The $49B data exchange market will power the next level of growth in $SNOW to network effects beyond data warehouses & data lakes

Price: $234.02
Market Cap: $67B
52 W L – 52 W H: $120 - $429
Shares Outstanding: 285M
$SNOW targets the $77B big data and analytics management and adjacent $22B data exchange market
$SNOW currently operates in the Cloud data management a market that was $15.7B in 2019, & growing at 11% CAGR to $22B by 2024
There are >490,000 entities with over 200 employees globally and $SNOW is ~ 1% penetrated of market opportunity currently
$SNOW cloud data management platform ingests, stores, and analyzes massive volumes of structured and semi structured data in a highly secure manner
The $SNOW platform is comprised of 6 workloads – warehouse, engineering, data lakes, data science and applications
$SNOW modules drive different use cases with benefits for each module targeting a different audience with customers
$SNOW expanded workloads, Data Cloud sharing & exchange services, with ISVs building businesses on $SNOW, making it a platform
$SNOW most often faces $AMZN AWS/Redshift, $GOOG GCP/Big Query and $MSFT Azure/Synapse.

$TDC Terradata and AWS Redshift are the platforms most often displaced by $SNOW
$SNOW is targeting legacy migrations of $TDC, $IBM/Netezza, $ORCL, $MSFT SQL Server and $CLDR.

$TDC is the most significant opportunity to target for $SNOW
$SNOW is a disruptive provider with compelling technology, a differentiated business model and strong network effects from marquee customer wins
$SNOW has differentiated technology in cloud data management which helps it secure more wins among customers

$SNOW wins because of key features in the cloud DW market, which make it easier for customers to scale data warehouses without spending more money
$SNOW has 4100 customers, 186 Fortune 500 accounts, up 46% YoY and 77 customers generate more than $1M in revenue per year, up 88% YoY
For some enterprises, $SNOW has already become their second highest line item on IT spend, coming only behind their primary public cloud provider
This has resulted in rapid growth at scale
$SNOW has a unique consumption model. Customers contract for a certain amount of compute and storage capacity. $SNOW records revenue, as capacity is used
More customers are opting for the business critical SKU with $SNOW, which shows the shift to larger, more profitable deals
$SNOW is sold through a direct sales team, which consists of field and inside sales professionals segmented by customer size and region
$SNOW consumption based model and unique technology has resulted in net retention rates at over 168% in Q4 2020
$SNOW dollar-based net revenue retention rate is best in class among SaaS businesses, meaning customers expand their spend with $SNOW consistently
$SNOW commands a significant premium relative to peers in the data management market, thanks to high growth with terrific retention
Total revenue grew by 174% to $265M in FY20. FY21-22 revenue growth of 113% Y/Y and 91% Y/Y, respectively
$SNOW Guidance calls for FCF at breakeven for the full year with product revenues still growing over 80%
All 11 analysts covering $SNOW raised revenue, EPS and adjusted FCF estimates, and continue to believe the likelihood of upside is good
$SNOW was founded in 2012 in San Mateo by Benoit Dageville, CTO Thierry Cruanes, and Marcin Zukowski. Frank Slootman, the CEO was hired in 2019
$SNOW has a strong management team with a background in enterprise software success and growth. The company has consistently attracted strong leadership through its journey
$SNOW risks include competitive threats, lengthy sales cycles and rich valuation leaving no room for earnings miss
Bull and Bear Thesis for $SNOW presents an attractive entry in the low $200s for a 30% gain by year end
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