Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) Shares Down 12.6% – Should You Sell?

Shares of Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) traded down 12.6% on Monday . The company traded as low as $1,646.17 and last traded at $1,673.97. 13,626,789 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 17% from the average session volume of 16,428,531 shares. The stock had previously closed at $1,915.92.

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on SNDK. Melius Research set a $2,350.00 price objective on shares of Sandisk in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Wedbush boosted their target price on shares of Sandisk from $740.00 to $1,200.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Sandisk from $2,100.00 to $2,500.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Mizuho increased their price target on shares of Sandisk from $1,825.00 to $2,200.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Sandisk from $1,100.00 to $1,750.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $1,765.19.

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Sandisk Stock Down 12.8%

The company has a market capitalization of $247.52 billion, a PE ratio of 58.10 and a beta of 4.74. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $1,726.30 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1,001.87.

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The data storage provider reported $23.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $14.17 by $9.24. The business had revenue of $5.95 billion for the quarter. Sandisk had a net margin of 34.19% and a return on equity of 44.06%. The company’s revenue was up 251.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.30) EPS. Sandisk has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 30.000-33.000 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Sandisk Corporation will post 64.95 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Necip Sayiner sold 579 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,503.11, for a total transaction of $870,300.69. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,900 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,359,019. This represents a 16.64% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Michael Pokorny sold 2,446 shares of the company’s 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 value of $3,488,436.28. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 22,375 shares in the company, valued at approximately $31,910,777.50. This represents a 9.85% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 6,225 shares of company stock valued at $10,166,297. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Sandisk

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in Sandisk by 84.2% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 4,521 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $1,073,000 after purchasing an additional 2,067 shares in the last quarter. Tredje AP fonden purchased a new position in shares of Sandisk during the fourth quarter valued at $7,821,000. ProShare Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Sandisk by 1,301.5% during the fourth quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 33,637 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $7,985,000 after buying an additional 31,237 shares during the period. FourThought Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Sandisk in the fourth quarter valued at about $422,000. Finally, North Dakota State Investment Board bought a new stake in shares of Sandisk in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,127,000.

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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