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Snap (SNAP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$10.68 -0.11 (-0.97%)
Closing price 02/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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About Snap Stock (NYSE:SNAP)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$10.57
$10.83
50-Day Range
$10.48
$12.56
52-Week Range
$8.29
$17.33
Volume
15.95 million shs
Average Volume
30.32 million shs
Market Capitalization
$18.11 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$36.87
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Snap Inc. is a social media company operating globally. The company was founded in September 2011 by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy. Originally known as Snapchat, the company changed its name to Snap in order to represent its offerings better as it grew over the years. The company’s headquarters are in Santa Monica, California and it is a very tightly held company. The original founders, Evan Speigel and Bobby Murphy own a combined 45% of non-dilutable shares with ownership transferable to the other upon death. The two remain active in the company today serving on the board and acting as CEO (Speigel) and CTO (Murphy).

The company was formerly known as Snapchat, Inc. and changed its name to Snap Inc. in September 2016. Snap Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Over the years it has been courted by most of the big tech companies including Facebook and Google but has always opted to remain a standalone company. The business went public in 2017 and raised $30 billion on its opening day which is about 10 times the expected amount.

Today, Snap operates as a camera company internationally. The company’s main revenue streams are Snapchat, a mobile app for cameras and communications, and Spectacles, a wearable augmented reality device. Snapchat is a camera app that allows users to take pictures and tell stories, the platform also permits ad sales which is an integral part of the revenue and earnings. The company’s mission? To empower people to express themselves in today’s digital world.

Spectacles is a hardware device that can connect with Snapchat to deliver pictures and video from a point-of-view perspective. The company has since made three upgrades to the original version and has a Next Generation model available too. The Next Generation of Spectacles are not intended for sale but will be made available to creators who wish to push the boundaries of video and digital communications.

In October 2022 the company reported it had more than 347milion daily active users with more than 250 million engaging with AR each day. The platform had more than 250,000 Lens creators (Lenses are AR experiences) with more than 2.5 million lenses created. There were more than 6 billion lens plays each day and more than 75% of 13-34-year-olds in 20 countries were users.

Snap Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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80th Percentile Overall Score

SNAP MarketRank™: 

Snap scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 235th out of 661 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Snap has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.18, and is based on 7 buy ratings, 25 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Snap has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Snap's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Snap are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.30) to ($0.16) per share.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Snap has a P/B Ratio of 7.41. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Snap's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.70% of the float of Snap has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Snap has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Snap has recently decreased by 19.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Snap does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Snap does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.70% of the float of Snap has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Snap has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Snap has recently decreased by 19.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Snap has a news sentiment score of 0.30. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Snap this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    103 people have searched for SNAP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 51% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    23 people have added Snap to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 15% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Snap insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $6,135,926.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    22.68% of the stock of Snap is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    47.52% of the stock of Snap is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Snap's insider trading history.
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SNAP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Snap's stock was trading at $10.77 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SNAP stock has decreased by 0.9% and is now trading at $10.6750.
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Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 4th. The company reported $0.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.13. Snap had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.67% and a negative net margin of 13.02%.

The following companies are subsidiaries of Snap: Voisey, AIFactory, Teleport Future Technologies Inc., PlayCanvas, Metamarkets, Strong.codes, Zenly, and others.

Snap (SNAP) raised $3 billion in an initial public offering on Thursday, March 2nd 2017. The company issued 200,000,000 shares at $14.00-$16.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, J. P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank Securities acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Barclays, Credit Suisse and Allen & Company were co-managers.

Snap's top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.12%), Capital World Investors (5.02%), SRS Investment Management LLC (4.40%) and Capital International Investors (2.34%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert C Murphy, Jerry James Hunter, Derek Andersen, Eric Young, Evan Spiegel, Michael J O'sullivan, Jeremi Gorman, Rebecca Morrow, Michael Lynton, Joanna Coles, Poppy Thorpe and Elizabeth Jenkins.
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Shares of SNAP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Snap investors own include Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), PayPal (PYPL), Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/04/2025
Today
2/21/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/24/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related
Sub-Industry
Computer Software
Fax
N/A
Employees
4,911
Year Founded
2011

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$36.87
High Stock Price Target
$640.00
Low Stock Price Target
$9.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+245.4%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.18
Research Coverage
33 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$-697,860,000.00
Pretax Margin
-12.54%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$5.36 billion
Book Value
$1.44 per share

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
1,696,361,000
Free Float
1,311,626,000
Market Cap
$18.11 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.99

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This page (NYSE:SNAP) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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