Snap (SNAP) Valuation Check as Board Expansion Brings in Veteran Executive Matthew McRae

Snap (SNAP) just expanded its board to twelve directors and added Matthew McRae, a veteran operator from Arlo, NETGEAR, and Vizio, a move that hints at a more execution focused chapter for the company.

See our latest analysis for Snap.

Even with McRae coming in to sharpen execution, Snap’s 30 day share price return of minus 15.29 percent and year to date slide of 35.41 percent suggest momentum has been fading. The 1 year total shareholder return of minus 35.06 percent reflects investors still reassessing its long term earnings power.

If this board refresh has you rethinking your tech exposure, it might be a good moment to explore other high growth opportunities across high growth tech and AI stocks.

With shares down sharply despite double digit revenue growth and a hefty discount to analyst targets, is Snap being punished too harshly for its losses, or is the market already baking in all the future upside?

Most Popular Narrative Narrative: 26.5% Undervalued

With Snap closing at $7.26 versus a narrative fair value near $9.87, the story hinges on whether future margins and growth can close that gap.

Monetization progress in subscription products such as Snapchat+ and Lens+, alongside growing engagement with Spotlight and creator driven content, is diversifying Snap's revenue base and improving net margin potential by capturing higher margin direct to consumer and content revenue streams.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how steady double digit growth, rising margins, and a richer ad mix might justify a re rating from here? The narrative lays out specific revenue, margin, and valuation assumptions that could redefine what “full value” looks like for Snap, but the exact thresholds may surprise you.

Result: Fair Value of $9.87 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, advertisers shifting spend to larger platforms and mounting regulatory pressures on youth safety could easily derail Snap’s path to higher margin, AI-driven growth.

Find out about the key risks to this Snap narrative.

Another View: Cash Flows Tell a Different Story

While the narrative fair value puts Snap at $9.87, our DCF model is more optimistic, pointing to a fair value near $13, around 44 percent above today’s price. If the cash flow path plays out, are investors mispricing a long runway of improvement?

Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.

Build Your Own Snap Narrative

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