Analysts Set Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) PT at $594.48

Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-four brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have issued a hold recommendation, fifteen have assigned a buy recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $594.4762.

Several brokerages recently issued reports on SNDK. Wedbush raised their target price on shares of Sandisk from $600.00 to $740.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Sandisk from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, January 31st. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price target on Sandisk from $300.00 to $580.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 14th. China Renaissance started coverage on Sandisk in a research note on Friday, December 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $322.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Zacks Research raised Sandisk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 20th.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Miyuki Suzuki sold 3,500 shares of Sandisk stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $627.53, for a total transaction of $2,196,355.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 9,907 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,216,939.71. This trade represents a 26.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sandisk

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Osaic Holdings Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Sandisk during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $317,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Sandisk during the second quarter worth $353,000. Praxis Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Sandisk during the third quarter valued at $533,000. GAMMA Investing LLC purchased a new position in Sandisk in the third quarter valued at $439,000. Finally, Voya Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in Sandisk in the third quarter valued at $8,917,000.

Sandisk Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SNDK opened at $635.34 on Wednesday. Sandisk has a 52 week low of $27.89 and a 52 week high of $777.60. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $613.51 and its 200 day moving average price is $353.48. The company has a quick ratio of 1.92, a current ratio of 3.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The firm has a market cap of $93.78 billion and a P/E ratio of -83.71.

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, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.31 by $2.89. Sandisk had a negative net margin of 11.66% and a positive return on equity of 10.11%. The company had revenue of $3.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.67 billion. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 61.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

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.

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