Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) vs. Thinspace Technology (OTCMKTS:THNS) Head to Head Review

Thinspace Technology (OTCMKTS:THNS) and Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Thinspace Technology and Snowflake, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Thinspace Technology	0	0	0	0	0.00
Snowflake	1	9	28	1	2.74

Snowflake has a consensus target price of $188.06, suggesting a potential upside of 10.04%. Given Snowflake’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Snowflake is more favorable than Thinspace Technology.

Risk & Volatility

Thinspace Technology has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Snowflake has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Thinspace Technology and Snowflake”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Thinspace Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Snowflake	$2.81 billion	20.10	-$836.10 million	($3.39)	-50.41

Thinspace Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Snowflake.

Profitability

This table compares Thinspace Technology and Snowflake’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thinspace Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Snowflake	-33.02%	-24.23%	-13.30%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

65.1% of Snowflake shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of Thinspace Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Snowflake shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Snowflake beats Thinspace Technology on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Thinspace Technology

Thinspace Technology, Inc., a cloud computing company, develops software productivity solutions worldwide. It principally develops and sells network software. The company offers skySpace, a desktop virtualization solution suite, which comprises skyDesk, a management software solution for Microsoft remote desktop users; skyGate, a software solution that allows secure remote access to applications and data from outside of the corporate network; skyView, which offers access to applications or Windows desktops from a browser on any device; skyDirect, a virtual desktop infrastructure software solution that allows secure fast access to hosted virtual desktops; and skyPoint, a hardware thin client endpoint solution for the enterprise and corporate market. The company sells its products directly to independent software vendors and application service providers; and through a chain of distributors and resellers to end users in public and private sectors. Thinspace Technology, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Carrollton, Texas.

About Snowflake

Snowflake Inc. provides a cloud-based data platform for various organizations in the United States and internationally. Its platform offers Data Cloud, which enables customers to consolidate data into a single source of truth to drive meaningful business insights, build data-driven applications, and share data and data products, as well as applies artificial intelligence (AI) for solving business problems. The company was formerly known as Snowflake Computing, Inc. and changed its name to Snowflake Inc. in April 2019. Snowflake Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Bozeman, Montana.