Research firm eMarketer has once again slashed the 2017 U.S ad revenue estimates for Snapchat’s parent company Snap Inc (SNAP - Free Report) . This is the second time this year that the projection has been cut.
Snap is now estimated to earn $642.5 million in ad revenues from the United States compared with the earlier estimate of $770 million. In March this year, the research firm had slashed the domestic ad revenue forecast from $805 million to $770 million. On a worldwide basis, Snap’s revenues are now projected to be $774.1 million, down from the earlier projection of $900 million.
In its latest report, eMarketer stated that “Despite all of its improvements in ad products and measurement, Snapchat remains in the experimental bucket for many marketers. They give it high marks for its creative possibilities and its ability to attract a youth audience, but many have yet to make it a must-buy.”
Snap trails its rival, Facebook owned Instagram, adds eMarketer, but is well ahead of Twitter. Instagram will continue its lead over Snapchat in the next few years with revenues from the United States touching $3 billion in 2017. By 2019, Instagram will earn $6.84 billion in domestic ad revenues. In contrast, Snapchat will earn $2 billion in domestic ad revenues (down from $2.2 billion forecasted in March this year) by 2019, adds eMarketer.
Instagram has seen terrific success and now has over 800 million users. Moreover, Instagram Stories, an unabashed copy of Snapchat’s feature of the same name, has more than 250 million daily actives. In contrast, Snapchat’s total daily active users are a little more than 173 million.
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Research firm eMarketer has once again slashed the 2017 U.S ad revenue estimates for Snapchat’s parent company Snap Inc (SNAP - Free Report) . This is the second time this year that the projection has been cut.
Snap is now estimated to earn $642.5 million in ad revenues from the United States compared with the earlier estimate of $770 million. In March this year, the research firm had slashed the domestic ad revenue forecast from $805 million to $770 million. On a worldwide basis, Snap’s revenues are now projected to be $774.1 million, down from the earlier projection of $900 million.
In its latest report, eMarketer stated that “Despite all of its improvements in ad products and measurement, Snapchat remains in the experimental bucket for many marketers. They give it high marks for its creative possibilities and its ability to attract a youth audience, but many have yet to make it a must-buy.”
Snap trails its rival, Facebook owned Instagram, adds eMarketer, but is well ahead of Twitter. Instagram will continue its lead over Snapchat in the next few years with revenues from the United States touching $3 billion in 2017. By 2019, Instagram will earn $6.84 billion in domestic ad revenues. In contrast, Snapchat will earn $2 billion in domestic ad revenues (down from $2.2 billion forecasted in March this year) by 2019, adds eMarketer.
Instagram has seen terrific success and now has over 800 million users. Moreover, Instagram Stories, an unabashed copy of Snapchat’s feature of the same name, has more than 250 million daily actives. In contrast, Snapchat’s total daily active users are a little more than 173 million.
Better-ranked stocks in the broader technology sector include Applied Materials (AMAT - Free Report) and Activision Blizzard . Both sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Long-term earnings growth rate for Applied Materials and Activision is currently projected to be 17.1% and 13.6% respectively.
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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