FRANKFURT—German business software provider SAP SE late Monday pre-announced some figures for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015, reporting a 3% drop in operating profit for the fourth quarter of 2015, even as it laid out an optimistic guidance for 2016.

Fourth-quarter operating profit for the period ended Dec. 31 was €1.7 billion, compared with €1.75 billion during the same period last year.

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