Rothschild Investment LLC Acquires 2,816 Shares of Snowflake Inc. $SNOW

Rothschild Investment LLC lifted its holdings in Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) by 64.0% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,216 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,816 shares during the quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC’s holdings in Snowflake were worth $1,628,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd bought a new position in shares of Snowflake during the second quarter valued at approximately $6,845,000. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Snowflake in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $3,900,134,000. Rheos Capital Works Inc. increased its position in Snowflake by 102.9% during the 3rd quarter. Rheos Capital Works Inc. now owns 207,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,689,000 after buying an additional 105,000 shares in the last quarter. Goldstream Capital Management Ltd bought a new position in Snowflake during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $3,801,000. Finally, Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. raised its stake in Snowflake by 81.6% during the second quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 20,141 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,507,000 after buying an additional 9,052 shares during the last quarter. 65.10% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Snowflake

In related news, Director Frank Slootman sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $221.83, for a total transaction of $44,366,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 50,329 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,164,482.07. The trade was a 79.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Christian Kleinerman sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.53, for a total transaction of $2,495,300.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 512,450 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $127,871,648.50. This represents a 1.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 418,681 shares of company stock worth $96,073,145 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 6.80% of the company’s stock.

Snowflake Trading Down 4.2%

NYSE:SNOW opened at $223.72 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07. Snowflake Inc. has a 12 month low of $120.10 and a 12 month high of $280.67. The company has a market cap of $76.56 billion, a PE ratio of -55.38 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $239.82 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $229.03.

Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $1.21 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.18 billion. Snowflake had a negative return on equity of 45.91% and a negative net margin of 30.76%.The company’s revenue was up 28.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.20 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Snowflake Inc. will post -2.36 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Citigroup cut their target price on Snowflake from $310.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Snowflake in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Snowflake in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their target price on shares of Snowflake from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group set a $300.00 price target on shares of Snowflake in a report on Monday, November 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have assigned a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $275.97.

Trending Headlines about Snowflake

Here are the key news stories impacting Snowflake this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Snowflake signed a definitive agreement to acquire Observe, an observability platform built on Snowflake, to speed troubleshooting for AI agents — a strategic move to deepen Snowflake’s AI stack and product differentiation. Snowflake announces its intent to buy observability platform Observe
• Positive Sentiment: Argus upgraded SNOW from Hold to Buy with a $300 target — a notable analyst endorsement that could attract buyers and support upside expectations versus the current level. Argus upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Raymond James reiterated a bullish view (Outperform), framing Snowflake’s long-term transformation from a cloud data warehouse to an AI platform — a narrative that underpins growth expectations. Snowflake transforms from cloud data warehouse to AI platform
• Neutral Sentiment: SNOW has delivered strong momentum over the past year (roughly +45%), highlighting investor enthusiasm for its AI opportunity even as valuation questions persist. SNOW Stock Rallies 45% in a Year
• Negative Sentiment: An executive vice president sold about $2.2M of SNOW stock — an insider sell that may raise near-term investor concern about timing or insiders’ view of valuation. Snowflake EVP Sells Stock
• Negative Sentiment: DoiT acquired SELECT to help customers eliminate “Snowflake waste” — tools that lower Snowflake spend could pressure revenue growth per customer over time if broadly adopted. DoiT Acquires SELECT to Eliminate Snowflake Waste
• Negative Sentiment: Recent bearish analysis warns that Snowflake’s push to profitability may conflict with its growth story and premium valuation — commentary that can amplify selling in volatile sessions. Profitability pivot may be a trap
• Negative Sentiment: Market write-ups noted the stock dipped on the most recent trading day, reflecting the mix of profit-taking and headline-driven selling. SNOW Stock Dips While Market Gains

Snowflake Profile

Snowflake Inc is a cloud-native data platform company that provides a suite of services for storing, processing and analyzing large volumes of data. Its core offering, often described as the Snowflake Data Cloud, combines data warehousing, data lake and data sharing capabilities in a single managed service delivered across major public cloud providers. The platform is designed to support analytics, data engineering, data science and application workloads with a focus on scalability, concurrency and simplified administration.

Key products and capabilities include a multi-cluster, shared-data architecture that separates compute from storage; continuous data ingestion and streaming; support for structured and semi-structured data formats; tools for data governance, security and compliance; and developer frameworks for building data applications.