Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK – Free Report) by 14.7% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 5,475 shares of the data storage provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 703 shares during the quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Sandisk were worth $3,478,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Sandisk by 20.7% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,281,522 shares of the data storage provider’s stock worth $1,253,728,000 after purchasing an additional 904,933 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Sandisk by 44.9% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,655,860 shares of the data storage provider’s stock valued at $866,310,000 after purchasing an additional 1,133,276 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its holdings in Sandisk by 31.3% in the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 3,478,002 shares of the data storage provider’s stock worth $825,608,000 after purchasing an additional 828,332 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in Sandisk by 7.2% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,970,361 shares of the data storage provider’s stock worth $705,105,000 after purchasing an additional 199,545 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Sandisk during the fourth quarter valued at about $518,889,000.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
SNDK has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $1,470.00 price objective on shares of Sandisk in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of Sandisk from $650.00 to $1,000.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Arete Research raised shares of Sandisk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Citigroup upped their price target on Sandisk from $2,025.00 to $2,500.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 25th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price objective on Sandisk from $1,800.00 to $2,900.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, June 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Sandisk currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,765.19.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, insider Bernard Shek sold 600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $2,088.00, for a total transaction of $1,252,800.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 31,515 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $65,803,320. This trade represents a 1.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Necip Sayiner sold 579 shares of Sandisk stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,503.11, for a total value 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 SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 6,225 shares of company stock worth $10,166,297. Corporate insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.
Key Sandisk News
Here are the key news stories impacting Sandisk this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Evercore ISI raised its price target on SanDisk to $3,100 and kept an Outperform rating, reinforcing the view that the company still has significant upside. SanDisk Stock Price Forecast: Why Evercore’s Amit Daryanani Raised SNDK’s Price Target by More Than 120%
- Positive Sentiment: Goldman Sachs also nearly doubled its SanDisk price target, adding to the bullish analyst sentiment around the stock. Goldman Sachs nearly doubles SanDisk stock price target for 2026
- Positive Sentiment: SanDisk was added to Zacks’ Rank #1 (Strong Buy) momentum list, and another Zacks piece said it still screens as cheap despite its huge year-to-date rally, which may attract value and momentum buyers. Best Momentum Stocks to Buy for July 13th
- Positive Sentiment: Commentary from strategists and analysts suggested the recent tech pullback could be a buying opportunity for SanDisk, with continued confidence in AI-driven demand and long-term storage growth. This Strategist Says the Tech Wreck Is Your Buy Signal: Micron and SanDisk on Sale?
- Neutral Sentiment: Several market updates focused on broader macro and pre-market weakness, including a red futures session and upcoming inflation data, which added to risk-off trading across tech stocks. Pre-Market in Red
- Negative Sentiment: SK Hynix’s weak outlook sparked a sector-wide selloff in memory names such as SanDisk, Micron, and Western Digital, weighing on SNDK shares today. Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital Fall 6% as SK Hynix’s Weak Outlook Rattles Memory Stocks
Sandisk Price Performance
NASDAQ SNDK opened at $1,673.97 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $247.90 billion, a PE ratio of 58.18 and a beta of 4.74. The company has a fifty day moving average of $1,737.85 and a 200 day moving average of $1,011.93. Sandisk Corporation has a 1 year low of $40.10 and a 1 year high of $2,354.39.
Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The data storage provider reported $23.41 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $14.17 by $9.24. The company 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%. Sandisk’s revenue for the quarter was up 251.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted ($0.30) earnings per share. Sandisk has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 30.000-33.000 EPS. Research analysts expect that Sandisk Corporation will post 64.95 earnings per share for the current year.
About Sandisk
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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