Cantor Fitzgerald L. P. purchased a new stake in Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK – Free Report) in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 21,979 shares of the data storage provider’s stock, valued at approximately $2,466,000.
A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Sandisk during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,970,388,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership bought a new position in Sandisk in the third quarter worth $297,293,000. Bank of America Corp DE bought a new position in Sandisk in the third quarter worth $190,425,000. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Sandisk during the third quarter worth $163,057,000. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Sandisk in the 3rd quarter valued at $120,363,000.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
SNDK has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Susquehanna increased their price objective on shares of Sandisk from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Monday, December 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of Sandisk from $320.00 to $700.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Sandisk from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 31st. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Sandisk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Finally, Raymond James Financial raised Sandisk from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $725.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Friday, January 30th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $542.85.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, Director Miyuki Suzuki sold 3,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $627.53, for a total transaction 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. This trade represents a 26.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.
Key Stories Impacting Sandisk
Here are the key news stories impacting Sandisk this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Sector-wide NAND shortage + AI demand — analysts and market commentary point to a structural NAND supply deficit driven by AI infrastructure spending, which is lifting pricing and investor optimism for flash-memory suppliers like SanDisk. SanDisk Climbs 6% as Sector-Wide Memory Shortage Fuels Fresh Investor Optimism
- Positive Sentiment: Strategic industry collaboration — SanDisk joined SK Hynix on initiatives to develop high‑bandwidth flash for AI, signaling product roadmaps aligned with hyperscaler needs and potential preferential design wins. Sandisk Joins SK Hynix To Shape High Bandwidth Flash For AI
- Positive Sentiment: Company guidance and results support growth thesis — management has signaled accelerated NAND growth and Sandisk’s recent quarterly beat (EPS and revenue well above estimates) underpin expectations for stronger margins and cash generation. SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) projects accelerated growth for NAND
- Positive Sentiment: Bullish analyst/market commentary — buy-side pieces (e.g., Seeking Alpha) argue the rally has more room, citing product pipeline wins (Gen5 TLC, BiCS8) and hyperscaler adoption that should expand the data‑center SSD mix. Sandisk May Not Be Peaking Yet – Buy
- Neutral Sentiment: Industry ecosystem strength — suppliers and equipment makers (e.g., Aehr Test Systems) are seeing AI-driven orders for wafer/package testing; this validates higher NAND activity but is an indirect positive for SanDisk. AEHR Keeps Winning: Up +100% With Memory Chip Deal Potential (SNDK)
- Neutral Sentiment: Investor visibility from conferences — Sandisk’s Cantor conference presentation provides management detail and helped reinforce the story, but it’s incremental vs. earnings and industry supply dynamics. Sandisk Corporation (SNDK) Presents at 2026 Cantor Global Technology & Industrial Growth Conference Transcript
- Negative Sentiment: Valuation caution — some analysts warn SNDK’s rapid >1,000% YTD+ move has left a rich valuation and high sales multiple, raising the risk that near‑term outperformance is already priced in and that volatility/mean reversion could follow. Sandisk Surges on AI Storage Demand: Is the Rally Already Priced in?
Sandisk Stock Up 6.9%
Shares of NASDAQ:SNDK opened at $661.62 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $541.07 and its 200-day moving average is $299.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 1.92 and a current ratio of 3.11. Sandisk Corporation has a 52 week low of $27.89 and a 52 week high of $725.00. The company has a market capitalization of $97.66 billion and a PE ratio of -87.17.
Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The data storage provider reported $6.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 analysts’ expectations of $2.67 billion. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 61.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
Sandisk Company Profile
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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