SAP revenue growth beats estimates, flags hit from Russia exit

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pSTOCKHOLM Reuters – German business software group SAP reported on Friday a firstquarter revenue growth of 11, beating estimates on a boost from its cloud business, but flagged a revenue hit of 300 million euros 325.26 million because of its exit from Russia. pdivdivdiv classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodiv

pEarlier this week, the company said it plans to exit Russia completely in response to Moscows invasion of Ukraine. p

pSAP said its annual adjusted profit will drop nearly 350 million euros and it will take restructuring charges of about 80 million to 100 million euros.p

pDespite the impact on its Russian business, SAP affirmed its 2022 forecast for cloud revenue of between 11.55 billion euros and 11.85 billion euros at constant currency rates. p

pTotal quarterly revenue rose to 7.08 billion euros at constant currency from 6.35 billion euros. Analysts had expected 6.87 billion euros, a Refinitiv poll showed. p

pThe companys cloud and software revenue climbed 12 to 6.06 billion euros in the first quarter ended March 31.p

p“Current cloud backlog grew at a healthy rate and continues to support our confidence in our longterm plans and outlook for the year,” Chief Financial Officer Luka Mucic said in a statement.p

pIn the first quarter, current cloud backlog, which measures incoming business, was up 28 at 9.73 billion euros. The war in Ukraine cut the backlog growth at constant currency rates by 0.8 percentage points. p

pAdjusted earnings per share were 63 euros, below estimates of 1.07 euros, mainly due to lower contribution from investments in venture capital firm Sapphire Ventures. p

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pp Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee Editing by Sherry JacobPhillipsp

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