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
| Fiscal year | 2019Jan 2019 | 2020Jan 2020 | 2021Jan 2021 | 2022Jan 2022 | 2023Jan 2023 | 2024Jan 2024 | 2025Jan 2025 | 2026Jan 2026 | LTMJul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 46.5% | 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 | — | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.52 | 0.61 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.60 | 5.45 | 3.29 | 2.50 | 1.85 | 1.78 | 1.30 | 0.94 |
| Debt to equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 106.2% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | — | — | — | — | — | — | n/m | n/m | n/m |
| R&D as % of revenue | 71.0% | 39.7% | 40.2% | 38.3% | 38.2% | 45.9% | 49.2% | 42.0% | 38.8% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.1% | 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% |
| Quarter | 2025 Q3Oct 2024 | 2025 Q4Jan 2025 | 2026 Q1Apr 2025 | 2026 Q2Jul 2025 | 2026 Q3Oct 2025 | 2026 Q4Jan 2026 | 2027 Q1Apr 2026 | 2027 Q2Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 65.9% | 66.2% | 66.5% | 67.5% | 67.8% | 66.8% | 66.6% | 67.0% |
| Operating margin | −38.8% | −39.2% | −42.9% | −29.7% | −27.2% | −24.8% | −23.4% | −17.0% |
| Net margin | −34.4% | −33.2% | −41.3% | −26.0% | −24.2% | −24.1% | −21.2% | −12.4% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 9.4% | 42.7% | 17.6% | 5.1% | 9.4% | 59.6% | 16.7% | 5.4% |
| Current ratio | 1.88 | 1.78 | 1.58 | 1.48 | 1.37 | 1.30 | 1.05 | 0.94 |
| R&D as % of revenue | 47.0% | 49.9% | 45.3% | 43.0% | 40.7% | 39.8% | 38.5% | 36.7% |
Financial health
- 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.
Moat
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).
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