Snap Inc’s (NYSE: SNAP) Stock Falls -1.63 Percent, But Further Downside Could Be On The Way

Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP)’s traded shares stood at 74.74 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 0.61. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $7.83, to imply a decrease of -1.63% or -$0.13 in intraday trading. The SNAP share’s 52-week high remains $17.33, putting it -121.33% down since that peak but still an impressive 9.58% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $7.08. The company has a valuation of $13.28B, with an average of 57.29 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 35.08 million shares over the past 3 months.

Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of Buy for Snap Inc (SNAP), translating to a mean rating of 2.78. Of 28 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 0 analyst(s) give SNAP a Sell rating. 0 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 13 advise Hold as 15 recommend it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) have given it an Underweight rating. Estimates put the company’s current-quarter earnings per share at 0.01.

Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) trade information

After registering a -1.63% downside in the last session, Snap Inc (SNAP) has traded red over the past five days. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -6.00%, and -12.32% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is -27.30%. Short interest in Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) saw shorts transact 81.38 million shares and set a 2.33 days time to cover.

The extremes give us $8 and $16 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, SNAP has been trading -104.34% off suggested target high and -2.17% from its likely low.

Snap Inc (SNAP) estimates and forecasts

The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 8.86% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 29 analysts is 1.33B. Meanwhile, for the current quarter, a total of 28 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to 1.46B.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in 1.24B and 1.37B respectively in the corresponding quarters. In this case, analysts estimate current quarter sales to rise 7.89% before jumping 6.61% in the following quarter.

An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings grew an estimated 10.96% for the past 5-year period. While 2025 is set for a 6.05% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 37.11% annually.

SNAP Dividends

Snap Inc has its next earnings report out on 2025-Apr-28. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too.

Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP)’s Major holders

Snap Inc insiders hold 24.17% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 59.77% of the shares at 78.83% float percentage. In total, 59.77% institutions holds shares in the company, led by FMR LLC. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 206.76 million shares (or 12.5713% of shares), all amounting to roughly $3.43 billion.

The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 98.86 million shares, or about 6.0104% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were worth $1.64 billion.