Snowflake Q2 EPS Estimate Reduced by Capital One Financial

Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) – Stock analysts at Capital One Financial decreased their Q2 2026 EPS estimates for Snowflake in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, January 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy now anticipates that the company will earn ($0.57) per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast 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 also recently issued reports about the company. Bank of America lifted their price target on Snowflake from $160.00 to $185.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on shares of Snowflake from $180.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on shares of Snowflake from $185.00 to $208.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $175.00 target price on shares of Snowflake in a research report on Thursday, October 3rd. Finally, Barclays upgraded 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 report on Friday, January 10th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating, twenty-eight have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Snowflake presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $188.06.

Snowflake Price Performance

Shares of SNOW opened at $170.89 on Monday. 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’s 50 day moving average is $161.11 and its two-hundred day moving average is $134.97. Snowflake has a twelve month low of $107.13 and a twelve month high of $237.72. The firm has a market capitalization of $56.41 billion, a PE ratio of -50.41 and a beta of 1.05.

Insider Transactions at Snowflake

In other Snowflake news, EVP Christian Kleinerman sold 15,000 shares of Snowflake stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.77, for a total value of $1,811,550.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 706,755 shares in the company, valued at $85,354,801.35. This trade represents a 2.08 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Frank Slootman sold 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.00, for a total transaction of $15,500,000.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 195,281 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $30,268,555. This represents a 33.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 376,904 shares of company stock worth $62,545,855 over the last quarter. 7.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Toronto Dominion Bank lifted its position in Snowflake by 24.1% during the third quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 37,226 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,276,000 after buying an additional 7,239 shares in the last quarter. Independent Advisor Alliance boosted its stake in shares of Snowflake by 15.5% in the third quarter. Independent Advisor Alliance now owns 4,078 shares of the company’s stock valued at $468,000 after purchasing an additional 548 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. grew its holdings in Snowflake by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 536,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,086,000 after purchasing an additional 7,373 shares in the last quarter. Westend Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Snowflake during the 4th quarter worth $10,550,000. Finally, Diversified Trust Co increased its stake in Snowflake by 174.8% during the 4th quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 4,906 shares of the company’s stock worth $758,000 after buying an additional 3,121 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.10% of the company’s stock.

Snowflake Company Profile

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.