SNOW Inventory Tumbles As Snowflake Provides Weak Product Income Steerage

Snowflake (SNOW) reported third-quarter earnings that met expectations whereas income topped Wall Avenue targets. The enterprise software program maker’s product income steering got here in under expectations, and SNOW inventory tumbled.

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For the quarter ending Oct. 31, Snowflake mentioned it misplaced 63 cents per share versus a 51-cent loss a 12 months earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet anticipated Snowflake to report a lack of 63 cents a share.

The corporate reviews outcomes utilizing usually accepted accounting rules, or GAAP. Snowflake doesn’t get away adjusted earnings in its releases.

Third-quarter income climbed 67% to $557 million, the software program maker mentioned. Analysts had predicted income of $539.4 million.

SNOW Inventory: Income Outlook Misses

The Snowflake earnings report additionally mentioned product income rose 67% to $522.8 million vs. estimates of $505.2 million.

For the present quarter ending in January, Snowflake expects product income of $537.5 million on the midpoint of its outlook. Analysts had anticipated $549.2 million.

As a result of Snowflake’s enterprise mannequin is consumption-based relatively than subscription-based, bearish traders have raised issues over a doable U.S. recession curbing demand. Snowflake income is tied to how a lot knowledge its clients crunch and retailer on cloud computing platforms.

SNOW inventory tumbled 13% to close 124 in prolonged buying and selling on the inventory market in the present day.

Snowflake inventory was down 57% for 2022 heading into the earnings report.

Snowflake sells knowledge analytics and administration instruments that run on cloud-computing platforms reminiscent of Amazon Net Providers, a part of Amazon.com (AMZN).

Amid the bear market in software program development shares, the software program inventory has a Relative Power Ranking of 17 out of a best-possible 99, in keeping with IBD Inventory Checkup.

Comply with Reinhardt Krause on Twitter @reinhardtk_tech for updates on 5G wi-fi, synthetic intelligence, cybersecurity and cloud computing.

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