Analyst Upside

AU · rank #5 · 2026-07-27

SNOW

NYSE · $93.20B (USD)

SignalStrong Buy5.0strength 5.0 / 10
verdict · PROCEED

The exact numbers the algorithm saw.

Factor scores and the inputs behind this pick.
Composite score
Z-score blend of all factors below.
2.141
EPS revisions (30d)
Change in consensus EPS estimate over the past 30 days ($/share).
+$0.01
Net revisions (30d)
Number of analysts revising upward minus downward.
43
Insider signal (90d)
$0 across 0 unique buyers.
-0.109
Analyst upside
Consensus target $293.97
+9.7%
Momentum acceleration
3-month minus 12-month momentum.
+82.50%
Analyst rating
5 = Strong Buy, 1 = Strong Sell.
4.51
Gross margin TTM+67.1%
52w high$284.99
Market cap (USD)$93.20B

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Summary

Snowflake is a cloud-agnostic AI Data Cloud platform generating $1.39B in quarterly revenue with 126% net revenue retention, $9.21B in remaining performance obligations, and 34% YoY product revenue growth driven by expanding AI and analytics workloads.

Rationale

With 97.8% revision agreement across 50 analysts, a 21.95% earnings surprise, 60-day EPS revisions of $0.27, and momentum acceleration of 82.5%, the analyst_upside signal is reinforced by a genuine fundamental re-rating following the strongest sequential dollar growth in SNOW's history and a raised guidance framework.

Material risks

  • 1Hyperscale cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) are actively building competing native data and AI services that could commoditize SNOW's core warehousing layer, and the $6B AWS infrastructure commitment deepens concentration risk rather than diversifying it.
  • 2High stock-based compensation (~29% of revenue, ~$403M in Q1 alone) and a GAAP net loss of $296M mean the valuation at $93B market cap leaves no margin for error if consumption growth or NRR decelerates from current elevated levels.

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Claude
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Gemini
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