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Is Snowflake Stock A Buy? Software Maker Sets Path To $10 Billion In Revenue By 2028<blockquote>雪花股票值得买入吗？软件制造商计划到2028年收入达到100亿美元</blockquote>

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Software Maker Sets Path To $10 Billion In Revenue By 2028<blockquote>雪花股票值得买入吗？软件制造商计划到2028年收入达到100亿美元</blockquote>","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1189743420","media":"investors","summary":"Think of Snowflake stock as a proxy on the torrid growth of cloud computing giants Amazon.com (AMZN)","content":"Think of <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SNOW\">Snowflake</a> stock as a proxy on the torrid growth of cloud computing giants&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMZN\">Amazon.com</a>&nbsp;(AMZN),&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MSFT\">Microsoft</a>&nbsp;(MSFT) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Alphabet</a>'s (GOOGL) Google.<blockquote>想到<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SNOW\">雪花</a>股票作为云计算巨头快速增长的代表<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMZN\">亚马逊</a>（亚马逊），<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MSFT\">微软</a>（MSFT）和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Alphabet</a>（GOOGL）谷歌。</blockquote> Many companies are turning to cloud computing services as part of \"digital transformation\" projects that aim to gain business insights from crunching massive volumes of data. The cloud computing titans offer their own data analytics and management tools.<blockquote>许多公司正在转向云计算服务，作为“数字化转型”项目的一部分，旨在从处理海量数据中获得商业洞察力。云计算巨头提供自己的数据分析和管理工具。</blockquote> In a \"coopetition\" model, the&nbsp;cloud giants&nbsp;give their customers a green light to buy&nbsp;Snowflake's (SNOW) software. The reason is Snowflake's tools are better at some key tasks, such as letting companies compile, view, analyze and share massive amounts of data in an easy way.<blockquote>在“合作竞争”模式下，云巨头为客户的购买开绿灯雪花的（雪）软件。原因是Snowflake的工具在一些关键任务上更好，例如让公司以简单的方式编译、查看、分析和共享大量数据。</blockquote> Nearly two-fifths of Fortune 500 companies use Snowflake's software in the cloud as they move away from on-premise data warehousing products from&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TDC\">Teradata</a>&nbsp;(TDC),&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ORCL\">Oracle</a>&nbsp;(ORCL) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/IBM\">IBM</a>&nbsp;(IBM).<blockquote>近五分之二的财富500强公司在云中使用Snowflake的软件，因为它们正在从<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TDC\">Teradata</a>（贸发局），<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ORCL\">神谕</a>（ORCL）及<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/IBM\">IBM</a>（IBM）。</blockquote> One Snowflake customer is pharma giant&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PFE\">Pfizer</a>&nbsp;(PFE). Pfizer uses Snowflake tools to forecast product sales and to gain insights into the&nbsp;distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine.<blockquote>Snowflake的一位客户是制药巨头<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PFE\">辉瑞</a>（PFE）。辉瑞使用雪花工具来预测产品销售，并深入了解新冠肺炎疫苗的分销情况。</blockquote> Snowflake Stock: Competition Increasing From Google Cloud?<blockquote>雪花股票：来自谷歌云的竞争加剧？</blockquote> Stellar customer growth enabled SNOW stock to pull off the largest initial public offering ever by a software company in September 2020. The IPO raised $3.4 billion.<blockquote>出色的客户增长使SNOW stock在2020年9月完成了软件公司有史以来最大的首次公开募股。此次IPO筹集了34亿美元。</blockquote> But is Snowflake a buy right now? After a tough start to 2021, software growth stocks have rebounded. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF rose 3.4% in July and 8.7% in June.<blockquote>但雪花现在值得买入吗？在经历了2021年的艰难开局后，软件成长股出现反弹。iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF 7月份上涨3.4%，6月份上涨8.7%。</blockquote> Snowflake reports second-quarter earnings on Aug. 25. Analysts project a loss of 15 cents per share, with revenue jumping nearly 100% to $256.5 million.<blockquote>Snowflake将于8月25日公布第二季度收益。分析师预计每股亏损15美分，营收增长近100%至2.565亿美元。</blockquote> Snowflake stock tumbled Aug. 20 ahead of its earnings release. One report on the drop cited a Cleveland Research note to clients. The Cleveland Research report ostensibly points to increased competition from Google's cloud business.<blockquote>Snowflake股价在8月20日财报发布前暴跌。一份关于下降的报告引用了克利夫兰给客户的一份研究报告。克利夫兰研究报告表面上指出，来自谷歌云业务的竞争加剧。</blockquote> Snowflake stock hit an all-time high of 429 in early December. But SNOW stock swooned in late 2020 amid analyst concerns over its lofty valuation.<blockquote>Snowflake股价在12月初创下429点的历史新高。但由于分析师对其高估值的担忧，SNOW股价在2020年底暴跌。</blockquote> At a June 10 analyst day, Snowflake laid out a path to $10 billion in product revenue by fiscal 2029, which coincides with calendar 2028. The $10 billion revenue target would result in a compound annual growth rate of 44%.<blockquote>在6月10日的分析师日上，Snowflake制定了到2029财年（与2028年日历一致）产品收入达到100亿美元的道路。100亿美元的收入目标将带来44%的复合年增长率。</blockquote> The company said it expects to increase the number of customers with over $1 million in product revenue. Snowflake also guided to long-term operating margin of 10%-plus, lower than some analysts expected.<blockquote>该公司表示，预计产品收入将超过100万美元，从而增加客户数量。Snowflake还预计长期营业利润率为10%以上，低于一些分析师的预期。</blockquote> Possible Threat From Amazon<blockquote>可能来自亚马逊的威胁</blockquote> Snowflake in July announced support for digital advertising standard Unified ID 2.0. Advertising is <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of Snowflake's largest verticals with customers representing a large percentage of players in the space, noted a RBC Capital report. The move comes as Googlephases out internet cookies for targeted advertising.<blockquote>雪花在7月份宣布支持数字广告标准Unified ID 2.0。广告是<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">一</a>加拿大皇家银行资本(RBC Capital)的一份报告指出，Snowflake是最大的垂直行业之一，其客户占该领域参与者的很大比例。此举正值谷歌逐步淘汰用于定向广告的互联网cookies之际。</blockquote> Whether Amazon Web Services ratchets up competition remains a concern for SNOW stock. Plus, competition with privately held Databricks is heating up. A February funding round&nbsp;valued Databricks at $28 billion.<blockquote>亚马逊网络服务是否会加剧竞争仍然是SNOW股票的一个担忧。此外，与私营Databricks的竞争正在升温。2月份的一轮融资对Databricks的估值为280亿美元。</blockquote> Databricks, which uses&nbsp;artificial intelligence, is expected to launch its own IPO.<blockquote>使用人工智能的Databricks预计将推出自己的IPO。</blockquote> Snowflake stock bulls point to its seasoned management team as a strength no matter what unfolds.<blockquote>雪花股票的多头指出，无论发生什么，其经验丰富的管理团队都是一个优势。</blockquote> Two former Oracle engineers — Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes — along with Marcin Zukowski, former chief executive of startup Vectorwise, started Snowflake in 2012. The company holds patents in database architecture, data warehouses and other areas.<blockquote>两位前甲骨文工程师Benoit Dageville和Thierry Cruanes以及初创公司Vectorwise前首席执行官Marcin Zukowski于2012年创办了Snowflake。公司在数据库架构、数据仓库等领域拥有专利。</blockquote> SNOW Stock: <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NOW\">ServiceNow</a> Veterans Lead Company<blockquote>雪库存：<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NOW\">服务现在</a>退伍军人领导公司</blockquote> Snowflake brought in&nbsp;Frank Slootman as chief executive&nbsp;in May 2019. Slootman had stepped down as CEO of ServiceNow in early 2017. Former ServiceNow Chief Financial Officer Mike Scarpelli in 2019 also joined Snowflake in the same CFO position.<blockquote>Snowflake于2019年5月聘请Frank Slootman担任首席执行官。Slootman已于2017年初辞去ServiceNow首席执行官一职。前ServiceNow首席财务官Mike Scarpelli也于2019年加入Snowflake，担任相同的首席财务官职位。</blockquote> Unlike legacy, on-premise data management systems, Snowflake's platform was built from the ground up for cloud computing. It provides 100% of its software over the internet.<blockquote>与传统的内部数据管理系统不同，Snowflake的平台是为云计算从头开始构建的。它通过互联网提供100%的软件。</blockquote> Snowflake customers can share data with their partners across multiple online storage systems using the company's data warehouse. Snowflake also enables easily searchable data to be shared among applications.<blockquote>Snowflake客户可以使用公司的数据仓库在多个在线存储系统中与合作伙伴共享数据。Snowflake还支持在应用程序之间共享易于搜索的数据。</blockquote> Snowflake's data analytics tools became available on Amazon Web Services in 2015, Microsoft's Azure in 2018 and on Google's cloud platform in 2020.<blockquote>Snowflake的数据分析工具于2015年在Amazon Web Services上可用，2018年在微软的Azure上可用，2020年在谷歌的云平台上可用。</blockquote> In June, Snowflake partnered with&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AI\">C3.ai, Inc.</a>&nbsp;(AI). The two companies will cooperate in offering artificial intelligence tools to companies.<blockquote>6月，雪花与<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AI\">C3.人工智能公司。</a>（人工智能）。两家公司将合作向企业提供人工智能工具。</blockquote> Amazon Web Services A 'Frenemy'<blockquote>亚马逊网络服务是“友敌”</blockquote> \"While Snowflake is multi-cloud, it derives some 85% of its revenues from data analytics jobs deployed on Amazon Web Services, which is also Snowflake's biggest rival with AWS Redshift,\" UBS analyst Karl Keirstead said in a recent note to clients.<blockquote>瑞银分析师Karl Keirstead在最近给客户的一份报告中表示：“虽然Snowflake是多云的，但它约85%的收入来自亚马逊网络服务上部署的数据分析工作，亚马逊网络服务也是Snowflake与AWS Redshift的最大竞争对手。”</blockquote> \"This 'frenemy' relationship is critical to Snowflake's success,\" Keirstead went on to say. \"AWS benefits far more from Snowflake spending on compute and storage infrastructure resources than they lose in the form of foregone AWS Redshift revenues. Snowflake represents a dream customer and partner for AWS and Microsoft Azure.\"<blockquote>“这种‘友敌’关系对于Snowflake的成功至关重要，”Keirstead继续说道。“AWS从Snowflake在计算和存储基础设施资源上的支出中获得的好处远远超过它们因放弃AWS红移收入而损失的损失。Snowflake代表了AWS和微软Azure的梦想客户和合作伙伴。”</blockquote> Snowflake has focused on six core markets, including financial services, health care and life sciences, retail and consumer packaged goods, advertising media and entertainment, technology, and the government sector.<blockquote>Snowflake专注于六个核心市场，包括金融服务、医疗保健和生命科学、零售和消费品、广告媒体和娱乐、技术和政府部门。</blockquote> When Snowflake went public in September it used a dual-class share structure that gave its CEO and insiders&nbsp;super-voting rights. However, Snowflake eliminated the dual-class structure in March.<blockquote>Snowflake 9月份上市时采用了双层股权结构，赋予其首席执行官和内部人士超级投票权。然而，Snowflake在三月份取消了双层结构。</blockquote> Snowflake had been based in San Mateo, Calif. Amid the shift to remote work spurred by the coronavirus emergency, Snowflake in May said it no longer has a corporate headquarters. It designated Bozeman, Mont., as its principal executive office. Slootman and Scarpelli are based in Bozeman.<blockquote>雪花公司的总部设在加利福尼亚州的圣马特奥。在冠状病毒紧急情况促使人们转向远程工作的过程中，Snowflake在5月份表示，它不再设有公司总部。它指定了蒙大拿州的波兹曼。，作为其主要执行办公室。斯洛特曼和斯卡佩利的总部设在波兹曼。</blockquote> Snowflake Stock Fundamental Analysis<blockquote>雪花股票基本面分析</blockquote> Software stocks typically trade as a multiple of forward-looking revenue growth. Software-as-a-service, or SaaS, companies, such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CRM\">Salesforce.com</a>&nbsp;(CRM), typically provide the highest revenue growth. Salesforce is a key marketing partner of SNOW stock.<blockquote>软件股的交易价格通常是前瞻性收入增长的倍数。软件即服务或SaaS公司，例如<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CRM\">Salesforce.com</a>（CRM），通常提供最高的收入增长。Salesforce是SNOW stock的主要营销合作伙伴。</blockquote> Snowflake also partners with consulting firms such as Deloitte and information technology firms such as privately held Informatica.<blockquote>Snowflake还与德勤等咨询公司和私营Informatica等信息技术公司合作。</blockquote> Snowflake is not an SaaS company, however. Instead, it uses a consumption-based business model based on how much data its customers crunch and store.<blockquote>然而，Snowflake并不是一家SaaS公司。相反，它使用基于消费的商业模式，基于客户处理和存储的数据量。</blockquote> Snowflake's revenue growth stands out. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FBNC\">First</a>-quarter&nbsp;sales jumped 110%to $228.9 million. But there's less transparency and predictability than with subscription-based, recurring-revenue SaaS business models, analysts say.<blockquote>Snowflake的收入增长尤为突出。<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FBNC\">第一</a>-季度销售额跃升110%至2.289亿美元。但分析师表示，与基于订阅、经常性收入的SaaS商业模式相比，透明度和可预测性较低。</blockquote> \"SNOW has a consumption model, whereby customers contract for a certain amount of compute and storage capacity,\" <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MFG\">Mizuho</a> Securities analyst Gregg Moskowitz said in a note. \"The company only records revenue, however, as that capacity is used, so there can be a lag of several months or more before revenue recognition begins.\"<blockquote>“SNOW有一个消费模式，客户签订一定数量的计算和存储容量的合同，”<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MFG\">瑞穗</a>证券分析师Gregg Moskowitz在一份报告中表示。“然而，公司仅在产能被使用时记录收入，因此在开始确认收入之前可能会有几个月或更长时间的滞后。”</blockquote> Snowflake is nearing an annual revenue run-rate of $1 billion. That's a big milestone for software growth companies. But SNOW stock is unprofitable on the two most common accounting standards.<blockquote>Snowflake的年收入接近10亿美元。对于软件成长型公司来说，这是一个重要的里程碑。但根据两种最常见的会计准则，SNOW股票是无利可图的。</blockquote> Many software companies are unprofitable using GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles, which includes stock-based compensation. But they're profitable on a non-GAAP or \"adjusted\" earnings basis.<blockquote>许多软件公司使用GAAP收益或公认会计原则（包括基于股票的薪酬）是无利可图的。但在非公认会计准则或“调整后”收益的基础上，它们是盈利的。</blockquote> SNOW Stock Operates In The Red<blockquote>SNOW股票出现亏损</blockquote> In the first quarter, Snowflake reported a GAAP operating loss of $205.6 million and a GAAP per-share loss of 70 cents. Snowflake stock subsequently fell. It recorded an adjusted operating loss of $35.8 million.<blockquote>第一季度，Snowflake公布的GAAP运营亏损为2.056亿美元，GAAP每股亏损为70美分。雪花股票随后下跌。调整后营业亏损为3580万美元。</blockquote> Snowflake doesn't break out adjusted earnings. Analysts estimate it lost 11 cents on an adjusted basis in the first quarter.<blockquote>Snowflake没有公布调整后收益。分析师估计，第一季度调整后该公司亏损11美分。</blockquote> Snowflake operates in the red amid sizable investments, analysts say. For fiscal 2022, for example, Snowflake has told analysts it plans to hire 1,200 net new employees, which would represent 48% growth in head count.<blockquote>分析师表示，由于巨额投资，Snowflake的运营处于亏损状态。例如，Snowflake告诉分析师，2022财年计划净雇用1,200名新员工，这意味着员工人数将增长48%。</blockquote> Still, investments are paying off in revenue growth. Snowflake had 4,532 customers as of April 30, up 67% from the year-earlier period. That includes 187 of the Fortune 500. In the April quarter, Snowflake added a record 27 customers with more than $1 million per year in product revenue, giving it 104 such customers overall.<blockquote>尽管如此，投资还是在收入增长方面获得了回报。截至4月30日，Snowflake拥有4,532名客户，同比增长67%。其中包括财富500强中的187家。在4月份的季度，Snowflake增加了创纪录的27个客户，每年产品收入超过100万美元，使其总共拥有104个此类客户。</blockquote> <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">Goldman Sachs</a> analyst Kash Rangan is bullish on Snowflake's potential to dominate in cloud-based data analytics and management.<blockquote><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">高盛</a>分析师Kash Rangan看好Snowflake在基于云的数据分析和管理领域占据主导地位的潜力。</blockquote> \"We believe Snowflake will continue to replace incumbent warehousing solutions owing to their scalable and elastic cloud native data platform while also capitalizing on net new workloads and use cases as digital transformation drives greater digitization within the enterprise, and business intelligence and analytics remains a top priority for spending,\" he said in a note.<blockquote>“我们相信，由于其可扩展和弹性的云原生数据平台，Snowflake将继续取代现有的仓储解决方案，同时随着数字化转型推动企业内部更大程度的数字化，并且商业智能和分析仍然是重中之重支出，”他在一份报告中表示。</blockquote> SNOW Stock Technical Analysis<blockquote>SNOW股票技术分析</blockquote> Snowflake stock went public on Sept. 16 at 120 a share. At the time, software growth stocks were hot as investors sought recurring revenue amid the coronavirus emergency.<blockquote>Snowflake股票于9月16日以每股120美元的价格上市。当时，由于投资者在冠状病毒紧急情况下寻求经常性收入，软件成长股炙手可热。</blockquote> SNOW stock popped as high as 319 on the first day of trading and closed 111.6% above the IPO price at 253.93. Shares pulled back as analysts debated Snowflake's valuation.<blockquote>SNOW股价在交易首日飙升至319点，收盘价较IPO价格253.93点高出111.6%。由于分析师对Snowflake的估值存在争议，股价回落。</blockquote> Snowflake stock forged a&nbsp;cup-with-handle base&nbsp;over the next two months. The new base created an entry point of 301. SNOW stock blew past the buy point, hitting an all-time high of 429 on Dec. 8.<blockquote>在接下来的两个月里，雪花股票打造了一个带手柄的杯子底座。新基地创造了一个301的切入点。SNOW股价突破买入点，于12月8日触及429点的历史新高。</blockquote> Snowflake stock swooned in late 2020 amid questions over its valuation even as the IBD Computer-Software <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EBTC\">Enterprise</a> group stayed resilient. The Computer-Software <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EFSC\">Enterprise</a> group did not break down until mid-February amid a market rotation to value.<blockquote>尽管IBD计算机软件公司的估值受到质疑，Snowflake股价在2020年底暴跌<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EBTC\">企业</a>集团保持弹性。计算机软件<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EFSC\">企业</a>直到2月中旬，由于市场向价值轮动，该集团才崩溃。</blockquote> Snowflake stock hit a 12-month low of 184.71 on May 13.<blockquote>Snowflake股价于5月13日触及184.71的12个月低点。</blockquote> Is Snowflake Stock A Buy Right Now?<blockquote>雪花股票现在值得买入吗？</blockquote> Snowflake stock still trades at a substantial premium as a multiple of forward-looking revenue growth. SNOW stock holds anIBD Composite Rating&nbsp;of 44 out of a best possible 99, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup.<blockquote>作为前瞻性收入增长的倍数，雪花股票的交易价格仍然存在大幅溢价。根据IBD Stock Checkup的数据，SNOW股票的IBD综合评级为44分（满分99分）。</blockquote> IBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.<blockquote>IBD的综合评级将五个独立的专有评级合并为一个易于使用的评级。最佳成长型股票的综合评级为90或更高。</blockquote> One plus is that Snowflake stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B, according to&nbsp;IBD Market&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;analysis. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.<blockquote>根据IBD Market Smith的分析，雪花股票的积累/分配评级为B。该评级分析股票在过去13周交易中的价格和交易量变化。</blockquote> The rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.<blockquote>该评级为A+至E级，衡量机构对股票的买卖情况。A+表示机构大量买入；E表示大量抛售。把C级想象成中性。</blockquote> SNOW stock has yet to&nbsp;form a base&nbsp;with a proper entry point. Snowflake stock has clawed above its 50-day moving average. If it holds above the 50-day line that could kick-start the right side of a deep base.<blockquote>雪股尚未形成一个合适的切入点。Snowflake股价已突破50日移动平均线。如果它保持在50日线之上，可能会启动深基右侧。</blockquote> As of Aug. 20, Snowflake stock is not a buy despite an improved relative strength line.<blockquote>截至8月20日，尽管相对强弱线有所改善，但Snowflake股票仍不值得买入。</blockquote>","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Snowflake Stock A Buy? 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Software Maker Sets Path To $10 Billion In Revenue By 2028<blockquote>雪花股票值得买入吗？软件制造商计划到2028年收入达到100亿美元</blockquote>\n</h2>\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\ninvestors2021-08-20 23:18\n\n</h4>\n</header>\n<article>\nThink of <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SNOW\">Snowflake</a> stock as a proxy on the torrid growth of cloud computing giants&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMZN\">Amazon.com</a>&nbsp;(AMZN),&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MSFT\">Microsoft</a>&nbsp;(MSFT) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Alphabet</a>'s (GOOGL) Google.<blockquote>想到<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/SNOW\">雪花</a>股票作为云计算巨头快速增长的代表<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AMZN\">亚马逊</a>（亚马逊），<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MSFT\">微软</a>（MSFT）和<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GOOG\">Alphabet</a>（GOOGL）谷歌。</blockquote> Many companies are turning to cloud computing services as part of \"digital transformation\" projects that aim to gain business insights from crunching massive volumes of data. The cloud computing titans offer their own data analytics and management tools.<blockquote>许多公司正在转向云计算服务，作为“数字化转型”项目的一部分，旨在从处理海量数据中获得商业洞察力。云计算巨头提供自己的数据分析和管理工具。</blockquote> In a \"coopetition\" model, the&nbsp;cloud giants&nbsp;give their customers a green light to buy&nbsp;Snowflake's (SNOW) software. The reason is Snowflake's tools are better at some key tasks, such as letting companies compile, view, analyze and share massive amounts of data in an easy way.<blockquote>在“合作竞争”模式下，云巨头为客户的购买开绿灯雪花的（雪）软件。原因是Snowflake的工具在一些关键任务上更好，例如让公司以简单的方式编译、查看、分析和共享大量数据。</blockquote> Nearly two-fifths of Fortune 500 companies use Snowflake's software in the cloud as they move away from on-premise data warehousing products from&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TDC\">Teradata</a>&nbsp;(TDC),&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ORCL\">Oracle</a>&nbsp;(ORCL) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/IBM\">IBM</a>&nbsp;(IBM).<blockquote>近五分之二的财富500强公司在云中使用Snowflake的软件，因为它们正在从<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/TDC\">Teradata</a>（贸发局），<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ORCL\">神谕</a>（ORCL）及<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/IBM\">IBM</a>（IBM）。</blockquote> One Snowflake customer is pharma giant&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PFE\">Pfizer</a>&nbsp;(PFE). Pfizer uses Snowflake tools to forecast product sales and to gain insights into the&nbsp;distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine.<blockquote>Snowflake的一位客户是制药巨头<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/PFE\">辉瑞</a>（PFE）。辉瑞使用雪花工具来预测产品销售，并深入了解新冠肺炎疫苗的分销情况。</blockquote> Snowflake Stock: Competition Increasing From Google Cloud?<blockquote>雪花股票：来自谷歌云的竞争加剧？</blockquote> Stellar customer growth enabled SNOW stock to pull off the largest initial public offering ever by a software company in September 2020. The IPO raised $3.4 billion.<blockquote>出色的客户增长使SNOW stock在2020年9月完成了软件公司有史以来最大的首次公开募股。此次IPO筹集了34亿美元。</blockquote> But is Snowflake a buy right now? After a tough start to 2021, software growth stocks have rebounded. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF rose 3.4% in July and 8.7% in June.<blockquote>但雪花现在值得买入吗？在经历了2021年的艰难开局后，软件成长股出现反弹。iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF 7月份上涨3.4%，6月份上涨8.7%。</blockquote> Snowflake reports second-quarter earnings on Aug. 25. Analysts project a loss of 15 cents per share, with revenue jumping nearly 100% to $256.5 million.<blockquote>Snowflake将于8月25日公布第二季度收益。分析师预计每股亏损15美分，营收增长近100%至2.565亿美元。</blockquote> Snowflake stock tumbled Aug. 20 ahead of its earnings release. One report on the drop cited a Cleveland Research note to clients. The Cleveland Research report ostensibly points to increased competition from Google's cloud business.<blockquote>Snowflake股价在8月20日财报发布前暴跌。一份关于下降的报告引用了克利夫兰给客户的一份研究报告。克利夫兰研究报告表面上指出，来自谷歌云业务的竞争加剧。</blockquote> Snowflake stock hit an all-time high of 429 in early December. But SNOW stock swooned in late 2020 amid analyst concerns over its lofty valuation.<blockquote>Snowflake股价在12月初创下429点的历史新高。但由于分析师对其高估值的担忧，SNOW股价在2020年底暴跌。</blockquote> At a June 10 analyst day, Snowflake laid out a path to $10 billion in product revenue by fiscal 2029, which coincides with calendar 2028. The $10 billion revenue target would result in a compound annual growth rate of 44%.<blockquote>在6月10日的分析师日上，Snowflake制定了到2029财年（与2028年日历一致）产品收入达到100亿美元的道路。100亿美元的收入目标将带来44%的复合年增长率。</blockquote> The company said it expects to increase the number of customers with over $1 million in product revenue. Snowflake also guided to long-term operating margin of 10%-plus, lower than some analysts expected.<blockquote>该公司表示，预计产品收入将超过100万美元，从而增加客户数量。Snowflake还预计长期营业利润率为10%以上，低于一些分析师的预期。</blockquote> Possible Threat From Amazon<blockquote>可能来自亚马逊的威胁</blockquote> Snowflake in July announced support for digital advertising standard Unified ID 2.0. Advertising is <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of Snowflake's largest verticals with customers representing a large percentage of players in the space, noted a RBC Capital report. The move comes as Googlephases out internet cookies for targeted advertising.<blockquote>雪花在7月份宣布支持数字广告标准Unified ID 2.0。广告是<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">一</a>加拿大皇家银行资本(RBC Capital)的一份报告指出，Snowflake是最大的垂直行业之一，其客户占该领域参与者的很大比例。此举正值谷歌逐步淘汰用于定向广告的互联网cookies之际。</blockquote> Whether Amazon Web Services ratchets up competition remains a concern for SNOW stock. Plus, competition with privately held Databricks is heating up. A February funding round&nbsp;valued Databricks at $28 billion.<blockquote>亚马逊网络服务是否会加剧竞争仍然是SNOW股票的一个担忧。此外，与私营Databricks的竞争正在升温。2月份的一轮融资对Databricks的估值为280亿美元。</blockquote> Databricks, which uses&nbsp;artificial intelligence, is expected to launch its own IPO.<blockquote>使用人工智能的Databricks预计将推出自己的IPO。</blockquote> Snowflake stock bulls point to its seasoned management team as a strength no matter what unfolds.<blockquote>雪花股票的多头指出，无论发生什么，其经验丰富的管理团队都是一个优势。</blockquote> Two former Oracle engineers — Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes — along with Marcin Zukowski, former chief executive of startup Vectorwise, started Snowflake in 2012. The company holds patents in database architecture, data warehouses and other areas.<blockquote>两位前甲骨文工程师Benoit Dageville和Thierry Cruanes以及初创公司Vectorwise前首席执行官Marcin Zukowski于2012年创办了Snowflake。公司在数据库架构、数据仓库等领域拥有专利。</blockquote> SNOW Stock: <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NOW\">ServiceNow</a> Veterans Lead Company<blockquote>雪库存：<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/NOW\">服务现在</a>退伍军人领导公司</blockquote> Snowflake brought in&nbsp;Frank Slootman as chief executive&nbsp;in May 2019. Slootman had stepped down as CEO of ServiceNow in early 2017. Former ServiceNow Chief Financial Officer Mike Scarpelli in 2019 also joined Snowflake in the same CFO position.<blockquote>Snowflake于2019年5月聘请Frank Slootman担任首席执行官。Slootman已于2017年初辞去ServiceNow首席执行官一职。前ServiceNow首席财务官Mike Scarpelli也于2019年加入Snowflake，担任相同的首席财务官职位。</blockquote> Unlike legacy, on-premise data management systems, Snowflake's platform was built from the ground up for cloud computing. It provides 100% of its software over the internet.<blockquote>与传统的内部数据管理系统不同，Snowflake的平台是为云计算从头开始构建的。它通过互联网提供100%的软件。</blockquote> Snowflake customers can share data with their partners across multiple online storage systems using the company's data warehouse. Snowflake also enables easily searchable data to be shared among applications.<blockquote>Snowflake客户可以使用公司的数据仓库在多个在线存储系统中与合作伙伴共享数据。Snowflake还支持在应用程序之间共享易于搜索的数据。</blockquote> Snowflake's data analytics tools became available on Amazon Web Services in 2015, Microsoft's Azure in 2018 and on Google's cloud platform in 2020.<blockquote>Snowflake的数据分析工具于2015年在Amazon Web Services上可用，2018年在微软的Azure上可用，2020年在谷歌的云平台上可用。</blockquote> In June, Snowflake partnered with&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AI\">C3.ai, Inc.</a>&nbsp;(AI). The two companies will cooperate in offering artificial intelligence tools to companies.<blockquote>6月，雪花与<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AI\">C3.人工智能公司。</a>（人工智能）。两家公司将合作向企业提供人工智能工具。</blockquote> Amazon Web Services A 'Frenemy'<blockquote>亚马逊网络服务是“友敌”</blockquote> \"While Snowflake is multi-cloud, it derives some 85% of its revenues from data analytics jobs deployed on Amazon Web Services, which is also Snowflake's biggest rival with AWS Redshift,\" UBS analyst Karl Keirstead said in a recent note to clients.<blockquote>瑞银分析师Karl Keirstead在最近给客户的一份报告中表示：“虽然Snowflake是多云的，但它约85%的收入来自亚马逊网络服务上部署的数据分析工作，亚马逊网络服务也是Snowflake与AWS Redshift的最大竞争对手。”</blockquote> \"This 'frenemy' relationship is critical to Snowflake's success,\" Keirstead went on to say. \"AWS benefits far more from Snowflake spending on compute and storage infrastructure resources than they lose in the form of foregone AWS Redshift revenues. Snowflake represents a dream customer and partner for AWS and Microsoft Azure.\"<blockquote>“这种‘友敌’关系对于Snowflake的成功至关重要，”Keirstead继续说道。“AWS从Snowflake在计算和存储基础设施资源上的支出中获得的好处远远超过它们因放弃AWS红移收入而损失的损失。Snowflake代表了AWS和微软Azure的梦想客户和合作伙伴。”</blockquote> Snowflake has focused on six core markets, including financial services, health care and life sciences, retail and consumer packaged goods, advertising media and entertainment, technology, and the government sector.<blockquote>Snowflake专注于六个核心市场，包括金融服务、医疗保健和生命科学、零售和消费品、广告媒体和娱乐、技术和政府部门。</blockquote> When Snowflake went public in September it used a dual-class share structure that gave its CEO and insiders&nbsp;super-voting rights. However, Snowflake eliminated the dual-class structure in March.<blockquote>Snowflake 9月份上市时采用了双层股权结构，赋予其首席执行官和内部人士超级投票权。然而，Snowflake在三月份取消了双层结构。</blockquote> Snowflake had been based in San Mateo, Calif. Amid the shift to remote work spurred by the coronavirus emergency, Snowflake in May said it no longer has a corporate headquarters. It designated Bozeman, Mont., as its principal executive office. Slootman and Scarpelli are based in Bozeman.<blockquote>雪花公司的总部设在加利福尼亚州的圣马特奥。在冠状病毒紧急情况促使人们转向远程工作的过程中，Snowflake在5月份表示，它不再设有公司总部。它指定了蒙大拿州的波兹曼。，作为其主要执行办公室。斯洛特曼和斯卡佩利的总部设在波兹曼。</blockquote> Snowflake Stock Fundamental Analysis<blockquote>雪花股票基本面分析</blockquote> Software stocks typically trade as a multiple of forward-looking revenue growth. Software-as-a-service, or SaaS, companies, such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CRM\">Salesforce.com</a>&nbsp;(CRM), typically provide the highest revenue growth. Salesforce is a key marketing partner of SNOW stock.<blockquote>软件股的交易价格通常是前瞻性收入增长的倍数。软件即服务或SaaS公司，例如<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/CRM\">Salesforce.com</a>（CRM），通常提供最高的收入增长。Salesforce是SNOW stock的主要营销合作伙伴。</blockquote> Snowflake also partners with consulting firms such as Deloitte and information technology firms such as privately held Informatica.<blockquote>Snowflake还与德勤等咨询公司和私营Informatica等信息技术公司合作。</blockquote> Snowflake is not an SaaS company, however. Instead, it uses a consumption-based business model based on how much data its customers crunch and store.<blockquote>然而，Snowflake并不是一家SaaS公司。相反，它使用基于消费的商业模式，基于客户处理和存储的数据量。</blockquote> Snowflake's revenue growth stands out. <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FBNC\">First</a>-quarter&nbsp;sales jumped 110%to $228.9 million. But there's less transparency and predictability than with subscription-based, recurring-revenue SaaS business models, analysts say.<blockquote>Snowflake的收入增长尤为突出。<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FBNC\">第一</a>-季度销售额跃升110%至2.289亿美元。但分析师表示，与基于订阅、经常性收入的SaaS商业模式相比，透明度和可预测性较低。</blockquote> \"SNOW has a consumption model, whereby customers contract for a certain amount of compute and storage capacity,\" <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MFG\">Mizuho</a> Securities analyst Gregg Moskowitz said in a note. \"The company only records revenue, however, as that capacity is used, so there can be a lag of several months or more before revenue recognition begins.\"<blockquote>“SNOW有一个消费模式，客户签订一定数量的计算和存储容量的合同，”<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/MFG\">瑞穗</a>证券分析师Gregg Moskowitz在一份报告中表示。“然而，公司仅在产能被使用时记录收入，因此在开始确认收入之前可能会有几个月或更长时间的滞后。”</blockquote> Snowflake is nearing an annual revenue run-rate of $1 billion. That's a big milestone for software growth companies. But SNOW stock is unprofitable on the two most common accounting standards.<blockquote>Snowflake的年收入接近10亿美元。对于软件成长型公司来说，这是一个重要的里程碑。但根据两种最常见的会计准则，SNOW股票是无利可图的。</blockquote> Many software companies are unprofitable using GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles, which includes stock-based compensation. But they're profitable on a non-GAAP or \"adjusted\" earnings basis.<blockquote>许多软件公司使用GAAP收益或公认会计原则（包括基于股票的薪酬）是无利可图的。但在非公认会计准则或“调整后”收益的基础上，它们是盈利的。</blockquote> SNOW Stock Operates In The Red<blockquote>SNOW股票出现亏损</blockquote> In the first quarter, Snowflake reported a GAAP operating loss of $205.6 million and a GAAP per-share loss of 70 cents. Snowflake stock subsequently fell. It recorded an adjusted operating loss of $35.8 million.<blockquote>第一季度，Snowflake公布的GAAP运营亏损为2.056亿美元，GAAP每股亏损为70美分。雪花股票随后下跌。调整后营业亏损为3580万美元。</blockquote> Snowflake doesn't break out adjusted earnings. Analysts estimate it lost 11 cents on an adjusted basis in the first quarter.<blockquote>Snowflake没有公布调整后收益。分析师估计，第一季度调整后该公司亏损11美分。</blockquote> Snowflake operates in the red amid sizable investments, analysts say. For fiscal 2022, for example, Snowflake has told analysts it plans to hire 1,200 net new employees, which would represent 48% growth in head count.<blockquote>分析师表示，由于巨额投资，Snowflake的运营处于亏损状态。例如，Snowflake告诉分析师，2022财年计划净雇用1,200名新员工，这意味着员工人数将增长48%。</blockquote> Still, investments are paying off in revenue growth. Snowflake had 4,532 customers as of April 30, up 67% from the year-earlier period. That includes 187 of the Fortune 500. In the April quarter, Snowflake added a record 27 customers with more than $1 million per year in product revenue, giving it 104 such customers overall.<blockquote>尽管如此，投资还是在收入增长方面获得了回报。截至4月30日，Snowflake拥有4,532名客户，同比增长67%。其中包括财富500强中的187家。在4月份的季度，Snowflake增加了创纪录的27个客户，每年产品收入超过100万美元，使其总共拥有104个此类客户。</blockquote> <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">Goldman Sachs</a> analyst Kash Rangan is bullish on Snowflake's potential to dominate in cloud-based data analytics and management.<blockquote><a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/GS\">高盛</a>分析师Kash Rangan看好Snowflake在基于云的数据分析和管理领域占据主导地位的潜力。</blockquote> \"We believe Snowflake will continue to replace incumbent warehousing solutions owing to their scalable and elastic cloud native data platform while also capitalizing on net new workloads and use cases as digital transformation drives greater digitization within the enterprise, and business intelligence and analytics remains a top priority for spending,\" he said in a note.<blockquote>“我们相信，由于其可扩展和弹性的云原生数据平台，Snowflake将继续取代现有的仓储解决方案，同时随着数字化转型推动企业内部更大程度的数字化，并且商业智能和分析仍然是重中之重支出，”他在一份报告中表示。</blockquote> SNOW Stock Technical Analysis<blockquote>SNOW股票技术分析</blockquote> Snowflake stock went public on Sept. 16 at 120 a share. At the time, software growth stocks were hot as investors sought recurring revenue amid the coronavirus emergency.<blockquote>Snowflake股票于9月16日以每股120美元的价格上市。当时，由于投资者在冠状病毒紧急情况下寻求经常性收入，软件成长股炙手可热。</blockquote> SNOW stock popped as high as 319 on the first day of trading and closed 111.6% above the IPO price at 253.93. Shares pulled back as analysts debated Snowflake's valuation.<blockquote>SNOW股价在交易首日飙升至319点，收盘价较IPO价格253.93点高出111.6%。由于分析师对Snowflake的估值存在争议，股价回落。</blockquote> Snowflake stock forged a&nbsp;cup-with-handle base&nbsp;over the next two months. The new base created an entry point of 301. SNOW stock blew past the buy point, hitting an all-time high of 429 on Dec. 8.<blockquote>在接下来的两个月里，雪花股票打造了一个带手柄的杯子底座。新基地创造了一个301的切入点。SNOW股价突破买入点，于12月8日触及429点的历史新高。</blockquote> Snowflake stock swooned in late 2020 amid questions over its valuation even as the IBD Computer-Software <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EBTC\">Enterprise</a> group stayed resilient. The Computer-Software <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EFSC\">Enterprise</a> group did not break down until mid-February amid a market rotation to value.<blockquote>尽管IBD计算机软件公司的估值受到质疑，Snowflake股价在2020年底暴跌<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EBTC\">企业</a>集团保持弹性。计算机软件<a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/EFSC\">企业</a>直到2月中旬，由于市场向价值轮动，该集团才崩溃。</blockquote> Snowflake stock hit a 12-month low of 184.71 on May 13.<blockquote>Snowflake股价于5月13日触及184.71的12个月低点。</blockquote> Is Snowflake Stock A Buy Right Now?<blockquote>雪花股票现在值得买入吗？</blockquote> Snowflake stock still trades at a substantial premium as a multiple of forward-looking revenue growth. SNOW stock holds anIBD Composite Rating&nbsp;of 44 out of a best possible 99, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup.<blockquote>作为前瞻性收入增长的倍数，雪花股票的交易价格仍然存在大幅溢价。根据IBD Stock Checkup的数据，SNOW股票的IBD综合评级为44分（满分99分）。</blockquote> IBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.<blockquote>IBD的综合评级将五个独立的专有评级合并为一个易于使用的评级。最佳成长型股票的综合评级为90或更高。</blockquote> One plus is that Snowflake stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B, according to&nbsp;IBD Market&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;analysis. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.<blockquote>根据IBD Market Smith的分析，雪花股票的积累/分配评级为B。该评级分析股票在过去13周交易中的价格和交易量变化。</blockquote> The rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.<blockquote>该评级为A+至E级，衡量机构对股票的买卖情况。A+表示机构大量买入；E表示大量抛售。把C级想象成中性。</blockquote> SNOW stock has yet to&nbsp;form a base&nbsp;with a proper entry point. Snowflake stock has clawed above its 50-day moving average. If it holds above the 50-day line that could kick-start the right side of a deep base.<blockquote>雪股尚未形成一个合适的切入点。Snowflake股价已突破50日移动平均线。如果它保持在50日线之上，可能会启动深基右侧。</blockquote> As of Aug. 20, Snowflake stock is not a buy despite an improved relative strength line.<blockquote>截至8月20日，尽管相对强弱线有所改善，但Snowflake股票仍不值得买入。</blockquote>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n 来源：<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/snowflake-snow-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">investors</a>\n为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"SNOW":"Snowflake"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/snowflake-snow-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1189743420","content_text":"Think of Snowflake stock as a proxy on the torrid growth of cloud computing giants Amazon.com (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google.\nMany companies are turning to cloud computing services as part of \"digital transformation\" projects that aim to gain business insights from crunching massive volumes of data. The cloud computing titans offer their own data analytics and management tools.\nIn a \"coopetition\" model, the cloud giants give their customers a green light to buy Snowflake's (SNOW) software. The reason is Snowflake's tools are better at some key tasks, such as letting companies compile, view, analyze and share massive amounts of data in an easy way.\nNearly two-fifths of Fortune 500 companies use Snowflake's software in the cloud as they move away from on-premise data warehousing products from Teradata (TDC), Oracle (ORCL) and IBM (IBM).\nOne Snowflake customer is pharma giant Pfizer (PFE). Pfizer uses Snowflake tools to forecast product sales and to gain insights into the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine.\nSnowflake Stock: Competition Increasing From Google Cloud?\nStellar customer growth enabled SNOW stock to pull off the largest initial public offering ever by a software company in September 2020. The IPO raised $3.4 billion.\nBut is Snowflake a buy right now? After a tough start to 2021, software growth stocks have rebounded. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF rose 3.4% in July and 8.7% in June.\nSnowflake reports second-quarter earnings on Aug. 25. Analysts project a loss of 15 cents per share, with revenue jumping nearly 100% to $256.5 million.\nSnowflake stock tumbled Aug. 20 ahead of its earnings release. One report on the drop cited a Cleveland Research note to clients. The Cleveland Research report ostensibly points to increased competition from Google's cloud business.\nSnowflake stock hit an all-time high of 429 in early December. But SNOW stock swooned in late 2020 amid analyst concerns over its lofty valuation.\nAt a June 10 analyst day, Snowflake laid out a path to $10 billion in product revenue by fiscal 2029, which coincides with calendar 2028. The $10 billion revenue target would result in a compound annual growth rate of 44%.\nThe company said it expects to increase the number of customers with over $1 million in product revenue. Snowflake also guided to long-term operating margin of 10%-plus, lower than some analysts expected.\nPossible Threat From Amazon\nSnowflake in July announced support for digital advertising standard Unified ID 2.0. Advertising is one of Snowflake's largest verticals with customers representing a large percentage of players in the space, noted a RBC Capital report. The move comes as Googlephases out internet cookies for targeted advertising.\nWhether Amazon Web Services ratchets up competition remains a concern for SNOW stock. Plus, competition with privately held Databricks is heating up. A February funding round valued Databricks at $28 billion.\nDatabricks, which uses artificial intelligence, is expected to launch its own IPO.\nSnowflake stock bulls point to its seasoned management team as a strength no matter what unfolds.\nTwo former Oracle engineers — Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes — along with Marcin Zukowski, former chief executive of startup Vectorwise, started Snowflake in 2012. The company holds patents in database architecture, data warehouses and other areas.\nSNOW Stock: ServiceNow Veterans Lead Company\nSnowflake brought in Frank Slootman as chief executive in May 2019. Slootman had stepped down as CEO of ServiceNow in early 2017. Former ServiceNow Chief Financial Officer Mike Scarpelli in 2019 also joined Snowflake in the same CFO position.\nUnlike legacy, on-premise data management systems, Snowflake's platform was built from the ground up for cloud computing. It provides 100% of its software over the internet.\nSnowflake customers can share data with their partners across multiple online storage systems using the company's data warehouse. Snowflake also enables easily searchable data to be shared among applications.\nSnowflake's data analytics tools became available on Amazon Web Services in 2015, Microsoft's Azure in 2018 and on Google's cloud platform in 2020.\nIn June, Snowflake partnered with C3.ai, Inc. (AI). The two companies will cooperate in offering artificial intelligence tools to companies.\nAmazon Web Services A 'Frenemy'\n\"While Snowflake is multi-cloud, it derives some 85% of its revenues from data analytics jobs deployed on Amazon Web Services, which is also Snowflake's biggest rival with AWS Redshift,\" UBS analyst Karl Keirstead said in a recent note to clients.\n\"This 'frenemy' relationship is critical to Snowflake's success,\" Keirstead went on to say. \"AWS benefits far more from Snowflake spending on compute and storage infrastructure resources than they lose in the form of foregone AWS Redshift revenues. Snowflake represents a dream customer and partner for AWS and Microsoft Azure.\"\nSnowflake has focused on six core markets, including financial services, health care and life sciences, retail and consumer packaged goods, advertising media and entertainment, technology, and the government sector.\nWhen Snowflake went public in September it used a dual-class share structure that gave its CEO and insiders super-voting rights. However, Snowflake eliminated the dual-class structure in March.\nSnowflake had been based in San Mateo, Calif. Amid the shift to remote work spurred by the coronavirus emergency, Snowflake in May said it no longer has a corporate headquarters. It designated Bozeman, Mont., as its principal executive office. Slootman and Scarpelli are based in Bozeman.\nSnowflake Stock Fundamental Analysis\nSoftware stocks typically trade as a multiple of forward-looking revenue growth. Software-as-a-service, or SaaS, companies, such as Salesforce.com (CRM), typically provide the highest revenue growth. Salesforce is a key marketing partner of SNOW stock.\nSnowflake also partners with consulting firms such as Deloitte and information technology firms such as privately held Informatica.\nSnowflake is not an SaaS company, however. Instead, it uses a consumption-based business model based on how much data its customers crunch and store.\nSnowflake's revenue growth stands out. First-quarter sales jumped 110%to $228.9 million. But there's less transparency and predictability than with subscription-based, recurring-revenue SaaS business models, analysts say.\n\"SNOW has a consumption model, whereby customers contract for a certain amount of compute and storage capacity,\" Mizuho Securities analyst Gregg Moskowitz said in a note. \"The company only records revenue, however, as that capacity is used, so there can be a lag of several months or more before revenue recognition begins.\"\nSnowflake is nearing an annual revenue run-rate of $1 billion. That's a big milestone for software growth companies. But SNOW stock is unprofitable on the two most common accounting standards.\nMany software companies are unprofitable using GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles, which includes stock-based compensation. But they're profitable on a non-GAAP or \"adjusted\" earnings basis.\nSNOW Stock Operates In The Red\nIn the first quarter, Snowflake reported a GAAP operating loss of $205.6 million and a GAAP per-share loss of 70 cents. Snowflake stock subsequently fell. It recorded an adjusted operating loss of $35.8 million.\nSnowflake doesn't break out adjusted earnings. Analysts estimate it lost 11 cents on an adjusted basis in the first quarter.\nSnowflake operates in the red amid sizable investments, analysts say. For fiscal 2022, for example, Snowflake has told analysts it plans to hire 1,200 net new employees, which would represent 48% growth in head count.\nStill, investments are paying off in revenue growth. Snowflake had 4,532 customers as of April 30, up 67% from the year-earlier period. That includes 187 of the Fortune 500. In the April quarter, Snowflake added a record 27 customers with more than $1 million per year in product revenue, giving it 104 such customers overall.\nGoldman Sachs analyst Kash Rangan is bullish on Snowflake's potential to dominate in cloud-based data analytics and management.\n\"We believe Snowflake will continue to replace incumbent warehousing solutions owing to their scalable and elastic cloud native data platform while also capitalizing on net new workloads and use cases as digital transformation drives greater digitization within the enterprise, and business intelligence and analytics remains a top priority for spending,\" he said in a note.\nSNOW Stock Technical Analysis\nSnowflake stock went public on Sept. 16 at 120 a share. At the time, software growth stocks were hot as investors sought recurring revenue amid the coronavirus emergency.\nSNOW stock popped as high as 319 on the first day of trading and closed 111.6% above the IPO price at 253.93. Shares pulled back as analysts debated Snowflake's valuation.\nSnowflake stock forged a cup-with-handle base over the next two months. The new base created an entry point of 301. SNOW stock blew past the buy point, hitting an all-time high of 429 on Dec. 8.\nSnowflake stock swooned in late 2020 amid questions over its valuation even as the IBD Computer-Software Enterprise group stayed resilient. The Computer-Software Enterprise group did not break down until mid-February amid a market rotation to value.\nSnowflake stock hit a 12-month low of 184.71 on May 13.\nIs Snowflake Stock A Buy Right Now?\nSnowflake stock still trades at a substantial premium as a multiple of forward-looking revenue growth. SNOW stock holds anIBD Composite Rating of 44 out of a best possible 99, according to IBD Stock Checkup.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nOne plus is that Snowflake stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B, according to IBD Market Smith analysis. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nSNOW stock has yet to form a base with a proper entry point. Snowflake stock has clawed above its 50-day moving average. If it holds above the 50-day line that could kick-start the right side of a deep base.\nAs of Aug. 20, Snowflake stock is not a buy despite an improved relative strength line.","news_type":1,"symbols_score_info":{"SNOW":0.9}},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":422,"commentLimit":10,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"symbols":[],"verified":2,"subType":0,"readableState":1,"langContent":"EN","currentLanguage":"EN","warmUpFlag":false,"orderFlag":false,"shareable":true,"causeOfNotShareable":"","featuresForAnalytics":[],"commentAndTweetFlag":false,"andRepostAutoSelectedFlag":false,"upFlag":false,"length":20,"xxTargetLangEnum":"ORIG"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"isTiger":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"url":"/m/post/836515330"}