Wedbush Securities Inc. Purchases Shares of 10,513 Sandisk Corporation $SNDK

Wedbush Securities Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKFree Report) in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 10,513 shares of the data storage provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,180,000.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in SNDK. Parnassus Investments LLC bought a new position in Sandisk during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $103,815,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Sandisk during the third quarter worth $74,265,000. Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. bought a new position in Sandisk during the third quarter worth $39,480,000. Rhumbline Advisers acquired a new position in Sandisk in the third quarter valued at $37,645,000. Finally, LSV Asset Management bought a new stake in Sandisk during the third quarter valued at $36,871,000.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on SNDK shares. China Renaissance initiated coverage on Sandisk in a research report on Friday, December 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $322.00 price objective for the company. Barclays lifted their target price on Sandisk from $385.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Sandisk from $490.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Wedbush boosted their target price 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. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Sandisk from $230.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $542.85.

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Sandisk Price Performance

Shares of SNDK opened at $626.56 on Friday. Sandisk Corporation has a 12-month low of $27.89 and a 12-month high of $725.00. The business’s fifty day moving average is $387.83 and its 200 day moving average is $218.09. The company has a quick ratio of 1.92, a current ratio of 3.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock has a market cap of $92.46 billion and a P/E ratio of -82.55.

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The data storage provider reported $6.20 EPS 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 business had revenue of $3.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.67 billion. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 61.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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 in the company, valued at approximately $678,892.06. The trade was a 26.76% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

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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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