Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) Receives Average Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) has received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the forty-four analysts that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have given a hold recommendation, thirty-five have assigned a buy recommendation and two have issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $275.5789.

SNOW has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Snowflake in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $286.00 price target on shares of Snowflake in a report on Monday, January 12th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Snowflake from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $312.00 price objective on shares of Snowflake in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt increased their target price on Snowflake from $260.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th.

Snowflake Stock Performance

Shares of Snowflake stock opened at $210.66 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $233.08 and its 200 day simple moving average is $228.82. The company has a current ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07. The company has a market capitalization of $72.09 billion, a PE ratio of -52.14 and a beta of 1.14. Snowflake has a 12 month low of $120.10 and a 12 month high of $280.67.

Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $1.21 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.18 billion. Snowflake had a negative return on equity of 45.91% and a negative net margin of 30.76%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.20 earnings per share. On average, research analysts predict that Snowflake will post -2.36 EPS for the current year.

Key Stories Impacting Snowflake

Here are the key news stories impacting Snowflake this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Snowflake announced an acquisition that integrates telemetry (observability/operational data) with its business‑intelligence stack — a strategic move that broadens use cases and could lift revenue per customer over time. Snowflake acquisition connects telemetry and business intelligence
• Positive Sentiment: KeyCorp maintains an Overweight rating and a $285 price target, providing a bullish analyst signal despite near‑term negative EPS estimates — this support can attract buyers and limit downside. MarketBeat SNOW page
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks published a piece summarizing Wall Street analysts’ optimism for Snowflake; media attention on analyst ratings often moves shares but the piece is descriptive rather than revealing new fundamentals. Is Snowflake (SNOW) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?
• Negative Sentiment: Rival ClickHouse raised funding and is now valued around $15B — a sign of intensifying competition in cloud data platforms that could pressure pricing and customer share over time. Snowflake, Databricks challenger ClickHouse hits $15B valuation
• Negative Sentiment: A bearish Seeking Alpha piece argues Snowflake is weakening and recommends avoiding the stock — such narrative pieces can amplify selling pressure among retail and momentum traders. Snowflake Is Melting: Avoid
• Negative Sentiment: Recent analyst downgrade coverage was reported to have pushed the stock lower yesterday, a reminder that sell‑side revisions still trigger short‑term moves even as some firms remain constructive. Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) Stock Price Down 5.1% on Analyst Downgrade

Insider Transactions at Snowflake

In related news, Director Michael L. Speiser sold 50,338 shares of Snowflake stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $230.65, for a total value of $11,610,459.70. Following the sale, the director owned 32,756 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,555,171.40. This trade represents a 60.58% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Frank Slootman sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.83, for a total value of $44,366,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 50,329 shares in the company, valued at $11,164,482.07. The trade was a 79.89% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 418,681 shares of company stock valued at $96,073,145 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 6.80% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Snowflake by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 732,092 shares of the company’s stock valued at $165,123,000 after purchasing an additional 8,002 shares in the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Snowflake during the 2nd quarter worth $6,845,000. Rheos Capital Works Inc. lifted its position in shares of Snowflake by 102.9% during the 3rd quarter. Rheos Capital Works Inc. now owns 207,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,689,000 after buying an additional 105,000 shares during the last quarter. Goldstream Capital Management Ltd acquired a new stake in Snowflake in the second quarter valued at about $3,801,000. Finally, Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in Snowflake by 81.6% in the second quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 20,141 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,507,000 after buying an additional 9,052 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.10% of the company’s stock.

Snowflake Company Profile

Snowflake Inc is a cloud-native data platform company that provides a suite of services for storing, processing and analyzing large volumes of data. Its core offering, often described as the Snowflake Data Cloud, combines data warehousing, data lake and data sharing capabilities in a single managed service delivered across major public cloud providers. The platform is designed to support analytics, data engineering, data science and application workloads with a focus on scalability, concurrency and simplified administration.

Key products and capabilities include a multi-cluster, shared-data architecture that separates compute from storage; continuous data ingestion and streaming; support for structured and semi-structured data formats; tools for data governance, security and compliance; and developer frameworks for building data applications.