SNDK has a forward P/E of 12.8, which is lower than S&P 500's average of 14.2.
SNDK currently has a P/E of 22.9, which is higher than the industry average of 11.9 and SNDK's 5 year average of 11.7. SNDK has a lower debt-to-equity of 0.1, comparing to the average of 1.3. SNDK has a lower ROE of 7.0, as compared to average of 19.2. SNDK has lower operating margin of 15.5%, ttm, and net margin of 9.5%, ttm, comparing to the industry averages of 16.3% and 13.0%, ttm, respectively. SNDK has a higher revenue growth (3 year average) of 19.1, as compared to the industry average of 14.4. By using the data obtained from Morningstar, SNDK's key stats can be compared to its competitors in the data storage industry, including Micron Technology, Inc.
SNDK currently has a total cash of $2.60B and an operating cash flow of $423.78M with a levered free cash flow of -100.90M, ttm. SNDK has an enterprise value of $9.98B and a market cap of $10.91B. For 2013, analysts are projecting an EPS of $3.51 with revenue of $6.03B, which is 19.70% higher than 2012, as seen from the table below. Analysts are also predicting an EPS of $2.03 with revenue of $5.04B for fiscal 2012. 31, 2012, Sterne Agee reiterated a "buy" rating on SNDK with a $51.00 price target.Īnalysts, on average, are estimating an EPS of $0.73 with revenue of $1.53B for the current quarter ending in December, 2012.
On Jan 2, 2013, SNDK had its "sector perform" rating restated by analysts at RBC Capital with a $50.00 price target. The U100 SSD is highly responsive, and it significantly improves the Transformer Book performance, allowing users to quickly boost and rapidly launch applications and its mSATA mini form factor enables the notebook's innovative, convertible form factor. SanDisk U100 SSD is being used by ASUS in the ASUS Transformer Book, the world's first notebook with a detachable tablet. The new distribution channel focuses on small and medium-sized business, which is a growing market segment for SSDs. SanDisk for Business will offer OEM and enterprise-grade SSDs to value-added resellers, VARs, system integrators and direct market resellers, DMRs. The new worldwide distribution, "SanDisk for Busi ness," was announced on the same day. The SanDisk x110 SSD enables OEM manufactures to design fast, responsive systems with the sleek, thin form factors and is available now in a 2.5" SATA form factor for easy integration.īoth new SSDs are using SNDK's industry-leading 19 nanometer technology, the world's smallest, most advanced manufacturing process node. The drive is now available for $74.99, $109.99 and $219.9 for 64GB, 128GB and 256GB at and, as well as (for 128GB and 256GB).Īccording to the same report, the X110, successor to SanDisk's popular X100 SSD, delivers fast sequential and random read/write speeds and employs a low power architecture that significantly reduces the power consumed by the device in low power modes. In addition, with no moving parts, the SSD is more durable than traditional hard disk drives and it consumes less power to help maximize battery life." The drive delivers up to 530MB/sec sequential read and up to 445MB/sec sequential write speeds 1, offering a fast, responsive computing experience. The low latency of the SATA 3.0 drive allows it to respond quickly, even with a heavy workload, and its consistently high read speed is ideal for read-intensive applications such as multimedia consumption.
"The SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD is ideal for consumers who want to boost their notebook or desktop computer's boot, shutdown, data-transfer and application launch times. SanDisk announced the release of SanDisk Ultra Plus SSD for the retail channel and SanDisk X110 SSD for OEM customers. SanDisk is strengthening its focus on SSD business and going all out in its commitment to deliver industry-leading SSD technology to customers. On January 7, 2013, SanDisk had announced new solid state drive, SSD, products, a new distribution channel and a key notebook design win. SanDisk Corporation ( SNDK), a global leader in the NAND flash memory market, designs, develops and manufactures data storage solutions in a range of form factors using its flash memory, controller and firmware technologies.