Snowflake Q2 EPS Estimate Decreased by Capital One Financial

Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) – Analysts at Capital One Financial reduced their Q2 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Snowflake in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy now expects that the company will earn ($0.57) per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of ($0.54). The consensus estimate for Snowflake’s current full-year earnings is ($2.36) per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Snowflake’s Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.54) EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.52) EPS.

Other analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Barclays raised shares of Snowflake from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $190.00 price target for the company in a research note on Friday, January 10th. KeyCorp upped their price target on shares of Snowflake from $185.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Monness Crespi & Hardt upped their price target on shares of Snowflake from $140.00 to $188.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. StockNews.com lowered shares of Snowflake from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Snowflake from $185.00 to $208.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating, twenty-eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $188.06.

Snowflake Price Performance

NYSE SNOW opened at $173.43 on Monday. Snowflake has a 52 week low of $107.13 and a 52 week high of $237.72. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. The stock has a market cap of $57.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -51.16 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $162.06 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $135.12.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Breakwater Capital Group grew its stake in Snowflake by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Breakwater Capital Group now owns 2,938 shares of the company’s stock valued at $454,000 after buying an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. grew its stake in Snowflake by 31.0% in the 4th quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. Modus Advisors LLC grew its stake in Snowflake by 3.9% in the 3rd quarter. Modus Advisors LLC now owns 2,491 shares of the company’s stock valued at $286,000 after buying an additional 94 shares during the last quarter. Catalyst Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in Snowflake by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. Catalyst Private Wealth LLC now owns 3,329 shares of the company’s stock valued at $382,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Clear Creek Financial Management LLC grew its stake in Snowflake by 6.7% in the 3rd quarter. Clear Creek Financial Management LLC now owns 1,829 shares of the company’s stock valued at $210,000 after buying an additional 115 shares during the last quarter. 65.10% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Snowflake

In related news, CAO Emily Ho sold 2,021 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $351,007.28. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 26,874 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,667,476.32. This trade represents a 6.99 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Christian Kleinerman sold 15,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.77, for a total transaction of $1,811,550.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 706,755 shares in the company, valued at $85,354,801.35. The trade was a 2.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 376,904 shares of company stock worth $62,545,855. 7.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Snowflake

Snowflake Inc provides a cloud-based data platform for various organizations in the United States and internationally. Its platform offers Data Cloud, which enables customers to consolidate data into a single source of truth to drive meaningful business insights, build data-driven applications, and share data and data products, as well as applies artificial intelligence (AI) for solving business problems.