LSV Asset Management Takes $36.87 Million Position in Sandisk Corporation $SNDK

LSV Asset Management bought a new position in shares of Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKFree Report) during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 328,615 shares of the data storage provider’s stock, valued at approximately $36,871,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Cibc World Market Inc. bought a new stake in Sandisk in the third quarter worth approximately $923,000. ING Groep NV bought a new position in Sandisk during the third quarter worth $11,444,000. Rhumbline Advisers acquired a new stake in Sandisk in the third quarter worth $37,645,000. Krilogy Financial LLC bought a new stake in Sandisk in the third quarter valued at $321,000. Finally, Profund Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Sandisk in the third quarter valued at $385,000.

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently commented on the company. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Sandisk in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Bank of America increased their price target on Sandisk from $300.00 to $390.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on Sandisk from $490.00 to $750.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Zacks Research lowered Sandisk from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald increased their target price on Sandisk from $550.00 to $800.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $542.85.

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Insider Transactions at Sandisk

In other Sandisk news, Director Necip Sayiner sold 1,271 shares of Sandisk stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.14, for a total transaction of $248,022.94. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 3,479 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $678,892.06. The trade was a 26.76% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.21% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Sandisk Stock Performance

NASDAQ SNDK opened at $626.56 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $387.83 and a 200-day moving average price of $218.09. The firm has a market cap of $92.46 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -82.55. 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 Corporation has a 1 year low of $27.89 and a 1 year high of $725.00.

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The data storage provider reported $6.20 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.31 by $2.89. The company had revenue of $3.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.67 billion. Sandisk had a positive return on equity of 10.11% and a negative net margin of 11.66%.The firm’s revenue was up 61.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Sandisk Company 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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