Bernstein Sees Continued NAND Dominance by SanDisk (SNDK), Raises Target to $75

November 10, 2011 9:11 AM EST
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Bernstein's Mark Newman boosted his price target on shares of SanDisk (Nasdaq: SNDK) from $64.50 to $75 in a research note Thursday morning. The analyst maintains an Outperform rating on the stock.

Newman believes SanDisk and the broader NAND group still have room to move higher. The analyst argues NAND margins will remain high and less volatile than DRAM manufacturers. Newman sees Micron (NYSE: MU), Hynix, Toshiba and Samsung remaining profitable, however sees SanDisk as providing the highest margins throughout the sector.

Newman does warn of a potential compression in profit margins in NAND as a slightly oversupply into the end of this quarter and the first half of next year may weigh.

The analyst note comes as shares of SanDisk have surged by more than 50 percent since the near-term bottom set in August.

With SanDisk shares up about 1.5 percent to $49.78 Thursday morning, Bernstein's new price target suggests potential upside of about 51 percent.

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