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Brian Acker, CASandisk CorpSNDKHOLDFeb 07, 2008

Looks interesting to him. His model price is $33.99, a 30% positive differential. If technology gets hit more, look for a price around $23.30. This is a price that he would nibble at it he had a position and liked the company.
$26.56

Stock price when the opinion was issued

$1643.23

As of Jun 10, 2026. Market Open.

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DON'T BUY

Is up 3,000% the past 12 months but trades at only 20x 2026's PE. Still, it's too expensive compared to Micro. This has to fall even more.

HOLD

Up 167% in Q1 and the best performer on the S&P, thanks to the data centre-induced shortage in memory. The easy money has already been made.

RISKY
One of the top performers in January

Memory/storage is one of the hottest sectors. The best performer Sandisk gained 143%, Seagate 48%, Micron 45% and Western Digital 45%, because of surging demand from data centres, driven by AI. Last week, Sandisk reported a blow-out quarter and raised guidance this year. Could me more upside.

HOLD

SNDK is in a similar position to MU. Still a lot of upside because there's still a lot of upside to the numbers in the short term. Be mindful that it's very cyclical.

As to adding new $$, she'd look at the semiconductor equipment stocks instead for upside without taking on too much risk.

DON'T BUY

It reports Thursday. He predicts the market will say, Wow, and keep buying, but SNDK is way overbought.

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TOP PICK

Sandisk Corp. engages in the development, manufacture, and provision of storage devices and solutions based on NAND flash technology. Its products include solid state drives, memory cards, and USB flash drives. The company was founded on February 5, 2024 and is headquartered in Milpitas, CA. Social media mentions are up 148% in the past 24h.

BUY
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Even with a 70% (!) YTD gain, memory is proving to be crucical for AI and most companies have sold out production for some time. SNDK still is only at 30X earnings and we think it remains buyable, considering EPS is expected to more than double this year.
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SNDK is a $57B developer and manufacturer of data storage devices and solutions based on NAND flash memory tech. The large increase in share price has been driven by surging demand for NAND flash and SSD storage tied to AI infrastructure. It is expected that NAND flash memory prices could rise materially, and this would improve SNDK's margins. Margins are growing, sales growth is decent, and analysts expect strong sales growth in the next couple of years. It trades at a reasonable valuation of 22X forward earnings, but memory chips are cyclical, and if supply begins to ramp up quickly, its expected growth could diminish. We think it looks interesting, but we would be cautious on position sizing.
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DON'T BUY

 It reports Thursday. Has had a parabolic move, so he won't touch it.

COMMENT

Ranks in the top quarter of his database. Near-term earnings have been huge and are expected to be up significantly in the coming quarter. PE at 12X is interesting. Hopefully they use their cash to buy back stock or do some interesting things. Cash per share is significant at roughly $4.40. Looks like earnings growth is going to slow dramatically in 2014.

PAST TOP PICK
(Top Pick Sep 16/10, Up 15.70%) Decided to take profits. Still likes it. It is a good name. Will benefit from memory demand for smart phones. A great brand name.
WAIT
Very cyclical. We are looking at the peak of their cycle. They are in a good position for the next 2 or 3 quarters. It’s a good company. Buy it when people don’t like it.
TOP PICK
World's largest supplier of flash memory data storage products. Cards for mobile phones, digital cameras, camcorders, new tablets, etc. More than 2 dozen companies coming out with new tablet form products and they will benefit. 6 consecutive quarters of positive earnings surprises. Trading at only 9X forward earnings.
DON'T BUY
A player in a commodity business where margins are limited and potential competition. Range bound in the $40-$45 area, which could be underpinned by deals for companies. Could be a little extended but not overly extended. CEO has announced retirement.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Dec 3/07. Down 57.35%.) Flash memory. Would stay out of this.