SNOW vs NTAP vs NTNX Stock Comparison

Snowflake, NetApp and Nutanix Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SNOW Snowflake Inc.
$325.44 -2.8% 1M +28.6% 1Y
Market cap
$116.93B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.43B
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
2 wins
NTAP NetApp, Inc.
$215.48 +9.8% 1M +82.9% 1Y
Market cap
$43.53B
P/E
30.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.39B
Div. yield
–
Server and Storage Hardware Technology
4 wins
NTNX Nutanix, Inc.
$70.58 +1.3% 1M +1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$19.56B
P/E
12.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.85B
Div. yield
–
Cloud Platforms Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

NetApp leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (NetApp 4, Nutanix 3, Snowflake 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSNOWNTAPNTNXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $116.93B $43.53B $19.56B SNOW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -107.2x 30.7x 12.9x NTNX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 152.1x 20.5x 29.0x NTAP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.0% +12.2% +12.4% SNOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -20.1% 19.2% 53.0% NTNX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 36.7% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.5x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +28.6% +82.9% +1.2% NTAP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.9%/yr +18.3%/yr +14.5%/yr NTAP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 63.1% 44.7% 47.2% NTAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 57/100 79/100 NTNX

Percentile Scorecard

SNOWNTAPNTNX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisSNOWNTAPNTNX
Valuation 26 #92 of 124 43 #64 of 112 68 #13 of 38
Growth 69 #36 of 113 52 #53 of 109 91 #4 of 36
Profitability 50 #56 of 110 91 #10 of 105 88 #5 of 34
Financial Health 23 #100 of 129 28 #85 of 117 62 #15 of 38
Shareholder Returns 58 #29 of 68 70 #25 of 82 86 #4 of 22
Overall 45 57 79
  • SNOW ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • NTAP ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • NTNX ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodSNOWNTAPNTNXSPY
1 month -2.8%+9.8%+1.3% -1.0%
3 months +21.4%+28.5%+28.2% +2.9%
6 months +131.9%+98.2%+74.0% +6.4%
Year to date +48.4%+101.2%+36.5% +11.4%
1 year +28.6%+82.9%+1.2% +13.1%
3 years +115.4%+191.8%+93.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year +29.2%+42.9%+24.5% +21.5%
5 years -4.2%+131.7%+96.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year -0.9%+18.3%+14.5% +10.9%
10 years —+535.3%+141.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+20.3%+9.2% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureSNOWNTAPNTNXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 63.1%44.7%47.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 54.8%38.6%50.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.351.340.72 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.451.860.03 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.0%-43.5%-62.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.8%-9.9%-5.4% -2.5%
52-week high $368.93$239.18$74.63 $779.14
52-week low $121.11$94.11$34.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleSNOWNTAPNTNX
P/E now vs peer median -104.2xmedian 37.4x 29.8xmedian 31.3x 12.5xmedian 29.1x
P/S now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 4.4x 5.7xmedian 2.6x 6.7xmedian 4.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -143.2xmedian 35.0x 20.3xmedian 19.6x 47.8xmedian 21.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 96.0xmedian 27.2x 25.6xmedian 28.3x 22.7xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 53.4xmedian 3.4x 28.3xmedian 2.9x 27.2xmedian 3.9x
PEG now vs peer median 17.64median 1.27 3.63median 1.15 0.11median 0.33

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsSNOWNTAPNTNX
Revenue $5.43B $7.39B $2.85B
Gross profit $3.64B $5.22B $2.48B
Operating income -$1.24B $1.85B $273.97M
Net income -$1.09B $1.42B $1.51B
Free cash flow $1.20B $1.65B $840.68M
R&D $2.11B $1.02B $790.89M
EPS (diluted) $-3.12 $7.09 $5.17
Cash & equivalents $1.71B $1.57B $777.31M
Total debt – $9.95B –
Shares (diluted) 349.26M 200.00M 292.18M
Enterprise value $104.25B $26.35B $11.25B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricSNOWNTAPNTNX
P/E -104.2x 29.8x 12.5x
P/FCF 96.0x 25.6x 22.7x
P/Operating cash flow 91.5x 22.3x 20.8x
P/S 21.1x 5.7x 6.7x
P/B 53.4x 28.3x 27.2x
P/Tangible book 66.6x 29.0x 27.3x
EV/EBITDA -143.2x 20.3x 47.8x
EV/EBIT -90.8x 22.3x 61.1x
EV/Revenue 20.7x 5.6x 5.9x
EV/FCF 94.0x 24.9x 19.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 89.7x 21.7x 18.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 17.64 3.63 0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSNOWNTAPNTNX
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.0% 12.2% 12.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 30.5% 6.0% 15.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 32.9% 13.2% 12.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 31.0% 7.9% 17.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.7% 35.6% 58.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -7.2% 25.3% 49.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.1% 21.1% 700.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -8.2% 5.5% 0.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 24.1% 22.9% 694.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -5.9% 8.2% 113.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 49.6% 3.2% 11.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.7% 14.0% 49.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 59.1% -0.5% 12.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.4% 15.5% 59.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSNOWNTAPNTNX
Gross margin 67.0% 70.6% 86.8%
EBITDA margin -14.4% 27.5% 12.3%
Operating margin -22.8% 25.0% 9.6%
Pretax margin -19.8% 24.7% 11.5%
Net margin -20.1% 19.2% 53.0%
FCF margin 22.0% 22.3% 29.5%
Operating cash flow margin 23.1% 25.7% 32.1%
Return on equity -53.2% 99.6% –
Return on assets -12.6% 13.1% 35.5%
Return on invested capital – 36.7% –
Return on capital employed -25.2% 29.4% 10.7%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.1x 1.3x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue 30.2% 5.4% 12.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSNOWNTAPNTNX
Debt / assets – 22.7% –
Debt / equity – 1.7x –
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.5x –
Debt / FCF – 1.5x –
Liabilities / assets 75.3% 86.4% 86.2%
Equity / assets 24.7% 13.6% 13.8%
Interest coverage -148.8x – –
Current ratio 0.9x 1.2x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.0x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.8x 1.4x
Altman Z-score 8.99 4.06 2.66

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSNOWNTAPNTNX
Dividend yield – 1.0% –
Net buyback yield 0.4% 1.8% 1.4%
Shareholder yield 0.4% 2.7% 1.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusSNOWNTAPNTNX
Forward P/E 152.1xFY2026 20.5xFY2026 29.0xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $2.14FY2026 $10.49FY2026 $2.43FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +71.2%FY2026 +29.0%FY2026 +19.1%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +37.4% +8.5% +4.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.16BFY2026 $8.49BFY2026 $3.42BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +31.5%FY2026 +22.7%FY2026 +20.0%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +41.5% +8.4% +11.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSNOWNTAPNTNX
Held by institutions 79.8% 97.4% 98.5%
Institutions holding 1,459 959 559
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.1% -1.0% +10.5%
Institutions buying 850 501 332
Institutions selling 473 336 174
Buyers to sellers 1.80 1.49 1.91

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

SNOWNTAPNTNX
SNOW 1.00 0.26 0.52
NTAP 0.26 1.00 0.38
NTNX 0.52 0.38 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SNOW, NTAP and NTNX?

Snowflake (SNOW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Snowflake (SNOW) $116.93B, NetApp (NTAP) $43.53B, Nutanix (NTNX) $19.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, SNOW, NTAP and NTNX?

Nutanix (NTNX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Snowflake (SNOW) -107.2x, NetApp (NTAP) 30.7x, Nutanix (NTNX) 12.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, NetApp (NTAP) is cheapest (Snowflake (SNOW) 152.1x, NetApp (NTAP) 20.5x, Nutanix (NTNX) 29.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Snowflake (SNOW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Snowflake (SNOW) +32.0%, NetApp (NTAP) +12.2%, Nutanix (NTNX) +12.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nutanix (NTNX) has the highest net margin (Snowflake (SNOW) -20.1%, NetApp (NTAP) 19.2%, Nutanix (NTNX) 53.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year NetApp (NTAP) returned the most: Snowflake (SNOW) +28.6%, NetApp (NTAP) +82.9%, Nutanix (NTNX) +1.2%. Over five years, NetApp (NTAP) compounded fastest (Snowflake (SNOW) -0.9%/yr, NetApp (NTAP) +18.3%/yr, Nutanix (NTNX) +14.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, NetApp (NTAP) has been the steadiest (Snowflake (SNOW) 63.1%, NetApp (NTAP) 44.7%, Nutanix (NTNX) 47.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SNOW, NTAP and NTNX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, NetApp (NTAP) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.