Czech National Bank Makes New $8.71 Million Investment in Sandisk Corporation $SNDK

Czech National Bank purchased a new stake in Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDKFree Report) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund purchased 36,711 shares of the data storage provider’s stock, valued at approximately $8,714,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in SNDK. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Sandisk in the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. CVA Family Office LLC acquired a new stake in Sandisk during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Parallel Advisors LLC bought a new position in Sandisk during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $30,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. bought a new position in Sandisk during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, Covestor Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Sandisk in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $37,000.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Miyuki Suzuki sold 3,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director owned 9,907 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,216,939.71. This represents a 26.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 0.21% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Zacks Research raised shares of Sandisk from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. KGI Securities started coverage on shares of Sandisk in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $992.00 target price for the company. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of Sandisk from $750.00 to $875.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a $650.00 price target on shares of Sandisk in a report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Sandisk from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, January 31st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $594.48.

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Sandisk Stock Performance

Shares of SNDK stock opened at $615.83 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $606.69 and a 200-day moving average of $342.26. The company has a market cap of $90.90 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -81.14. 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 Corporation has a 52 week low of $27.89 and a 52 week high of $777.60.

Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDKGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The data storage provider reported $6.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.31 by $2.89. The company had revenue of $3.03 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.67 billion. Sandisk had a negative net margin of 11.66% and a positive return on equity of 10.11%. The company’s revenue was up 61.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Sandisk 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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