Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) Stock Price Up 5.2% – Here’s What Happened

Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report)’s share price rose 5.2% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $668.00 and last traded at $630.29. Approximately 23,039,700 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 18% from the average daily volume of 19,599,945 shares. The stock had previously closed at $599.34.

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Here are the key news stories impacting Sandisk this week:

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on SNDK shares. UBS Group set a $1,000.00 price target on shares of Sandisk in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Raymond James Financial upgraded Sandisk from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $725.00 price target for the company in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Susquehanna raised their price target on Sandisk from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Monday, December 8th. Mizuho set a $600.00 price objective on Sandisk in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Fox Advisors raised Sandisk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Sandisk presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $542.85.

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Sandisk Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 1.92 and a current ratio of 3.11. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $387.83 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $218.09. The firm has a market cap of $92.46 billion and a PE ratio of -82.55.

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) last posted its 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 positive return on equity of 10.11% and a negative net margin of 11.66%.The firm had revenue of $3.03 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.67 billion. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 61.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Sandisk

In other news, Director Necip Sayiner sold 1,271 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $195.14, for a total value of $248,022.94. Following the sale, the director directly owned 3,479 shares in the company, valued at $678,892.06. The trade was a 26.76% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Sandisk during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,136,000. New York State Teachers Retirement System purchased a new position in Sandisk in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $13,546,000. Sage Rhino Capital LLC acquired a new position in Sandisk during the third quarter worth $587,000. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new stake in Sandisk during the third quarter worth $7,046,000. Finally, HB Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Sandisk in the third quarter valued at $348,000.

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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