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Western Digital has completed a secondary offering of more than US$3b of its Sandisk (NasdaqGS:SNDK) holdings in the past week.
Sandisk did not receive any proceeds from the sale, which was entirely from Western Digital’s existing stake.
Shortly after this transaction, Duquesne Family Office fully exited its position in Sandisk.
The moves come after Sandisk reported strong AI driven results and guidance tied to demand for NAND flash memory.
Sandisk, traded as NasdaqGS:SNDK, is closely tied to demand for NAND flash that sits behind data centers, devices and AI infrastructure. Recent results and guidance have been supported by AI related workloads that rely heavily on high performance storage, putting the company at the center of one of the most watched themes in tech hardware.
For you as an investor, the combination of a large secondary sale and a complete exit by a well known fund reshapes who owns the stock and how the story is framed in the market. The AI use case for NAND is now well understood. The next phase is likely to focus more on how this new shareholder mix responds to future capital allocation decisions, pricing conditions and any updates on AI related demand.
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NasdaqGS:SNDK 1-Year Stock Price Chart
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⚖️ Price vs Analyst Target: At US$666.49 versus a consensus target of about US$724, the price sits roughly 8% below analyst expectations.
✅ Simply Wall St Valuation: Simply Wall St estimates the shares are trading about 66.8% below its fair value estimate, which is a wide discount.
✅ Recent Momentum: The 30 day return of 40.66% shows strong recent momentum in the share price.
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📊 Western Digital’s large secondary sale and a fund exit shift ownership without raising new capital for Sandisk, so the thesis rests on AI linked NAND demand rather than fresh funding.
📊 Watch how the new shareholder base reacts to future guidance, capital allocation moves and any changes around AI related storage demand at this valuation.
⚠️ The stock has a history of higher volatility over three months, so abrupt moves around earnings or AI sentiment are an important risk for position sizing.
For the full picture including more risks and rewards, check out the complete Sandisk analysis. Alternatively, you can check out the community page for Sandisk to see how other investors believe this latest news will impact the company’s narrative.
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