SanDisk Corp (SNDK): Today's Featured Technology Laggard

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SanDisk (SNDK) pushed the Technology sector lower today making it today's featured Technology laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.3%. By the end of trading, SanDisk fell 50 cents (-1.2%) to $42.67 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4.9 million shares of SanDisk exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.9 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $42.20-$43.37 after having opened the day at $42.88 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $43.17. Other companies within the Technology sector that declined today were: Chyron Corporation (CHYR), down 13.9%, Pactera Technology International (PACT), down 13.4%, iGo (IGOI), down 11.4%, and Demandware (DWRE), down 10.3%.

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Sandisk Corporation designs, develops, and manufactures NAND flash memory storage solutions that are used in various consumer electronics products. SanDisk has a market cap of $10.46 billion and is part of the computer hardware industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 22, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 12.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate SanDisk a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and five rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates SanDisk as a buy. Among the primary strengths of the company is its solid financial position based on a variety of debt and liquidity measures that we have evaluated. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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On the positive front, BOS Better Online Solutions (BOSC), up 40.5%, GigOptix (GIG), up 26.1%, Performance Technologies (PTIX), up 24.1%, and XRS (XRSC), up 18.6%, were all gainers within the technology sector with VMWare (VMW) being today's featured technology sector leader.

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