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Snowflake Inc. (SNOW) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

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Snowflake Inc. (SNOW - Free Report) closed at $176.42 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.75% move from the prior day. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.48%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.2%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.19%.

Heading into today, shares of the company had lost 26.31% over the past month, lagging the Computer and Technology sector's loss of 11.75% and the S&P 500's loss of 8.48% in that time.

Investors will be hoping for strength from Snowflake Inc. as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be May 25, 2022. In that report, analysts expect Snowflake Inc. to post earnings of -$0.01 per share. This would mark year-over-year growth of 95.83%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $409.62 million, up 78.94% from the year-ago period.

Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $0.12 per share and revenue of $2 billion. These totals would mark changes of +500% and +64.39%, respectively, from last year.

Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Snowflake Inc.These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. Snowflake Inc. is currently a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

In terms of valuation, Snowflake Inc. is currently trading at a Forward P/E ratio of 1441.3. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 52.94, which means Snowflake Inc. is trading at a premium to the group.

The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 180, which puts it in the bottom 29% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

You can find more information on all of these metrics, and much more, on Zacks.com.


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