Snap Inc. operates as a camera company in the United States and internationally. The company offers Snapchat, a camera application that helps people to communicate through short videos and images. It also provides Camera, a tool to personalize and add context to Snaps; Friends Page that allows to creating and watching stories, chatting with groups, making voice and video calls, and communicating through a range of contextual stickers and Bitmojis; and Discover that helps to surface the most interesting stories from publishers, creators, and the community, based on a user's subscriptions and interests. In addition, the company offers Snap Map, which enables individuals to pinch on the camera screen for bringing a live map of their location, as well as showing nearby friends, popular stories, and a heatmap of recent Snaps posted to their story; Memories that allows users to choose to save the Snaps they create in a searchable personal collection, and users to create Snaps and stories from their saved Snaps and camera roll; and Spectacles, a hardware product that connects with Snapchat and capture video from a human perspective. 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 Venice, California.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorComputer and Technology
SymbolNYSE:SNAP
CUSIPN/A
Phone310-399-3339
Debt
Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A
Current Ratio7.01
Quick Ratio7.01
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio-6.15
Forward P/E Ratio-11.13
P/E GrowthN/A
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$824.95 million
Price / Sales19.52
Cash FlowN/A
Price / CashN/A
Book Value$2.45 per share
Price / Book5.22
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)($2.08)
Net Income$-3,445,060,000.00
Net Margins-179.04%
Return on Equity-49.23%
Return on Assets-43.89%
Miscellaneous
Employees3,069
Outstanding Shares1,258,170,000
Snap (NYSE:SNAP) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Snap's stock symbol?
Snap trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SNAP."
How were Snap's earnings last quarter?
Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The company reported ($0.17) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.33) by $0.16. The firm earned $230.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $244.57 million. Snap had a negative return on equity of 49.23% and a negative net margin of 179.04%. The business's revenue was up 54.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($2.31) EPS. View Snap's Earnings History.
When is Snap's next earnings date?
What price target have analysts set for SNAP?
35 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Snap's shares. Their predictions range from $7.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Snap's share price to reach $15.2407 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Snap.
What are Wall Street analysts saying about Snap stock?
Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Snap stock:
- 1. Wells Fargo & Co analysts commented, "Wells Fargo Securities, LLC’s research analysts receive compensation that is based upon and impacted by the overall profitability and revenue of the firm, which includes, but is not limited to investment banking revenue." (5/7/2018)
- 2. Pivotal Research analysts commented, "We see the advertiser expansion as an important source of revenue diversification and reflects Snap’s capacity to grow revenue through a broadening of its addressable market. On the other hand, we can infer this result at least partially reflects some degree of deceleration in spending from large brands, which generally view Snap as a niche platform rather than something core to their typical campaigns. However, comments indicating that “of the Top 100 Ad Age Advertisers that started advertising with (Snap) in Q1 of 2016 or earlier, each one of them, at a parent level, also spent with (Snap) in 2017 and over 90 percent of them spent in every quarter of 2017.” Although it does not convey the growth rate of like-for-like advertisers, we think it does reflect a degree of durability for the platform among brands who use it." (2/8/2018)
- 3. Aegis analysts commented, "We suspect that Snap was a beneficiary of ad dollars that could not make its way onto Facebook/Instagram due either to pricing or tight inventory. That may not recur in non-seasonal quarters. The silver lining for the future is that in tests of the app redesign, Snap saw increased ARPU, time spent, and engagement. Remains to be seen whether that applies all over. We remain at Hold but increased our price target to $18 from $13 on higher estimates. Salient Points: (1) gross margin increased 1,400bps QoQ to 36% and cash burn decreased 49% QoQ; (2) the retention rate of new Android users increased by ~20%; (3) over 90% of Snap Ads were bought programmatically, up from 10% in 4Q16, and 80% in 3Q17; (4) Snap Ad pricing decreased 15% QoQ and 70% YoY; (5) Snap Ad impressions grew 90% QoQ and 575% YoY; (6) each week, half of the U.S." (2/8/2018)
- 4. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Snap is benefiting from its growing popularity among teenagers. The number of exciting features that Snap provides makes its platform more attractive to users as well as advertisers. Snap is also aggressively ramping up its original content efforts to attract subscribers. We believe the company’s initiatives to improve its service in the international markets and redesign the app to make it simpler will help it accelerate user growth and engagement going forward. The company has mixed record of earnings surprises in recent quarters. However, competition from Facebook and lack of revenue diversification are major concerns for Snap. Shares of Snap have also underperformed the industry since the company was listed." (1/17/2018)
Are investors shorting Snap?
Snap saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 123,197,938 shares, an increase of 13.2% from the May 15th total of 108,796,401 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 22,168,126 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.6 days. Approximately 25.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Snap's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Snap's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Snap include Twitter (TWTR), Red Hat (RHT), Weibo (WB), IHS Markit (INFO), Match Group (MTCH), Yandex (YNDX), 58.com (WUBA), Line (LN), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Tripadvisor Inc Common Stock (TRIP), Sabre (SABR), Stars Group (TSG), Wix.Com (WIX), InterXion (INXN) and GDS (GDS).
Who are Snap's key executives?
Snap's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Evan Spiegel, Co-Founder, CEO & Director (Age 27)
- Mr. Robert Murphy, Co-Founder, CTO & Director (Age 29)
- Mr. Michael O'Sullivan, Gen. Counsel (Age 52)
- Mr. Imran T. Khan, Chief Strategy Officer (Age 40)
- Mr. Andrew Vollero, Chief Financial Officer (Age 51)
When did Snap IPO?
(SNAP) raised $3 billion in an initial public offering on Thursday, March 2nd 2017. The company issued 200,000,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$16.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, J. P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank Securities served as the underwriters for the IPO and Barclays, Credit Suisse and Allen & Company were co-managers.
Has Snap been receiving favorable news coverage?
Media coverage about SNAP stock has been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Snap earned a news impact score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the company an impact score of 46.90 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.
Who are Snap's major shareholders?
Snap's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include OppenheimerFunds Inc. (1.12%), BlackRock Inc. (1.03%), Allianz Asset Management GmbH (0.63%), Allianz Asset Management GmbH (0.61%), Lord Abbett & CO. LLC (0.14%) and Summit Trail Advisors LLC (0.13%). Company insiders that own Snap stock include Andrew Vollero, Evan Spiegel, Imran Khan, Jerry James Hunter, Lara Sweet, Michael J O'sullivan, Michael Lynton, Mitchell Lasky, Steven Michael Horowitz and Timothy Sehn. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Snap.
Which major investors are selling Snap stock?
SNAP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hodges Capital Management Inc., River & Mercantile Asset Management LLP, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Wealthfront Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Profund Advisors LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and Commonwealth Equity Services LLC. Company insiders that have sold Snap company stock in the last year include Andrew Vollero, Evan Spiegel, Imran Khan, Jerry James Hunter, Lara Sweet, Michael J O'sullivan, Michael Lynton, Mitchell Lasky, Steven Michael Horowitz and Timothy Sehn. View Insider Buying and Selling for Snap.
Which major investors are buying Snap stock?
SNAP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, BlackRock Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund and HarbourVest Partners LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Snap.
How do I buy shares of Snap?
Shares of SNAP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Snap's stock price today?
One share of SNAP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.80.
How big of a company is Snap?
Snap has a market capitalization of $17.68 billion and generates $824.95 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-3,445,060,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($2.08) on an earnings per share basis. Snap employs 3,069 workers across the globe.
How can I contact Snap?
Snap's mailing address is 63 MARKET STREET, VENICE CA, 90291. The company can be reached via phone at 310-399-3339 or via email at [email protected]
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