Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) Stock Price Up 6.5% – What’s Next?

Shares of Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) traded up 6.5% on Monday . The stock traded as high as $2,119.90 and last traded at $2,107.86. 9,051,220 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 47% from the average session volume of 17,102,873 shares. The stock had previously closed at $1,980.10.

Key Sandisk News

Here are the key news stories impacting Sandisk this week:

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Arete Research upgraded shares of Sandisk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Melius Research set a $2,350.00 price objective on shares of Sandisk in a report on Monday, May 18th. Susquehanna increased their price objective on shares of Sandisk from $2,000.00 to $3,250.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price objective on shares of Sandisk from $1,250.00 to $1,700.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Sandisk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 20th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Sandisk currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,580.67.

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Sandisk Stock Down 1.6%

The company’s fifty day moving average is $1,366.71 and its 200 day moving average is $791.01. The stock has a market cap of $290.08 billion, a PE ratio of 68.08 and a beta of 4.87.

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The data storage provider reported $23.41 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $14.17 by $9.24. Sandisk had a net margin of 34.19% and a return on equity of 44.06%. The firm had revenue of $5.95 billion for the quarter. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted ($0.30) EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 251.0% on a year-over-year basis. Sandisk has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 30.000-33.000 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Sandisk Corporation will post 64.01 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Sandisk

In related news, insider Bernard Shek sold 600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,736.00, for a total value of $1,041,600.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 32,232 shares in the company, valued at approximately $55,954,752. This trade represents a 1.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CAO Michael Pokorny sold 2,446 shares of Sandisk stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,426.18, for a total transaction of $3,488,436.28. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 22,375 shares in the company, valued at $31,910,777.50. This represents a 9.85% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 5,625 shares of company stock worth $8,913,497. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sandisk

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SNDK. Vanguard Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Sandisk during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,970,388,000. State Street Corp acquired a new stake in Sandisk during the 3rd quarter valued at $491,053,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership acquired a new stake in Sandisk during the 3rd quarter valued at $297,293,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Sandisk during the 4th quarter valued at $518,889,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new stake in Sandisk during the 3rd quarter valued at $190,425,000.

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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