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Snowflake Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Snowflake Inc. had return on equity of -54.1%, an operating margin of -30.6% and a current ratio of 1.30. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Snowflake Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2019Jan 20192020Jan 20202021Jan 20212022Jan 20222023Jan 20232024Jan 20242025Jan 20252026Jan 2026LTMJul 2026
Gross margin46.5%56.0%59.0%62.4%65.3%68.0%66.5%67.2%67.0%
Operating margin−191.9%−135.3%−91.9%−58.6%−40.8%−39.0%−40.2%−30.6%−22.8%
Net margin−184.2%−131.6%−91.1%−55.8%−38.6%−29.8%−35.5%−28.4%−20.1%
Free-cash-flow margin−151.1%−73.7%−13.6%7.7%25.2%29.0%25.2%23.9%22.0%
Return on equity——−24.6%−13.6%−15.2%−15.7%−31.4%−54.1%−53.6%
Return on assets—−34.4%−15.5%−10.8%−11.1%−10.5%−14.9%−14.7%−12.2%
Asset turnover—0.260.170.190.290.350.420.520.61
Current ratio—1.605.453.292.501.851.781.300.94
Debt to equity————————106.2%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)——————n/mn/mn/m
R&D as % of revenue71.0%39.7%40.2%38.3%38.2%45.9%49.2%42.0%38.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.1%7.0%5.9%1.3%1.2%1.3%1.3%2.2%1.1%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow———0.0%0.0%72.8%211.5%78.0%57.1%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 3 checks passed · July 31, 2026
What it owns · $8.7bn
Short-term assets $3.5bnLonger-term assets $5.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $8.7bn
Short-term liabilities $3.7bnLonger-term liabilities $2.8bnShareholders' equity $2.1bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.5bn of assets due within a year against $3.7bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $3.5bn short-term assets against $2.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of −$1.2bn against $8m of interest.

From Snowflake Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

54 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Snowflake's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 7 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 8 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 7.3% of total assets over 6 years.

  • Pricing power 19 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 66.3%, moving by 3.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median -41.1%; its worst year was -91.1%.

  • Cash conversion 18 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 5 of 6 years, at a median 20.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (69 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Snowflake Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Snowflake Inc.