Snowflake stock underperformed the market significantly in 2024.
During the second quarter, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) announced an update to its portfolio, with its transaction involving data cloud company Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) standing out.
During the second quarter, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) announced an update to its portfolio, with its transaction involving data cloud company Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) standing out.
After its latest slide, I'm upgrading Snowflake to a buy rating, with a $154 price target (~35% upside from current levels). SNOW has hit a very opportune valuation at
Analysts have good reasons to like this stock -- and Buffett had a good reason to sell it.
Snowflake is facing budget competition from GenAI, leading to a ~40% stock decline, prompting a $2.5B share buyback and $2.3B convertible senior notes issuance. The zero-coupon convertible bonds, maturing in 2027 and 2029, offer cheap liquidity and minimal dilution, contingent on a +40% stock rally from $112.50. Snowflake aims to use the bond proceeds for share buybacks and strategic acquisitions, enhancing its competitive edge and product innovation in the GenAI space.
Snowflake stock (NYSE: SNOW) has been on the negative side of investor interest in recent times, falling 40% in the current year and losing more than two-thirds of its value from its peak price of $392 in just three years. In contrast, the company's topline performance has been fairly strong, growing by an average annual growth rate of 70% in this period, backed by its cloud data warehousing business that allows its customers to consolidate their data and generate insights.
Snowflake (SNOW) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.
Rosenblatt's Blair Abernethy maintains a Buy rating on Snowflake Inc SNOW with a price target of $180.
U.S. stock futures were higher this morning, with the Nasdaq futures gaining around 50 points on Tuesday.
Snowflake outlined plans to raise $2 billion in debt to finance a $575 million share buyback plan and a series of possible acquisitions and strategic investments
Snowflake's growth has tumbled despite the huge AI trend -- and expenses are up. But better days may be ahead if management follows through on its recent promise.