Snap reports its first quarterly net profit, with $1.3B in Q4 revenue, up 42% YoY, and $23M net income; FY 2021 revenue grew 64% to $4.1B; stock rises 40%+
Snap's first quarterly profit extends a 2021 progression from its first quarter of positive free cash flow to a sharply smaller Q2 net loss. Q4 revenue of $1.3B and full-year revenue of $4.1B show that the company reached profitability while maintaining strong top-line growth.
First-order effects
Snap moves from reporting losses to a $23M quarterly net profit, while investors immediately reprice the result with the stock up more than 40%.
The Q4 result gives Snap a profitability milestone alongside 42% year-over-year revenue growth, rather than growth alone.
Second-order effects
Snap's earlier cash-flow and loss improvements now read as a sustained financial trajectory, raising the importance of subsequent quarterly revenue growth and margins for investors.
The sharp stock response makes earnings execution more central to Snap's market narrative, increasing scrutiny of whether revenue growth can continue without returning to losses.
Third-order effects
If Snap can preserve profitability as revenue expands, the company shifts from a growth-and-loss story toward one judged on the durability of its advertising-scale economics.
The trend: Digital platforms are increasingly being valued on their ability to convert rapid revenue growth into repeatable cash flow and profits.
This is the craziest single day stock move I have ever seen. $SNAP started the day down 23.5%, then shot up 58.3% after the market closed. Swinging between a $39B and a $60B market cap in a single day. https://twitter.com/...
Facebook earnings seemed to be dragging down other social media stocks including Snap's today, but it's now set to make up those losses tomorrow — and then some. https://www.cnbc.com/...
Snap stock is up almost 40% in after-hours trading on news that it posted its first quarterly profit and is handling the Apple policy changes better than expected. Latest for @WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/...
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@ceciliakang @MikeIsaac Snap is most similar public company competing with FB. entire report suggests apple's change tormented companies like Meta and then Snap proved it very wrong. Deserves more than an update. FB is only social network company that gets a most of its data from…
@jason_kint no. the stock price going up does not tell you anything about the intent and morality of the company nor its people. “because they actually care about their user” cannot be inferred from stock price action
The 17% decline that $SNAP endured yesterday was a pretty clear overreaction given that $FB's drop was partly driven by declining MAU and flat DAU. The stock is up *40%* after hours on Q4 earnings. https://twitter.com/...
Two tech milestones today: Facebook just had its biggest one-day drop ever and Snap just posted its first-ever quarterly net profit https://www.cnbc.com/...
I've never seen the markets react with such nervous volatility to tech: SNAP -23% for the day then +60% in after hours AMZN -8% for the day then +14% in after hours FB flat then -27% and on and on... (It's as if the crypto market insanity us rubbing off on the public markets.)
Amazing, good for Snap. They're significantly less dependent on tracking compared who Facebook who gets a majority of its data from third parties according to a regulatory investigation. This tale of two stocks in 24hrs absolutely demonstrates this. Congrats @evanspiegel. https:/…