To the Moon? What is going on with SNAP?

Snap surged to $15.95 per share this morning, but it remains 45.88% above its mean target price of $10.93. There may still be room for more downwards movement — even after today's 1.2% drop. Analysts are giving the large-cap Software stock on average rating of hold, with target prices ranging from $7.0 to $22.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 7.7%, and a short ratio of 3.24. The company's insiders own 9.23% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 54.4% of Snap's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Snap

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 FMR, LLC 15% 203,406,399 $3,243,314,969
2023-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 7% 91,814,471 $1,463,981,712
2023-09-30 Srs Investment Management, Llc 4% 52,662,317 $839,700,628
2023-09-30 Capital World Investors 3% 45,612,906 $727,297,772
2023-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 2% 34,669,885 $552,811,305
2023-09-30 Goldman Sachs Group Inc 2% 27,371,454 $436,437,825
2023-09-30 Two Sigma Advisers, LP 1% 16,817,877 $268,161,043
2023-09-30 State Street Corporation 1% 13,140,920 $209,531,965
2023-09-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 1% 12,959,020 $206,631,569
2023-09-30 Ossiam 1% 12,176,458 $194,153,619

Besides an analyst belief that shares are overpriced, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Snap.

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