We recently published a list of Analysts Are Talking About These 10 AI Stocks. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) stands against other stocks analysts are talking about.
Marco Argenti, Chief Information Officer at Goldman Sachs, recently said that in 2025, the world will witness the full potential of AI that has been in development. He used the analogy of a child raised in a library, now ready to step out into the world.
“What if they, we make them interact with sensory data, with vision data, with, uh, you know, like basically opening that door of the library and making this child walk into the real world? I think this creation of word models, like they’re called generally in the industry, where you combine multimodal information, that is not only text but is also videos, but is also sensory data. It might be temperature, it might be anything you can perceive around you, could actually unlock the next level of capabilities,” Argenti said, according to CNBC.
Despite high hopes, a potential plateau in performance improvements in AI systems, high energy consumption of AI data centers and transparency remain key issues tech companies will continue to grapple with in 2025.
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Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW)
Number of Hedge Fund Investors: 71
Doug Clinton from Deepwater Asset Management said in a latest program on CNBC that Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) could be a good emerging AI story in 2025.
“The mega caps, they’ve already shown that they can do that. But I also think you could look at potentially some software names that start to get an AI bid. Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW) is one example, yet another holding of ours, that has talked more about an AI story. I think companies like that, who can say, “Hey, we do have a play in AI. We’re on the software side, customers are starting to deploy us for AI use cases,” might have a case to work next year too.”
Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW) is a Cloud-based data warehouse offering data storage and analytics services. Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW)’s moat lies in its data technologies that let companies analyze and make sense of unstructured data. Amid the generative AI boom, companies are ready to spend a fortune to use huge datasets to their advantage. This would bode well for Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW). The company’s usage-based pricing model also gives it an edge in the market. Snowflake Inc (NYSE:SNOW) expects the total addressable market for its Cloud data platform to rise to $342 billion by 2028, which is double the market size of 2023.
Baron Global Advantage Fund stated the following regarding Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) in its Q3 2024 investor letter:
“Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) is a leading cloud data platform predominantly used for data analytics. Shares fell 15.2% in the third quarter due to a cybersecurity incident, a shifting competitive landscape, a change in leadership, and general macro complexities which are pressuring customer IT budgets. With generative AI (Gen AI) front and center, both investors and customers are closely evaluating Snowflake’s positioning in the future data ecosystem. Databricks and other competitors whose core users are data scientists who are also key buyers of Gen AI technologies, are benefiting. In addition, while Snowflake’s product innovation push should fuel future growth, it may also lead to short-term headwinds to profitability. Management reported healthy demand for its core data analytics, evidenced by solid growth rates among current customers alongside new go-to-market initiatives that could support growth. We are optimistic the new CEO, Sridhar Ramaswamy, can lead the company towards an AI-centric strategy, and therefore remain shareholders.”
Overall, SNOW ranks 8th on our list of stocks analysts are talking about. While we acknowledge the potential of SNOW, our conviction lies in the belief that under the radar AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than SNOW but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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