Brokerages Set Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) Target Price at $542.85

Shares of Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) have received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-three analysts that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have assigned a hold recommendation, fourteen have issued a buy recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $542.85.

Several research firms have recently weighed in on SNDK. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on Sandisk from $600.00 to $700.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $690.00 price objective on Sandisk in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Susquehanna increased their price objective on Sandisk from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Sandisk from $320.00 to $700.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Wedbush upped their price target on shares of Sandisk from $600.00 to $740.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th.

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Sandisk Trading Up 6.0%

Shares of Sandisk stock opened at $599.06 on Friday. 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 company has a fifty day simple moving average of $491.04 and a 200-day simple moving average of $271.99. The stock has a market cap of $88.42 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -78.93. Sandisk has a 12-month low of $27.89 and a 12-month high of $725.00.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Miyuki Suzuki sold 3,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sandisk

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Whittier Trust Co. purchased a new stake in Sandisk during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Greenline Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sandisk in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Sandisk during the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. Chung Wu Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Sandisk during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Finally, CVA Family Office LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Sandisk during the third quarter worth $28,000.

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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