John M Lund Photography IncIntroduction and Investment thesis Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) continued its streak of disappointing quarterly results as the shares of the Sridhar Ramaswamy led data cloud company tanked 15% following the FY25 Q2 earning release. Sentiment has already been negative going into the release, resulting from a cybersecurity incident where data from millions of Snowflake users have been compromised. The fact that this didn’t result from the breach of Snowflake’s security systems provided ...

Steven Errico/DigitalVision via Getty Images My Thesis Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) has become something of a controversial stock lately: the company has continued to grow revenue by about 30% on a YoY basis, but at the same time, the stock is down more than 40% YTD. This scenario could tempt some investors and analysts to buy this heavy dip. They could be right, but given recent trends, I see no reason to take risks now - we need confirmation that sales growth has bottomed out and that bottom-line profitabili ...

Is there any hope left for this fallen hypergrowth stock?Snowflake's (SNOW 1.85%) stock plunged 15% on Aug. 22 after it posted its latest earnings report. For the second quarter of fiscal 2025, which ended on July 31, the cloud-based data warehousing company's revenue rose 29% year over year to $869 million and cleared analysts' estimates by $19 million. Its adjusted net income fell 21% to $64 million, or $0.18 per share, but still beat the consensus forecast by two cents.Snowflake exceeded Wall Street's ex ...

Why does the stock continue to struggle?A difficult year for Snowflake (SNOW 1.85%) investors only got worse after the second-quarter results from the cloud-based data warehousing company disappointed investors. The stock immediately fell 15% the session following its earnings announcement and is now down more than 40% on the year.Let's take a closer look at the company's Q2 earnings report and judge if investors should consider buying the dip in the stock.Good growth, but not good enoughPart of Snowflake s ...

enter89Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) entered earnings in a precipitous place, facing decelerating growth after multiple cyberattacks hit confidence in the business. The AI data company confirmed the fears, sending the stock back to test the lows. My investment thesis remains Bearish on the stock with no turnaround in sight and a stretched valuation, as if the company was still producing premium growth rates. Sales Deceleration While Snowflake spent the majority of the earnings call discussing new AI techno ...

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Your investing goals may differ from Buffett's.Warren Buffett's team at Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.94%) (BRK.B 0.97%) recently released its 13-F for the second quarter of 2024. It revealed many dramatic changes to the portfolio in Q2, and one notable one was its sale of Snowflake (SNOW 0.56%) stock.Many industry experts touted Snowflake as the future of the data cloud, thanks to its data storage and handling platform. Still, massive financial losses, a data breach, and a surprise change in CEOs may have ra ...

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The data cloud company's stock fell sharply this week. But it could get worse.With shares of data cloud technology company Snowflake (SNOW 0.56%) getting hammered this week following its fiscal second-quarter earnings report, some investors may be wondering if this is a good opportunity to buy the dip in the growth stock. After all, shares are not only down more than 40% over the last 12 months, but they are trading far below the $245 price the stock started trading at on its public debut in 2020.But invest ...

AZemdega/E+ via Getty Images Investment Thesis Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) reported earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Even with the software company delivering quarterly results that beat on both the top and bottom line, shares fell almost 15% on Thursday. The data storage company’s forward guidance and deceleration in year-over-year revenue growth have raised alarms. This is something I have been pointing out since I last wrote on SNOW in May. Snowflake's forward guidance, while upped slightly, did ...