud creates recurring revenue tailwinds; switching costs are extremely high. These competitive advantages are undervalued by the market, which focuses on near-term cloud migration disruption rather than the long-term stickiness and cash flows. The author is personally buying SAP at current prices, betting that fears are overblown and the moat ensures durable growth. Major enterprise customers successfully migrate to Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics during the cloud shift; AI agents reduce per-seat licensing; SAP fails to innovate and loses relevance.

SEC FOIA logs reveal ongoing investigations for listed companies, indicating regulatory scrutiny but no directional view expressed.

SAP is an AI value opportunity

SAP is the sovereign cloud play for Europe with its S/4HANA migration and new AI assistant Joule. The recurring revenue base is massive and sticky—businesses cannot easily switch ERP systems. As European companies prioritize digital sovereignty and AI integration, SAP’s installed base provides a predictable upgrade cycle. The stock is often overlooked as a “legacy” name despite growing cloud revenue. SAP offers a low-risk, high-moat bet on European enterprise digitalization with AI tailwinds. Competition from Oracle, Salesforce; slow S/4HANA migration pace; currency headwinds.

Long SAP as enterprise migration to Arm validates software portability and lowers adoption barriers, benefiting from cost-efficient cloud infrastructure.

Bearish view on European enterprise software and IT services as slower AI adoption widens the growth gap vs. U.S. peers, creating earnings revision risk.

Author explicitly names SAP as a top pick among sticky legacy SaaS companies that are hard to replace. Enterprises rely on SAP for core ERP, creating high switching costs; the author believes this defensiveness is mispriced. Long SAP as a value play in enterprise software with durable competitive advantages. Economic slowdown could delay enterprise IT spending; cloud migration competition from Oracle/Workday.

Author notes SAP is a major EU business operations player and price is "getting really attractive," nearly in value territory. This implies SAP offers a rare entry point for a dominant enterprise software firm at a reasonable valuation. Strongest near-term actionable idea; could be opened today with a long-term view. Cloud transition costs, competitive pressure (e.g., Workday, Oracle), EU economic slowdown.

Author says they “like SAP … a lot more” than the questioned stocks. SAP’s dominance in ERP and recent cloud transitions (S/4HANA) may provide a more defensible position against AI disruption. Mildly bullish as a value play with strong enterprise moat, per author’s view. No quantitative reasoning; SAP’s growth is slower; AI could still impact ERP workflows.

SAP AI pivot driving order growth.

SAP’s near-zero churn, 27% cloud revenue growth, 25% backlog increase, and enterprise data moat make it a resilient AI beneficiary, not a victim. The market’s broad selloff of SaaS stocks indiscriminately hit SAP, creating a mispricing that the author believes will correct as cloud migration and AI adoption accelerate earnings. Buy SAP on the current dip – it owns the mission-critical data that enterprise AI needs, has pricing power, and is successfully transitioning to higher-margin cloud recurring revenue. Macro slowdown delaying cloud migrations; competition from hyperscalers (AWS, Azure) building ERP-adjacent tools; slower-than-expected AI monetization; regulatory changes in Europe.

SAP is trading at record low valuations despite no change in its fundamentals. This disconnect between price and fundamentals represents a potential value opportunity. The stock is likely undervalued and may correct upwards as the market recognizes its intrinsic value. Prolonged market irrationality ignoring value; deteriorating fundamentals not yet reported.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang stated that margins for enterprise software might come down because AI requires costly hardware and energy. Kristina Partsinevelos highlighted this as a significant, first-time public comment and noted that software companies like Oracle and SAP have extremely high margins (70-90%) from asset-light, subscription models. As AI becomes embedded in every company’s operations, the necessary hardware and energy infrastructure will increase costs, potentially compressing the historically high margins of enterprise software providers. This margin pressure represents a structural headwind for pure-play enterprise software companies, making them less attractive from a profitability perspective. AVOID reflects the risk of multiple contraction as the market digests this shift. Software companies may successfully pass on additional costs to customers, or AI adoption may proceed more slowly than expected, leaving margins intact.

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"The legacy software enterprise software companies like SAP, like Oracle, like Workday... I would not be surprised if the amount of profits from these companies continues to decline as we're seeing the 99% for everyone being able to recreate what took them ten years to build in the past in one week." Legacy enterprise SaaS companies rely on high switching costs, massive development barriers, and monopolistic data silos to maintain high margins. AI coding agents completely destroy this moat by lowering the cost of custom software creation to near zero. Instead of paying expensive recurring licensing fees for rigid software, businesses will generate their own bespoke tools, leading to severe margin compression and customer churn for legacy providers. SHORT because the fundamental business model of charging rent for generic, siloed enterprise software is being disrupted by cheap, hyper-customized AI generation. These legacy giants successfully pivot by integrating AI into their own platforms, leveraging their massive existing distribution networks and entrenched enterprise relationships to actually increase prices and retain market share.

SAP is mentioned as a stock trading at a 52-week low. The author's final point is to check the 52-week low list for potential investment ideas, as these stocks may be undervalued. SAP is highlighted as a name on the 52-week low list, suggesting it could be a starting point for a value-oriented investigation. The stock could be at a low for valid reasons, such as increased competition, slowing growth, or execution issues. The post offers no insight into the business itself.

Europe is building a "Kill Switch" to insulate itself from US tech leverage. France and others have stated desires to move off platforms like Teams and Zoom. This is the "Soft Power" rebuild. Regulatory pressure and "sovereignty" mandates will force EU enterprises and governments to switch to local providers for cloud, telecom, and integration. This creates a "Euro Stack" of winners in semi-conductors (ASML, Infineon), telecom infrastructure (Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Orange), and data/cloud services (SAP, Capgemini, Nebius). Long the "European Digital Sovereignty" basket. These companies have a regulatory moat protecting them from US competition within the EU. European tech execution has historically lagged; US tech giants are deeply entrenched and difficult to displace.

SAP is the worst performer in the tech sector today, down 2%. The market is rotating out of "AI Vulnerable" software. Tech and AI themes are cutting through the tariff noise, and legacy software providers like SAP are viewed as sources of funds to pay for AI infrastructure plays or defensive value. SHORT SAP. SAP announces a major AI partnership or earnings beat expectations.

Despite the AI disruption narrative, legacy giants like SAP are insulated. SAP possesses a "Data Moat." They are the "system of record" for global enterprises. It is incredibly difficult to replace them because they hold the critical operational data. There is no viable alternative to rip and replace their infrastructure, and they are successfully integrating AI into their existing stack. Ghodsi asks rhetorically, "What would you replace SAP with?" noting there is no real alternative. Slower execution on AI integration compared to agile startups.

When asked if AI kills SaaS, Horowitz says, "People are overreacting... it is not that easy to take out Salesforce or SAP... you would be surprised how much heavy lifting that is." The market narrative is that AI agents will replace seat-based SaaS software immediately. Horowitz (a tech optimist) is taking the contrarian view that incumbent moats are stickier than the market thinks due to integration complexity. WATCH/NEUTRAL. While not a screaming buy, this suggests the "Death of SaaS" trade is overcrowded and premature. Long-term, he admits AI allows companies to "build their own" software easier, which is terminal for these firms on a 10-year horizon.