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Analysis as of: 2025-12-27

Snowflake Inc.

Snowflake provides a cloud-native data platform that lets enterprises store, govern, share, and analyze data and build AI applications on top of it.

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Summary

Governed enterprise data becomes the AI control plane

The upside case is durable >20% revenue compounding as AI workloads consolidate near governed data and in-platform app distribution strengthens. The main check is premium valuation versus hyperscaler bundling pressure.

Analysis

Thesis

Snowflake’s non-linear upside is becoming the governed “enterprise AI execution layer” (data + apps + autonomous agents) where trust, distribution, and cost-predictable compute matter; if it sustains >20% revenue compounding while absorbing moderate multiple compression, it can still deliver ~2x EV by 2030.

Last Economy Alignment

Aligned: it monetizes scarce trust/governance around enterprise data as AI commoditizes cognition; constraint is reliance on hyperscalers for compute economics.

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Opportunity Outlook

Average Implied Multiple (to 2030)

2.1x (from 5 most recent analyses)

Reasoning

Snowflake is already a scaled platform with durable enterprise spend expansion and a growing application surface (data sharing, in-platform apps, and AI features). The core upside is continued workload consolidation into a governed, cross-cloud data layer, plus monetization of AI workloads that must run close to sensitive data. The multiple can compress as it matures, but should remain premium if AI features become repeatable, paid consumption rather than one-off experiments.

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Risk Assessment

Overall Risk Summary

The key risk is commoditization-by-bundling: hyperscalers (and Databricks) can package data + AI workflows at lower effective prices, forcing Snowflake to trade margin for growth. A second risk is AI workload economics (GPU cost volatility) undermining gross margin just as investors demand profitability durability.

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Trends

Key Changes

Report surfaced that Snowflake is in talks to acquire Observe (observability), signaling continued M&A push into AI operations.
Post-earnings narrative remains split: strong results, but near-term growth guidance viewed as slightly below the most aggressive expectations.
Stock has stabilized around the low-$220s after early-December volatility.

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Third Party Analyst Consensus

12-Month Price Target

$283.52

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