News Flash: Analysts Just Made A Dazzling Upgrade To Their Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) Forecasts

Celebrations may be in order for Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a significant upgrade to their statutory estimates for the company. The analysts greatly increased their revenue estimates, suggesting a stark improvement in business fundamentals. The market may be pricing in some blue sky too, with the share price gaining 32% to US$696 in the last 7 days. It will be interesting to see if today's upgrade is enough to propel the stock even higher.

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After the upgrade, the 20 analysts covering Sandisk are now predicting revenues of US$15b in 2026. If met, this would reflect a huge 73% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Losses are expected to turn into profits real soon, with the analysts forecasting US$39.44 in per-share earnings. Previously, the analysts had been modelling revenues of US$11b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$11.73 in 2026. So we can see there's been a pretty clear increase in analyst sentiment in recent times, with both revenues and earnings per share receiving a decent lift in the latest estimates.

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It will come as no surprise to learn that the analysts have increased their price target for Sandisk 62% to US$676 on the back of these upgrades.

Looking at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can make sense of these forecasts is to see how they measure up against both past performance and industry growth estimates. The analysts are definitely expecting Sandisk's growth to accelerate, with the forecast 200% annualised growth to the end of 2026 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 13% per annum over the past three years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to grow their revenue at 7.6% per year. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Sandisk to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The biggest takeaway for us from these new estimates is that analysts upgraded their earnings per share estimates, with improved earnings power expected for this year. Fortunately, analysts also upgraded their revenue estimates, and our data indicates sales are expected to perform better than the wider market. Given that the consensus looks almost universally bullish, with a substantial increase to forecasts and a higher price target, Sandisk could be worth investigating further.

With that said, the long-term trajectory of the company's earnings is a lot more important than next year. At Simply Wall St, we have a full range of analyst estimates for Sandisk going out to 2028, and you can see them free on our platform here..

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