SAP today announced its financial results for the first quarter 2017 ended March 31, 2017.
First Quarter 2017
SAP’s rapid cloud expansion continued in the first quarter. New cloud bookings1 surged 49% (44% at constant currencies) in the first quarter and reached €215 million. IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue grew 34% year-over-year to €905 million. Non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue grew 34% year-over-year (30% at constant currencies) to €906 million. IFRS software revenue grew 13% year-over-year to €691 million. New cloud and software license order entry2 grew by more than 30% year-over-year in the first quarter. IFRS cloud and software revenue was €4.33 billion, an increase of 12% (9% non-IFRS at constant currencies). Total cloud subscriptions & support revenue and software support revenue was 69% of total revenue.
IFRS operating profit was down 17% to €673 million. Non-IFRS operating profit grew 8% to €1.20 billion (2% at constant currencies). IFRS earnings per share decreased 9% to €0.43. Non-IFRS earnings per share increased 15% to €0.73. The IFRS operating profit and EPS were primarily impacted by an increase in share-based compensation expenses, which increased due to the strong development of SAP’s share price and an increase in employee participation. Nearly 65% of SAP employees have participated in SAP’s most recent stock program OWN SAP.
Operating cash flow was €2.87 billion, an increase of 16% year-over-year. Free cash flow increased 12% year-over-year to €2.58 billion. As a result, the company continues to deleverage its balance sheet ending the quarter with net debt of €460 million, an improvement of €2.8 billion year over year.
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