Snowflake Sees Increased Demand for Put Options Amid Stock Slump After Earnings
$Snowflake (SNOW.US)$ is seeing increased demand for put options that could protect the holder against further declines as the stock tumbled after the data AI cloud company reported quarterly earnings.
The stock plunged 15% to $115.21 after the company reported second quarter revenue growth that slowed to 28.9% from 35.5% a year earlier. That overshadowed better-than-expected adjusted earnings per share and the 2025 outlook that slightly surpassed Bloomberg consensus.
More than 23,640 of put options giving the holder the right to sell the stock at $100 changed hands across 17 expiration dates that stretch through Dec. 18, 2026. Among them was a block trade where the buyer paid a premium of $798,000 for 5,700 contracts expiring in 57 days. That bearish trade was posted just minutes after the market opened Thursday.
Snowflake forecast a 26% growth in product revenue to $3.35 billion in the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2025. That's slower than the 38% it posted in the previous year. It implies a deceleration in the second half of the year, JPMorgan analyst Mark Murphy was quoted by Bloomberg as saying. The analyst cut its price target on the stock to $175, from $185.
The company fell short of igniting the catalyst needed to improve investor sentiment after reporting a smaller product revenue beat and further growth slowdown seen in the second quarter, Morgan Stanley analyst Keith Weiss, who has an equal-weight rating on the stock, was also quoted by Bloomberg.
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