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SNOW (Snowflake) Degree of Operating Leverage : 1.64 (As of Apr. 2025)


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What is Snowflake Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. Snowflake's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was 1.64. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

The industry rank for Snowflake's Degree of Operating Leverage or its related term are showing as below:

SNOW's Degree of Operating Leverage is ranked worse than
63.09% of 2666 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.785 vs SNOW: 1.64

Snowflake Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Snowflake's Degree of Operating Leverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Snowflake Degree of Operating Leverage Chart

Snowflake Annual Data
Trend Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24 Jan25
Degree of Operating Leverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.42 0.30 0.20 0.44 1.38

Snowflake Quarterly Data
Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25
Degree of Operating Leverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.29 0.25 0.63 1.38 1.64

Competitive Comparison of Snowflake's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Software - Application subindustry, Snowflake's Degree of Operating Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Operating Leverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Snowflake's Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Snowflake's Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Snowflake's Degree of Operating Leverage falls into.


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Snowflake Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

Snowflake's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage=% Change in EBIT**/% Change in Revenue
=( -1430.716 (Apr. 2025) / -986.015 (Apr. 2024) - 1 )/( 3839.761 (Apr. 2025) / 3011.599 (Apr. 2024) - 1 )
=0.451/0.275
=1.64***

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

** TTM data of EBIT and Revenue was used to calculate Degree of Operating Leverage.
*** Please be aware that the Degree of Operating Leverage calculations are based on company-level data using the primary share class. The calculated data provided is for demonstration purposes and may slightly differ from the results displayed in the title due to potential variations caused by currency exchange rate differences throughout the year.


Snowflake  (NYSE:SNOW) Degree of Operating Leverage Explanation

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) is a leverage ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company’s operting income, also referred to as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), to fluctuations in its Revenue. DOL is a method used to quantify a company’s operating risk. This risk is related to the company's structure of variable costs and fixed costs. Since the fixed costs do not allow the company to adjust the operating costs, the operating risk rises with a higher fixed-to-variable costs proportion.

A high Degree of Operating Leverage indicates that the company’s fixed costs exceed its variable costs. By increasing the sales, the company can earn more profits. In addition, the company must be able to maintain relatively high sales to cover all fixed costs.

Be Aware

The use of operating leverage varies across different industries and business sectors, and the application of Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) should be adjusted accordingly.


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Snowflake Business Description

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106 East Babcock Street, Suite 3A, Bozeman, MT, USA, 59715
Founded in 2012, Snowflake is a fully managed platform that consolidates data hosted on different public clouds for centralized analytics and governance. Snowflake's cloud-native architecture allows users to independently scale the compute and storage layers, providing customers with optimized performance at lower costs. The company's data lake and data warehouse products support a variety of use cases, including business analytics, data engineering, and artificial intelligence. Snowflake is widely used by Fortune 2000 companies in financial services, media, and retail sectors.
Executives
Michael Scarpelli 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Financial Officer 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET, SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Mark Garrett director 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Jeremy Burton director C/O SNOWFLAKE INC., 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Benoit Dageville director, 10 percent owner, officer: President of Products 450 CONCAR DRIVE, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Michael L Speiser director, 10 percent owner 755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200, PALO ALTO CA 94304-1005
Christian Kleinerman officer: SVP, Product Management 106 E. BABCOCK STREET, SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Frank Slootman director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO and Chairman 106 EAST BABCOCK STREET, SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Christopher William Degnan officer: Chief Revenue Officer 450 CONCAR DRIVE, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Teresa Briggs director 2225 LAWSON LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Grzegorz Czajkowski officer: SVP, Engineering and Support 106 E. BABCOCK STREET, SUITE 3A, BOZEMAN MT 59715
Mark D Mclaughlin director C/O PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC., 4401 GREAT AMERICA PKWY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
John Dennis Mcmahon director C/O BLADELOGIC, INC., 10 MAGUIRE STREET, BUILDING 3, LEXINGTON MA 02421
Stephen B Burke director 41 CENTRAL PARK WEST - APT 11A, NEW YORK NY 10023
Sequoia Grove Manager, Llc 10 percent owner SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Sequoia Grove Ii, Llc 10 percent owner SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025