Snap (SNAP) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know

Zacks
18 Apr

In the latest market close, Snap (SNAP) reached $7.88, with a +1.81% movement compared to the previous day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.13%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 1.33%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.13%.

The company behind Snapchat's stock has dropped by 14.38% in the past month, falling short of the Computer and Technology sector's loss of 9.27% and the S&P 500's loss of 6.3%.

Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of Snap in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to be unveiled on April 29, 2025. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $0.04, marking a 33.33% rise compared to the same quarter of the previous year. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $1.35 billion, indicating a 12.77% growth compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.

SNAP's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $0.34 per share and revenue of $6.01 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +17.24% and +12.13%, respectively.

Furthermore, it would be beneficial for investors to monitor any recent shifts in analyst projections for Snap. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.

Our research reveals that these estimate alterations are directly linked with the stock price performance in the near future. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 6.13% lower. Snap presently features a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

With respect to valuation, Snap is currently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 22.7. This indicates a discount in contrast to its industry's Forward P/E of 24.35.

Meanwhile, SNAP's PEG ratio is currently 0.74. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. As the market closed yesterday, the Internet - Software industry was having an average PEG ratio of 1.93.

The Internet - Software industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 72, this industry ranks in the top 30% of all industries, numbering over 250.

The Zacks Industry Rank assesses the strength of our separate industry groups by calculating the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks contained within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

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