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Snowflake (SNOW - Free Report) reported second-quarter fiscal 2027 non-GAAP earnings of 62 cents per share, up 77.1% year over year and surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 37.78%.
Revenues of $1.55 billion increased 35.1% and beat the consensus mark by 4.91%. Growth was driven by strength in the core data platform and a meaningful step-up in AI revenue.
SNOW Top-line Details
SNOW’s fiscal second-quarter performance was driven by consumption across its core platform, with product revenues representing the majority of results. Product revenues rose 37% to $1.49 billion and accounted for 96% of total revenues in the fiscal second quarter. Professional services and other revenues were $54.9 million, representing the remaining 4% of revenues and increasing 0.8% year over year.
Geographically, the Americas contributed 77% of revenues, while EMEA accounted for 17% and APJ contributed 6%. Management said that product revenue growth accelerated for the third consecutive quarter, supported by the core data platform and AI demand.
CoCo surpassed 9,100 accounts, adding more than 2,000 during the quarter. CoWork expanded to 5,800 accounts, up nearly 11% sequentially. Management said that AI products, including CoCo, CoWork, AI functions and AI Gateway, contributed roughly half of the acceleration in growth.
Snowflake launched more than 330 product capabilities to general availability in the first half of fiscal 2027, up 35% year over year. New offerings included Cortex Sense and Cortex AI Gateway, which integrates Natoma to extend AI from insight to action. Customer use cases deployed on the platform increased 89% year over year, while use cases won per account executive rose 43%. Management also said that accounts using CoCo consumed more of the core platform, while gross retention remained relatively flat across recent quarters.
SNOW Expands Customer Scale and Commitments
SNOW ended the quarter with 14,554 total customers after adding 692 net new customers, a 32% year-over-year increase in net additions. The company added 14 Forbes Global 2000 customers, taking that total to 829.
Large-customer momentum remained strong, with 828 customers generating more than $1 million in trailing 12-month product revenues, up 27% year over year. Another 65 customers exceeded $10 million in trailing product revenues.
Retention remained a key support for the consumption model. Net revenue retention rate was 126%, reflecting healthy expansion within the existing customer base. Contracted demand also remained solid, with remaining performance obligations (RPO) of $9.00 billion, up 30% year over year. Snowflake expects roughly 54% of RPO to be recognized as revenue over the next 12 months. As of July 31, 43% of customers had at least one stable data-sharing edge, while Marketplace listings reached 4,105, up 21%.
The non-GAAP gross margin contracted 120 basis points (bps) year over year to 71.8%. Non-GAAP product gross margin was 74.7%.
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense represented 32% of revenues, down from 34% a year ago, while research and development fell to 20% from 22% and general and administrative expense declined to 5% from 6%.
Non-GAAP operating income reached $237.0 million, producing a 15.3% operating margin. The year-ago non-GAAP operating margin was 11.1%. Management attributed the improvement to strong revenue growth and disciplined headcount management. Year to date, Snowflake added 334 employees, including 173 from Observe, compared with 935 additions in the year-ago period.
SNOW’s Cash Flow and Liquidity Details
As of July 31, 2026, cash, cash equivalents, and short- and long-term investments were $4.3 billion compared with $4.39 billion as of April 30.
In the reported quarter, net cash provided by operating activities was $91.4 million. Free cash flow totaled $83.8 million, while adjusted free cash flow was $92.3 million.
For the first six months of fiscal 2027, operating cash flow increased to $334.6 million from $303.3 million a year earlier, while adjusted free cash flow rose to $357.8 million from $274.0 million.
Snowflake Raises Fiscal 2027 Product Revenue Outlook
For the third quarter of fiscal 2027, Snowflake expects product revenues between $1.588 billion and $1.593 billion, implying 37% to 38% year-over-year growth. The company expects a non-GAAP operating margin of 15.5%.
For fiscal 2027, product revenues are projected to be $6.07 billion, representing 36% growth, up from the prior guidance of $5.84 billion and 31% growth. Snowflake also raised its non-GAAP operating margin outlook to 14.5% from 13.5%, expects a 74% non-GAAP product gross margin and reiterated a 23% adjusted free cash flow margin.
SNOW’s Zacks Rank & Other Stocks to Consider
Snowflake currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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Snowflake Q2 Earnings Beat on Product Revenues and AI Strength
Key Takeaways
Snowflake (SNOW - Free Report) reported second-quarter fiscal 2027 non-GAAP earnings of 62 cents per share, up 77.1% year over year and surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 37.78%.
Revenues of $1.55 billion increased 35.1% and beat the consensus mark by 4.91%. Growth was driven by strength in the core data platform and a meaningful step-up in AI revenue.
SNOW Top-line Details
SNOW’s fiscal second-quarter performance was driven by consumption across its core platform, with product revenues representing the majority of results. Product revenues rose 37% to $1.49 billion and accounted for 96% of total revenues in the fiscal second quarter. Professional services and other revenues were $54.9 million, representing the remaining 4% of revenues and increasing 0.8% year over year.
Geographically, the Americas contributed 77% of revenues, while EMEA accounted for 17% and APJ contributed 6%. Management said that product revenue growth accelerated for the third consecutive quarter, supported by the core data platform and AI demand.
Snowflake Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Snowflake’s AI Products Broaden Platform Usage
CoCo surpassed 9,100 accounts, adding more than 2,000 during the quarter. CoWork expanded to 5,800 accounts, up nearly 11% sequentially. Management said that AI products, including CoCo, CoWork, AI functions and AI Gateway, contributed roughly half of the acceleration in growth.
Snowflake launched more than 330 product capabilities to general availability in the first half of fiscal 2027, up 35% year over year. New offerings included Cortex Sense and Cortex AI Gateway, which integrates Natoma to extend AI from insight to action. Customer use cases deployed on the platform increased 89% year over year, while use cases won per account executive rose 43%. Management also said that accounts using CoCo consumed more of the core platform, while gross retention remained relatively flat across recent quarters.
SNOW Expands Customer Scale and Commitments
SNOW ended the quarter with 14,554 total customers after adding 692 net new customers, a 32% year-over-year increase in net additions. The company added 14 Forbes Global 2000 customers, taking that total to 829.
Large-customer momentum remained strong, with 828 customers generating more than $1 million in trailing 12-month product revenues, up 27% year over year. Another 65 customers exceeded $10 million in trailing product revenues.
Retention remained a key support for the consumption model. Net revenue retention rate was 126%, reflecting healthy expansion within the existing customer base. Contracted demand also remained solid, with remaining performance obligations (RPO) of $9.00 billion, up 30% year over year. Snowflake expects roughly 54% of RPO to be recognized as revenue over the next 12 months. As of July 31, 43% of customers had at least one stable data-sharing edge, while Marketplace listings reached 4,105, up 21%.
Snowflake’s Expense Discipline Lifts Operating Margin
The non-GAAP gross margin contracted 120 basis points (bps) year over year to 71.8%. Non-GAAP product gross margin was 74.7%.
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense represented 32% of revenues, down from 34% a year ago, while research and development fell to 20% from 22% and general and administrative expense declined to 5% from 6%.
Non-GAAP operating income reached $237.0 million, producing a 15.3% operating margin. The year-ago non-GAAP operating margin was 11.1%. Management attributed the improvement to strong revenue growth and disciplined headcount management. Year to date, Snowflake added 334 employees, including 173 from Observe, compared with 935 additions in the year-ago period.
SNOW’s Cash Flow and Liquidity Details
As of July 31, 2026, cash, cash equivalents, and short- and long-term investments were $4.3 billion compared with $4.39 billion as of April 30.
In the reported quarter, net cash provided by operating activities was $91.4 million. Free cash flow totaled $83.8 million, while adjusted free cash flow was $92.3 million.
For the first six months of fiscal 2027, operating cash flow increased to $334.6 million from $303.3 million a year earlier, while adjusted free cash flow rose to $357.8 million from $274.0 million.
Snowflake Raises Fiscal 2027 Product Revenue Outlook
For the third quarter of fiscal 2027, Snowflake expects product revenues between $1.588 billion and $1.593 billion, implying 37% to 38% year-over-year growth. The company expects a non-GAAP operating margin of 15.5%.
For fiscal 2027, product revenues are projected to be $6.07 billion, representing 36% growth, up from the prior guidance of $5.84 billion and 31% growth. Snowflake also raised its non-GAAP operating margin outlook to 14.5% from 13.5%, expects a 74% non-GAAP product gross margin and reiterated a 23% adjusted free cash flow margin.
SNOW’s Zacks Rank & Other Stocks to Consider
Snowflake currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Some other top-ranked stocks in the broader Zacks Computer and Technology sector include Oracle (ORCL - Free Report) , ServiceTitan (TTAN - Free Report) and Micron Technology (MU - Free Report) . Each stock currently carries a Zacks Rank #2. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 (Strong Buy) Rank stocks here.
Oracle shares have plunged 25.2% in the year-to-date period. Oracle is set to report first-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Sept. 10.
Shares of ServiceTitan have plunged 13.5% year to date. ServiceTitan is set to report second-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Sept. 8.
Shares of Micron Technology have rallied 235% year to date. Micron Technology is slated to report fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 results on Sept. 30.