Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) Shares Gap Up – Time to Buy?

Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) gapped up before the market opened on Monday . The stock had previously closed at $615.83, but opened at $642.12. Sandisk shares last traded at $609.4770, with a volume of 5,354,206 shares.

Sandisk News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Sandisk this week:

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on SNDK shares. Benchmark increased their price target on Sandisk from $260.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. China Renaissance initiated coverage on shares of Sandisk in a research report on Friday, December 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $322.00 price objective for the company. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of Sandisk from $320.00 to $700.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Mizuho set a $600.00 price objective on shares of Sandisk in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Wedbush raised their target price on shares of Sandisk from $600.00 to $740.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $594.48.

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Sandisk Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $93.78 billion and a P/E ratio of -83.71. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $613.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $353.48. The company has a quick ratio of 1.92, a current ratio of 3.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

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

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Miyuki Suzuki sold 3,500 shares of the business’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 owned 9,907 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,216,939.71. The trade was a 26.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Sandisk

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SNDK. Greenline Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sandisk during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Whittier Trust Co. acquired a new stake in shares of Sandisk in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Chung Wu Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Sandisk in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Westfuller Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Sandisk by 51.8% in the fourth quarter. Westfuller Advisors LLC now owns 126 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 43 shares during the period. Finally, TD Private Client Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Sandisk by 137.9% in the fourth quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 138 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 80 shares during the period.

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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