With shares of SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) trading around $58, is SNDK an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let's analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:
T = Trends for a Stock’s Movement
SanDisk designs, develops, and manufactures data storage solutions in a range of form factors, using its flash memory, controller, and firmware technologies. The company's solutions include removable cards, embedded products, USB, digital media players, wafers and components. Its removable cards are used in a range of consumer electronics devices, such as mobile phones, digital cameras, gaming devices, and laptop computers. SanDisk’s embedded flash products are used in mobile phones, tablets, ultrabooks, eReaders, GPS, gaming systems, imaging devices, and computing platforms. For computing platforms, it provides storage solutions known as solid-state drives that can be used in lieu of hard disk drives. The products that SanDisk provides allows for consumers and companies worldwide to operate at increasing efficiency. These storage products will be in demand at growing rates due to the rising technology expectations of businesses and people around the world.
T = Technicals on the Stock Chart are Strong
SanDisk stock has seen an impressive run since establishing lows during the 2008 Financial Crisis. The stock is currently trading at multi-year highs and looks poised to test all-time highs. Analyzing the price trend and its strength can be done using key simple moving averages. What are the key moving averages? The 50-day (pink), 100-day (blue), and 200-day (yellow) simple moving averages. As seen in the daily price chart below, SanDisk is trading above its rising key averages which signal neutral to bullish price action in the near-term.
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Taking a look at the implied volatility (red) and implied volatility skew levels of SanDisk options may help determine if investors are bullish, neutral, or bearish.
| Implied Volatility (IV) | 30-Day IV Percentile | 90-Day IV Percentile | |
| SanDisk Options | 32.79% | 66% | 65% |
What does this mean? This means that investors or traders are buying a significant amount of call and put options contracts, as compared to the last 30 and 90 trading days.
| Put IV Skew | Call IV Skew | |
| June Options | Average | Average |
| July Options | Average | Average |
As of today, there is an average demand from call and put buyers or sellers, neutral over the next two months. To summarize, investors are buying a significant amount of call and put option contracts and are leaning neutral over the next two months.
On the next page, let’s take a look at the earnings and revenue growth rates and the conclusion.
E = Earnings Are Increasing Quarter-Over-Quarter
Rising stock prices are often strongly correlated with rising earnings and revenue growth rates. Also, the last four quarterly earnings announcement reactions help gauge investor sentiment on SanDisk’s stock. What do the last four quarterly earnings and revenue growth (Y-O-Y) figures for SanDisk look like and more importantly, how did the markets like these numbers?
| 2013 Q1 | 2012 Q4 | 2012 Q3 | 2012 Q2 | |
| Earnings Growth (Y-O-Y) | 47.83% | -23.33% | -67.71% | -95.10% |
| Revenue Growth (Y-O-Y) | 11.21% | -2.25% | -10.09% | -24.93% |
| Earnings Reaction | -6.64% | 2.51% | 2.7% | 10.31% |
SanDisk has seen decreasing earnings and revenue figures over most of the last four quarters. Regardless, the markets seem to have been pleased with most of SanDisk’s recent earnings announcements.
P = Excellent Relative Performance Versus Peers and Sector
How has SanDisk stock done relative to its peers, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), OCZ Technology (NASDAQ:OCZ), STEC (NASDAQ:STEC), and sector?
| SanDisk | Intel | OCZ Technology | STEC | Sector | |
| Year-to-Date Return | 33.75% | 17.31% | -28.27% | -27.18% | 12.45% |
SanDisk has been a relative performance leader, year-to-date.
Conclusion
SanDisk provides data storage products and solutions to consumers and companies at an increasing rate. The stock has been on an impressive run over the last few years and looks to be ready to test previous all-time high prices. Earnings and revenue figures have decreased over most of the last four quarters, which has not really disappointed investors. Relative to its peers and sector, SanDisk has been a year-to-date performance leader. Look for SanDisk to OUTPERFORM.
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