Snap (SNAP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Snap Inc. operates as a technology company in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers Snapchat, a visual messaging application with various tabs, such as camera, visual messaging, snap map, stories, and spotlight that enable people to communicate visually through short videos and images. It also provides Spectacles, an eyewear product that connects with Snapchat and captures photos and video from a human perspective; and advertising products, including AR ads and Snap ads comprises a single image or video ads, collection ads, dynamic ads, story ads, and commercials. 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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.98 to $7.10
• 50-Day Range: $7.01 to $10.40
• 52-Week Range: $6.98 to $13.28
• Volume: 50.76 million shs
• Average Volume: 57.64 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.87 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $34.16
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Snap Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Snap scored higher than 70% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 271st out of 655 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Snap has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.10, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 23 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Snap has been the subject of 17 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

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

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Snap is -21.95, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Snap is -21.95, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Snap has a P/B Ratio of 5.76. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.86% 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 2.5, 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 10.29%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Snap does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.86% 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 2.5, 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 10.29%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.09

News Sentiment

Snap has a news sentiment score of 0.09. 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 0.94 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 53 news articles for Snap this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

77 people have searched for SNAP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 12% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

11 people have added Snap to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 120% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

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 $11,851,954.00 in company stock.

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.

SNAP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SNAP shares performed this year?

Snap's stock was trading at $10.77 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SNAP shares have decreased by 34.8% and is now trading at $7.0250.

How were Snap's earnings last quarter?

Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 5th. The company reported ($0.16) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.16). The company's quarterly revenue was up 8.7% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Snap have any subsidiaries?

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

When did Snap IPO?

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.

Who are Snap's major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Snap include SRS Investment Management LLC (1.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.74%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.25%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.25%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert C Murphy, Ajit Mohan, Jerry James Hunter, Eric Young, Evan Spiegel, Derek Andersen, Michael J O'sullivan, Jeremi Gorman, Rebecca Morrow, Michael Lynton, Joanna Coles, Poppy Thorpe and Elizabeth Jenkins.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Snap?

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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Snap own?

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: 8/05/2025
• Today: 8/27/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: INTERNET SOFTWARE
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SNAP
• CIK: 1564408
• Web: www.snap.com
• Phone: (310) 399-3339
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,911
• Year Founded: 2010

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Snap: $34.16
• High Price Target: $640.00
• Low Price Target: $7.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +386.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.10
• Research Coverage: 30 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.32)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$697.86 million
• Net Margins: -9.69%
• Pretax Margin: -9.16%
• Return on Equity: -23.32%
• Return on Assets: -6.91%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.73
• Current Ratio: 3.88
• Quick Ratio: 3.88

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $5.36 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.21
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.22 per share
• Price / Book: 5.76

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,689,830,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $11.87 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.62