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Snowflake's Enterprise AI Push Deepens: A Sign for More Upside?

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Key Takeaways

  • Snowflake expanded its AI platform with Cortex AI Gateway and new enterprise AI security capabilities.
  • SNOW expects fiscal Q2 2027 product revenues of $1.415-$1.420 billion, implying 30% yearly growth.
  • Snowflake's AI offerings and planned Natoma acquisition broaden governed AI capabilities across applications.

Snowflake (SNOW - Free Report) is benefiting from the accelerating adoption of enterprise AI, which is fundamentally reshaping how organizations operate and innovate. The company’s strong focus on AI security and governance, which is rapidly becoming a key differentiator in the enterprise AI landscape, has been noteworthy. 13,912 customers trust its AI Data Cloud for its enterprise-grade governance and security.

Snowflake’s AI products, which include Snowflake Intelligence and Cortex Code (CoCo), are seeing rapid adoption, with CoCo already in use by more than 7,100 accounts. These products allow both business users and developers to interact with enterprise data and build AI-powered applications directly within Snowflake, all while maintaining strict governance. With the intended acquisition of Natoma, Snowflake is extending its agentic control plane to everyday business applications, enabling users to perform tasks like sending emails or summarizing Slack conversations within a governed environment.

Building on this momentum, Snowflake recently unveiled Cortex AI Gateway and new AI security capabilities to help enterprises securely deploy and manage AI agents across platforms. The centralized gateway enables organizations to govern first- and third-party AI agents, monitor agent activity, optimize AI spending and control token usage from a single interface. 

Built on Snowflake’s Natoma acquisition, the platform supports secure interoperability and integrates with partners including 1Password, Okta, SailPoint and Saviynt. The company also introduced zero-trust security enhancements, including AI risk monitoring, verified agent identities and data protection, to accelerate enterprise AI adoption. 

The AI-driven momentum is translating into tangible financial results. Snowflake expects fiscal second-quarter 2027 product revenues in the range of $1.415-$1.420 billion, implying 30% year-over-year growth, citing meaningful uplift from AI capabilities.

SNOW Suffers From Stiff Competition

Snowflake is facing stiff competition from major players like Amazon (AMZN - Free Report) and Oracle (ORCL - Free Report) , which are also expanding their footprint in the AI space.

Amazon’s AI initiatives gained significant momentum during the first quarter of 2026. Amazon’s cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services’ chips business, including Graviton, Trainium, and Nitro, exceeded a $20 billion annual revenue run rate and is growing triple-digit percentages year over year.

Oracle’s expanding portfolio has been noteworthy. In June 2026, Oracle introduced Oracle OPERA Cloud Assistant, a suite of AI-powered capabilities built into OPERA Cloud that automates guest room assignments, generates AI-driven rate descriptions, supports multilingual operations across 230 countries and territories and gives hotel staff real-time operational guidance.

SNOW’s Share Price Performance, Valuation, and Estimates

Snowflake shares have gained 23.2% in the year-to-date period, outperforming the broader Zacks Computer & Technology sector’s increase of 9.6%. The Internet Software industry has declined 10.2% in the same time frame.

SNOW Stock Performance

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Snowflake stock is trading at a premium, with a forward 12-month Price/Sales ratio of 13.79X compared with the Internet Software industry’s 3.81X. SNOW has a Value Score of F.

SNOW's Valuation

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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for SNOW’s fiscal 2027 earnings is pegged at $1.96 per share, which has been unchanged over the past 30 days. The figure indicates a 56.80% year-over-year increase. 

Snowflake currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

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