By
staff writer
April 17th, 2024
Snap stock remains highly bolstered by the acquisitions that the parent company has been making in the past years.
American camera and social media company Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) has seen tremendous growth since its inception almost a decade ago. As of the time of writing, Tuesday’s premarket, Snap stock was trading around $26.20, 1.79% up from yesterday’s close at $25.74. During Monday’s trading session, Snap stock added 4.27%.
Yesterday’s spike of Snap shares is significantly attributed to Guggenheim upgrading the social media company to buy from neutral. “Over the next 12 months, we expect the valuation scale will be tipped in favor of software, and as such, we view current software multiples as upside targets for our internet coverage,” the firm said in a note.
The firm further indicated its price target, whereby it rose from $22 to $28. The revised target prices represent a premium of 9% to 30% over current valuations.
In addition, Guggenheim upgraded its price target for several internet companies indicating the odds are for their future win.
“We are revising our valuation framework for our digital media coverage universe to better reflect comparability with peer companies in the software industry,” the analyst wrote in the report.
“We believe that there are greater core similarities between internet and software companies than implied in current valuations and expect investors will continue to evolve their view to reflect this, driving incremental appreciation for internet shares.”
Snap Stock Fundamentals
Beside the Guggenheim positive upgrade, after 39 credible Wall Street analysts rated the company, Snap stock received an Overall rating on average.
This is an indication the company has fundamentals supporting its future business prospects. Hereby giving investors confidence to invest with the company amid the ongoing market crisis that is restructuring most business models and operations.
According to metrics provided by MarketWatch, Snap shares have added around 65.85% in the past twelve months through Monday. In addition, they were up approximately 57.62% year to date through Monday. In the past three months, Snap shares were up 9.58%, and managed to add 14.86% in the past 30 days through yesterday.
Notably, the company was valued at approximately $36.28 billion, with outstanding shares of 1.21 billion.
Snap stocks are facing fierce competition from companies including Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), TikTok, and also Instagram. With the U.S.-China tech warfare, the company faces future retribution for falling on either side, as observed with TikTok.
Snap stock remains highly bolstered by the acquisitions that the parent company has been making in the past years.
The company has also collaborated with other global tech companies, including Tencent Holdings (OTCMKTS: TCEHY), whereby in November 2017, the latter acquired 12% a non-voting minority equity stake of the former in the open market.