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Fly News Breaks for March 14, 2019
SNAP
Mar 14, 2019 | 08:48 EDT
Jefferies analyst Brent Thill raised his price target for Snap to $11 from $9 after meeting with management. The analyst came away "generally impressed" with the "cohesion and positive steps" on the company's "road to recovery." While still early in the recovery, Snap has taken positive steps to internally improve, Thill tells investors in a research note. The Android rebuild roll-out is still early, but results are promising for full release by year end, the analyst adds. Further, he believes Snap's engagement "remains healthy" and that increasing partnerships and localization will help to continue to drive deeper reach. Thill's higher target reflects an increased multiple as well as Snap's increased monetization opportunity and expense control. Even with the shares up 80% year-to-date, investor sentiment continues to remain negative and there is opportunity for long term investors, the analyst contends. However, he feels Snap is "not out of the woods yet" and keeps a Hold rating on the name.