The chart below shows how SNOW performed 10 days before and after its earnings report, based on data from the past quarters. Typically, SNOW sees a +0.10% change in stock price 10 days leading up to the earnings, and a -2.45% change 10 days following the report. On the earnings day itself, the stock moves by +1.15%. This data can give you a slight idea of what to expect for the next quarter's release.
Positive
Q4 Product Revenue Surge: Product revenue for Q4 was $943 million, up a strong 28% year-over-year.
Performance Obligations Growth: Remaining performance obligations totaled $6.9 billion with year-over-year growth of 33%.
Strong Net Revenue Retention: Net revenue retention was a very healthy 126%.
Operating Margin Improvement: Non-GAAP operating margin increased to 9% in Q4.
Free Cash Flow Margin: Non-GAAP adjusted free cash flow margin was 43%.
Product Delivery Acceleration: Snowflake's product delivery is in overdrive and the go-to-market engine is humming.
Build Summit Attendance Surge: Over 20,000 attendees joined the Build Summit, showing incredible momentum and excitement for the product vision.
Cost Savings from Migration: Customers are realizing significant cost savings, with many saving over 50% by migrating to Snowflake from other providers.
Free Code Conversion Tool: SnowConvert, Snowflake's native code conversion tooling, is now free to help accelerate migrations.
Data Sharing Adoption: Strong adoption of data sharing capabilities with customers like Stripe and NTT, enabling secure data exchange.
Product Capability Expansion: Over 400 product capabilities were brought to market in the past year, more than double the previous year.
Customer Engagement with AI: Over 4,000 customers are using Snowflake's AI and ML technology weekly.
Data Agent Development: Cortex AI is being used by customers to build data agents for structured and unstructured data.
Enhanced Partnership with Microsoft: Expanded partnership with Microsoft to bring OpenAI's models into Cortex, enhancing customer capabilities.
Enhanced Data Integration Connectors: New Snowflake connectors are being introduced, improving data integration with key platforms.
Operational Efficiency and Growth: The company is focused on operational rigor and efficiency, investing in growth while driving efficiencies.
Negative
Product Revenue Slowdown: Product revenue growth of 28% year-over-year in Q4, while strong, is a slowdown compared to previous quarters, indicating potential challenges in sustaining high growth rates.
Net Revenue Retention Decline: Net revenue retention rate of 126% is healthy, but it reflects a decrease from previous quarters, suggesting that customer expansion may be slowing down.
Operating Margin Analysis: Non-GAAP operating margin of 9% in Q4 is an improvement, but the overall FY '25 non-GAAP operating margin was only 6%, indicating ongoing pressure on profitability.
Q1 Revenue Growth Decline: The forecast for Q1 product revenue growth is only 21% to 22%, which is a significant decline compared to the previous year's growth rates, raising concerns about future performance.
Customer Capacity Issues: The company experienced large customers running out of capacity before their contract end dates, which may indicate a lack of long-term commitment or planning from these clients.
CFO Retirement Impact: The CFO announced plans to retire, which could lead to uncertainty in financial leadership and strategy execution moving forward.
Snowflake Inc. (SNOW) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
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