Massachusetts Institute of Technology Invests $43.04 Million in Sandisk Corporation $SNDK

Massachusetts Institute of Technology purchased a new stake in shares of Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKFree Report) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm purchased 383,561 shares of the data storage provider’s stock, valued at approximately $43,036,000. Sandisk accounts for approximately 4.7% of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest holding.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SNDK. Osaic Holdings Inc. purchased a new position in Sandisk in the 2nd quarter valued at about $317,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Sandisk during the second quarter worth about $353,000. Praxis Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Sandisk during the third quarter worth about $533,000. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sandisk in the third quarter worth about $439,000. Finally, Voya Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in Sandisk in the third quarter valued at about $8,917,000.

Sandisk Price Performance

Shares of SNDK opened at $588.76 on Tuesday. Sandisk Corporation has a 52 week low of $27.89 and a 52 week high of $725.00. The company has a current ratio of 3.11, a quick ratio of 1.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The firm has a market cap of $86.90 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -77.57. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $509.78 and a 200-day moving average of $284.48.

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The data storage provider reported $6.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.31 by $2.89. Sandisk had a positive return on equity of 10.11% and a negative net margin of 11.66%.The business had revenue of $3.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.67 billion. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 61.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Sandisk news, Director Miyuki Suzuki sold 3,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $627.53, for a total transaction of $2,196,355.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 9,907 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,216,939.71. This represents a 26.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Sandisk News Summary

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Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have weighed in on SNDK. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $650.00 price objective on shares of Sandisk in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Zacks Research upgraded Sandisk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Sandisk from $490.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Sandisk from $230.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, China Renaissance assumed coverage on shares of Sandisk in a report on Friday, December 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $322.00 price target on the stock. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $542.85.

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About Sandisk

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SanDisk Corporation offers flash storage solutions. The Company designs, develops and manufactures data storage solutions in a range of form factors using flash memory, controller, firmware and software technologies. The Company operates through flash memory storage products segment. Its solutions include a range of solid state drives (SSD), embedded products, removable cards, universal serial bus (USB), drives, wireless media drives, digital media players, and wafers and components. It offers SSDs for client computing applications, which encompass desktop computers, notebook computers, tablets and other computing devices.

Further Reading

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