Picton Mahoney Asset Management Purchases Shares of 63,004 Sandisk Corporation $SNDK

Picton Mahoney Asset Management purchased a new position in shares of Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKFree Report) in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 63,004 shares of the data storage provider’s stock, valued at approximately $7,068,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Sandisk during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. CVA Family Office LLC acquired a new position in Sandisk in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Covestor Ltd purchased a new position in Sandisk in the third quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Cromwell Holdings LLC acquired a new stake in Sandisk during the third quarter worth approximately $39,000. Finally, True Wealth Design LLC acquired a new stake in Sandisk during the third quarter worth approximately $40,000.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Fox Advisors upgraded shares of Sandisk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. Benchmark upped their price objective on shares of Sandisk from $260.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Barclays lifted their target price on Sandisk from $385.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Raymond James Financial raised Sandisk from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $725.00 target price for the company in a report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Sandisk from $230.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Sandisk has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $542.85.

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Insider Buying and Selling at Sandisk

In other Sandisk news, Director Miyuki Suzuki sold 3,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $627.53, for a total value of $2,196,355.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 9,907 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,216,939.71. The trade was a 26.11% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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Sandisk Stock Performance

NASDAQ SNDK opened at $599.06 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $88.42 billion and a P/E ratio of -78.93. Sandisk Corporation has a 52-week low of $27.89 and a 52-week high of $725.00. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $491.04 and its 200 day moving average price is $271.99. The company has a quick ratio of 1.92, a current ratio of 3.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 29th. The data storage provider reported $6.20 earnings per share 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 company had revenue of $3.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.67 billion. The firm’s revenue was up 61.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Sandisk Profile

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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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