Snowflake (SNOW) Competitors

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Do analysts prefer AMZN or SNOW?

Amazon.com presently has a consensus target price of $262.87, indicating a potential upside of 13.78%. Snowflake has a consensus target price of $226.32, indicating a potential upside of 13.67%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Snowflake.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amazon.com	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	46 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.02
Snowflake	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	33 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to AMZN or SNOW?

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 196 more articles in the media than Snowflake. MarketBeat recorded 243 mentions for Amazon.com and 47 mentions for Snowflake. Snowflake's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Amazon.com's score of 1.01 indicating that Snowflake is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amazon.com	166 Very Positive mention(s)	37 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	10 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Snowflake	33 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AMZN or SNOW?

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Snowflake. Snowflake is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amazon.com	$637.96B	3.86	$59.25B	$6.56	35.22
Snowflake	$3.63B	18.33	-$1.29B	-$4.21	-47.29

Which has more volatility and risk, AMZN or SNOW?

Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snowflake has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AMZN or SNOW more profitable?

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Snowflake's net margin of -36.43%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat Snowflake's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amazon.com	10.54%	23.84%	11.14%
Snowflake	-36.43%	-37.75%	-14.59%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AMZN or SNOW?

72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Snowflake shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Snowflake shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Snowflake on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.