SNOW vs ORCL Stock Comparison

Snowflake and Oracle Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SNOW Snowflake Inc.
$325.44 -2.8% 1M +28.6% 1Y
Market cap
$116.26B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$5.43B
Div. yield
–
Data Infrastructure Technology
2 wins
ORCL Oracle Corp
$126.08 -12.8% 1M -55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$376.80B
P/E
20.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.78B
Div. yield
0.02%
ERP Software Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Oracle leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Oracle 6, Snowflake 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSNOWORCLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $116.26B $376.80B ORCL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -106.6x 20.0x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 152.1x 14.7x ORCL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +32.0% +21.6% SNOW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -20.1% 26.2% ORCL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 11.0% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.6x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +28.6% -55.0% SNOW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -0.9%/yr +5.1%/yr ORCL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 63.1% 56.9% ORCL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 54/100 ORCL

Percentile Scorecard

SNOWORCL

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

AxisSNOWORCL
Valuation 26 #92 of 124 56 #45 of 101
Growth 69 #36 of 113 65 #35 of 97
Profitability 50 #56 of 110 87 #13 of 94
Financial Health 23 #100 of 129 40 #66 of 109
Shareholder Returns 58 #29 of 68 21 #51 of 64
Overall 45 54
  • SNOW ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • 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

PeriodSNOWORCLSPY
1 month -2.8%-12.8% -1.0%
3 months +21.4%+9.6% +2.9%
6 months +131.9%-27.2% +6.4%
Year to date +48.4%-35.3% +11.4%
1 year +28.6%-55.0% +13.1%
3 years +115.4%+22.2% +79.4%
3 years, per year +29.2%+6.9% +21.5%
5 years -4.2%+28.3% +67.7%
5 years, per year -0.9%+5.1% +10.9%
10 years —+232.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year —+12.8% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureSNOWORCLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 63.1%56.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 54.8%56.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.352.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.45-0.97 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.0%-65.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.8%-55.5% -2.5%
52-week high $368.93$283.33 $779.14
52-week low $121.11$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.

MultipleSNOWORCL
P/E now vs peer median -104.2xmedian 37.4x 19.9xmedian 29.9x
P/S now vs peer median 21.1xmedian 4.4x 5.3xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -143.2xmedian 35.0x 13.8xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 96.0xmedian 27.2x -13.3xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 53.4xmedian 3.4x 5.7xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 17.64median 1.27 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 monthsSNOWORCL
Revenue $5.43B $71.78B
Gross profit $3.64B –
Operating income -$1.24B $23.06B
Net income -$1.09B $18.92B
Free cash flow $1.20B -$28.72B
R&D $2.11B $10.18B
EPS (diluted) $-3.12 $6.27
Cash & equivalents $1.71B $36.37B
Total debt – $497.56B
Shares (diluted) 349.26M 3.00B
Enterprise value $103.58B $248.93B

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
MetricSNOWORCL
P/E -104.2x 19.9x
P/FCF 96.0x -13.3x
P/Operating cash flow 91.5x 8.1x
P/S 21.1x 5.3x
P/B 53.4x 5.7x
P/Tangible book 66.6x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA -143.2x 13.8x
EV/EBIT -90.8x 20.4x
EV/Revenue 20.7x 6.5x
EV/FCF 94.0x -16.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 89.7x 10.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 17.64 0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSNOWORCL
Revenue growth (1Y) 32.0% 21.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 30.5% 12.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 32.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 31.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 19.7% 28.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -7.2% 18.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.1% 52.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -8.2% 26.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 24.1% 46.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -5.9% 23.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 49.6% 118.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.7% 38.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 59.1% -388.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.4% -71.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSNOWORCL
Gross margin 67.0% –
EBITDA margin -14.4% 47.3%
Operating margin -22.8% 32.1%
Pretax margin -19.8% 30.3%
Net margin -20.1% 26.2%
FCF margin 22.0% -40.0%
Operating cash flow margin 23.1% 65.4%
Return on equity -53.2% 34.3%
Return on assets -12.6% 6.7%
Return on invested capital – 11.0%
Return on capital employed -25.2% 9.8%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.1x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 30.2% 6.7%

Financial Health

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

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSNOWORCL
Dividend yield – 1.6%
Net buyback yield 0.4% -5.3%
Shareholder yield 0.4% -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.

ConsensusSNOWORCL
Forward P/E 152.1xFY2026 14.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.14FY2026 $8.57FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +71.2%FY2026 +12.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +37.4% +23.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.16BFY2026 $95.06BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +31.5%FY2026 +41.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +41.5% +45.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSNOWORCL
Held by institutions 79.8% 44.7%
Institutions holding 1,459 3,495
Change in shares held, QoQ +9.1% +6.5%
Institutions buying 850 1,807
Institutions selling 473 1,308
Buyers to sellers 1.80 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.

SNOWORCL
SNOW 1.00 0.44
ORCL 0.44 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SNOW and ORCL?

Oracle (ORCL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Snowflake (SNOW) $116.26B, Oracle (ORCL) $376.80B.

Which company is growing faster?

Snowflake (SNOW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Snowflake (SNOW) +32.0%, Oracle (ORCL) +21.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Oracle (ORCL) has the highest net margin (Snowflake (SNOW) -20.1%, Oracle (ORCL) 26.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Snowflake (SNOW) returned the most: Snowflake (SNOW) +28.6%, Oracle (ORCL) -55.0%. Over five years, Oracle (ORCL) compounded fastest (Snowflake (SNOW) -0.9%/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%, Oracle (ORCL) 0.02%. Snowflake (SNOW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

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

Do SNOW and ORCL move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.44, a moderate positive relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, SNOW 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, Oracle (ORCL) 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.