Brokerages Set Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) Target Price at $594.48

Shares of Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-four brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating, fifteen have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $594.4762.

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on SNDK. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of Sandisk from $320.00 to $700.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Benchmark raised their price target on shares of Sandisk from $260.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Sandisk from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 31st. China Renaissance initiated coverage on shares of Sandisk in a report on Friday, December 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $322.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Sandisk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th.

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Key Headlines Impacting Sandisk

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Insider Activity

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sandisk

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Osaic Holdings Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Sandisk in the 2nd quarter worth $317,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Sandisk during the 2nd quarter worth $353,000. Praxis Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Sandisk during the 3rd quarter valued at about $533,000. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sandisk during the 3rd quarter valued at about $439,000. Finally, Voya Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Sandisk in the third quarter valued at about $8,917,000.

Sandisk Price Performance

Shares of Sandisk stock opened at $615.83 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $90.90 billion and a P/E ratio of -81.14. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $606.69 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $346.09. Sandisk has a 12 month low of $27.89 and a 12 month high of $777.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 3.11 and a quick ratio of 1.92.

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) last issued 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 positive return on equity of 10.11% and a negative net margin of 11.66%.The firm 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% 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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