SNDK
Strong BuyPremium GrowerAI neutralSandisk Corporation · Technology · United States · $266.0B
$1,692.42 +1.9% · close 7 Oct · scored 9 Oct
Premium Grower: Strong business with the market behind it, priced at a premium.
Read our full research report on SNDK (May 2026), freeAs of 9 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Sandisk Corporation (SNDK) is 80/100: Quality 71, Value 34, Momentum 69, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets.
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Sandisk designs and makes NAND flash memory and SSDs, and AI data-centre storage demand has driven a roughly 600% share-price rally. NAND is a commodity business with a history of boom-bust pricing, the stock is now valued near $266bn, and recent coverage points to AI-hardware fatigue ahead of results on 29 October.
ABOUT SANDISK CORPORATION
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SanDisk Corporation (now part of Western Digital) was a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, designing and manufacturing a wide range of products including solid-state drives (SSDs), memory cards, and USB flash drives. The company's competitive advantage stemmed from its significant intellectual property portfolio and continuous innovation in flash technology, serving both consumer and enterprise markets. Its strong brand and technological leadership were key to its market position before its acquisition by Western Digital in 2016.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 6.1B | 6.7B | 7.4B | 9.9% | 20.2B | 17.8B | 55.5% |
| EPS | -14.78 | -4.63 | -11.32 | — | 73.79 | — | — |
| Shares | — | — | 146.0M | — | 146.4M | — | — |
| Debt | — | 985.0M | 2.0B | 107.3% | 201.0M | — | — |
| Equity | — | 11.1B | 9.2B | -16.8% | — | — | — |
| Op CF | -713.0M | -309.0M | 84.0M | — | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -189.0M | 210.0M | 556.0M | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | 860.0M | 136.0M | 518.0M | — | — | — | — |
No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.
Swung more than 97% of stocks we rank over the past year (115% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Technology, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of SNDK are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNDK | Sandisk Corporation(you) | $266.0B | 80 | Strong Buy |
| S1TX34.SA | Seagate Technology Holdings plc | $215.6B | 80 | Strong Buy |
| ANET | Arista Networks, Inc. | $256.6B | 86 | Strong Buy |
| WDC | Western Digital Corporation | $170.8B | 77 | Buy |
| DELL | Dell Technologies Inc. | $349.6B | 95 | Strong Buy |
| 0992.HK | Lenovo Group Limited | $56.7B | 89 | Strong Buy |
| 6669.TW | Wiwynn Corporation | $36.9B | 77 | Buy |
| P | Everpure, Inc. | $36.5B | 77 | Buy |
| 002415.SZ | Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. | $44.5B | 91 | Strong Buy |
| 7751.T | Canon Inc. | $24.0B | 84 | Strong Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 7.9% · P/E 28.9x · Gross margin 32.7%
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