SNOW vs NTAP vs ORCL Stock Comparison

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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
1 win
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
6 wins
ORCL Oracle Corp
$126.08 -12.8% 1M -55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$373.36B
P/E
19.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.78B
Div. yield
0.02%
ERP Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

NetApp leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (NetApp 6, Oracle 4, Snowflake 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSNOWNTAPORCLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $116.93B $43.53B $373.36B ORCL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -107.2x 30.7x 19.8x ORCL
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 152.1x 20.5x 14.7x ORCL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.0% +12.2% +21.6% SNOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -20.1% 19.2% 26.2% ORCL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 36.7% 11.0% NTAP
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.5x 2.6x NTAP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +28.6% +82.9% -55.0% NTAP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.9%/yr +18.3%/yr +5.1%/yr NTAP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 63.1% 44.7% 56.9% NTAP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 57/100 54/100 NTAP

Percentile Scorecard

SNOWNTAPORCL

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

AxisSNOWNTAPORCL
Valuation 26 #92 of 124 43 #64 of 112 56 #45 of 101
Growth 69 #36 of 113 52 #53 of 109 65 #35 of 97
Profitability 50 #56 of 110 91 #10 of 105 87 #13 of 94
Financial Health 23 #100 of 129 28 #85 of 117 40 #66 of 109
Shareholder Returns 58 #29 of 68 70 #25 of 82 21 #51 of 64
Overall 45 57 54
  • SNOW ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • NTAP ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • ORCL ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSNOWNTAPORCLSPY
1 month -2.8%+9.8%-12.8% -1.0%
3 months +21.4%+28.5%+9.6% +2.9%
6 months +131.9%+98.2%-27.2% +6.4%
Year to date +48.4%+101.2%-35.3% +11.4%
1 year +28.6%+82.9%-55.0% +13.1%
3 years +115.4%+191.8%+22.2% +79.4%
3 years, per year +29.2%+42.9%+6.9% +21.5%
5 years -4.2%+131.7%+28.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year -0.9%+18.3%+5.1% +10.9%
10 years —+535.3%+232.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+20.3%+12.8% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureSNOWNTAPORCLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 63.1%44.7%56.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 54.8%38.6%56.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.351.342.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.451.86-0.97 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.0%-43.5%-65.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.8%-9.9%-55.5% -2.5%
52-week high $368.93$239.18$283.33 $779.14
52-week low $121.11$94.11$115.01 $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.

MultipleSNOWNTAPORCL
P/E now vs peer median -104.2xmedian 37.4x 29.8xmedian 31.3x 19.9xmedian 29.9x
P/S now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 4.4x 5.7xmedian 2.6x 5.3xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -143.2xmedian 35.0x 20.3xmedian 19.6x 13.8xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 96.0xmedian 27.2x 25.6xmedian 28.3x -13.3xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 53.4xmedian 3.4x 28.3xmedian 2.9x 5.7xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 17.64median 1.27 3.63median 1.15 0.84median 0.86

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 monthsSNOWNTAPORCL
Revenue $5.43B $7.39B $71.78B
Gross profit $3.64B $5.22B –
Operating income -$1.24B $1.85B $23.06B
Net income -$1.09B $1.42B $18.92B
Free cash flow $1.20B $1.65B -$28.72B
R&D $2.11B $1.02B $10.18B
EPS (diluted) $-3.12 $7.09 $6.27
Cash & equivalents $1.71B $1.57B $36.37B
Total debt – $9.95B $497.56B
Shares (diluted) 349.26M 200.00M 3.00B
Enterprise value $104.25B $26.35B $245.49B

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
MetricSNOWNTAPORCL
P/E -104.2x 29.8x 19.9x
P/FCF 96.0x 25.6x -13.3x
P/Operating cash flow 91.5x 22.3x 8.1x
P/S 21.1x 5.7x 5.3x
P/B 53.4x 28.3x 5.7x
P/Tangible book 66.6x 29.0x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA -143.2x 20.3x 13.8x
EV/EBIT -90.8x 22.3x 20.4x
EV/Revenue 20.7x 5.6x 6.5x
EV/FCF 94.0x 24.9x -16.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 89.7x 21.7x 10.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 17.64 3.63 0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSNOWNTAPORCL
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.0% 12.2% 21.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 30.5% 6.0% 12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 32.9% 13.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 31.0% 7.9% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.7% 35.6% 28.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -7.2% 25.3% 18.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.1% 21.1% 52.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -8.2% 5.5% 26.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 24.1% 22.9% 46.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -5.9% 8.2% 23.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 49.6% 3.2% 118.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.7% 14.0% 38.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 59.1% -0.5% -388.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.4% 15.5% -71.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSNOWNTAPORCL
Gross margin 67.0% 70.6% –
EBITDA margin -14.4% 27.5% 47.3%
Operating margin -22.8% 25.0% 32.1%
Pretax margin -19.8% 24.7% 30.3%
Net margin -20.1% 19.2% 26.2%
FCF margin 22.0% 22.3% -40.0%
Operating cash flow margin 23.1% 25.7% 65.4%
Return on equity -53.2% 99.6% 34.3%
Return on assets -12.6% 13.1% 6.7%
Return on invested capital – 36.7% 11.0%
Return on capital employed -25.2% 29.4% 9.8%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.1x 1.3x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 30.2% 5.4% 6.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSNOWNTAPORCL
Debt / assets – 22.7% 41.3%
Debt / equity – 1.7x 1.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.5x 2.6x
Debt / FCF – 1.5x -4.4x
Liabilities / assets 75.3% 86.4% 77.8%
Equity / assets 24.7% 13.6% 22.2%
Interest coverage -148.8x – 4.5x
Current ratio 0.9x 1.2x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.0x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.8x 0.8x
Altman Z-score 8.99 4.06 1.48

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSNOWNTAPORCL
Dividend yield – 1.0% 1.6%
Net buyback yield 0.4% 1.8% -5.3%
Shareholder yield 0.4% 2.7% -3.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 31.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – -20.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 17.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 15.1%

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.

ConsensusSNOWNTAPORCL
Forward P/E 152.1xFY2026 20.5xFY2026 14.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.14FY2026 $10.49FY2026 $8.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +71.2%FY2026 +29.0%FY2026 +12.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +37.4% +8.5% +23.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.16BFY2026 $8.49BFY2026 $95.06BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +31.5%FY2026 +22.7%FY2026 +41.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +41.5% +8.4% +45.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSNOWNTAPORCL
Held by institutions 79.8% 97.4% 44.7%
Institutions holding 1,459 959 3,495
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.1% -1.0% +6.5%
Institutions buying 850 501 1,807
Institutions selling 473 336 1,308
Buyers to sellers 1.80 1.49 1.38

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.

SNOWNTAPORCL
SNOW 1.00 0.26 0.44
NTAP 0.26 1.00 0.37
ORCL 0.44 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SNOW, NTAP and ORCL?

Oracle (ORCL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Snowflake (SNOW) $116.93B, NetApp (NTAP) $43.53B, Oracle (ORCL) $373.36B.

Which stock is cheaper, SNOW, NTAP and ORCL?

Oracle (ORCL) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Snowflake (SNOW) -107.2x, NetApp (NTAP) 30.7x, Oracle (ORCL) 19.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oracle (ORCL) is cheapest (Snowflake (SNOW) 152.1x, NetApp (NTAP) 20.5x, Oracle (ORCL) 14.7x). 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%, Oracle (ORCL) +21.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Oracle (ORCL) has the highest net margin (Snowflake (SNOW) -20.1%, NetApp (NTAP) 19.2%, Oracle (ORCL) 26.2%). On return on invested capital, NetApp (NTAP) leads (NetApp (NTAP) 36.7%, Oracle (ORCL) 11.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year NetApp (NTAP) returned the most: Snowflake (SNOW) +28.6%, NetApp (NTAP) +82.9%, Oracle (ORCL) -55.0%. Over five years, NetApp (NTAP) compounded fastest (Snowflake (SNOW) -0.9%/yr, NetApp (NTAP) +18.3%/yr, Oracle (ORCL) +5.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Snowflake (SNOW) 0.00%, NetApp (NTAP) 0.00%, Oracle (ORCL) 0.02%. Snowflake (SNOW) and NetApp (NTAP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, NetApp (NTAP) has been the steadiest (Snowflake (SNOW) 63.1%, NetApp (NTAP) 44.7%, Oracle (ORCL) 56.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 6. 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.