SanDisk Corp (SNDK): Today's Featured Computer Hardware Winner

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SanDisk (SNDK) pushed the Computer Hardware industry higher today making it today's featured computer hardware winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1%. By the end of trading, SanDisk rose 81 cents (1.6%) to $49.99 on average volume. Throughout the day, 6.1 million shares of SanDisk exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.5 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $48.75-$50.28 after having opened the day at $49 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $49.18. Other companies within the Computer Hardware industry that increased today were: Silicon Graphics International (SGI), up 13.3%, Finisar Corporation (FNSR), up 9.4%, Concurrent Computer Corporation (CCUR), up 6.9%, and Crossroads Systems Incorporated (CRDS), up 5.7%.

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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 $11.98 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.7, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 17 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. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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On the negative front, Acorn Energy (ACFN), down 2.8%, Logitech International S.A (LOGI), down 2.6%, Dot Hill Systems Corporation (HILL), down 2.5%, and Aruba Networks (ARUN), down 2.5%, were all laggards within the computer hardware industry with NetApp (NTAP) being today's computer hardware industry laggard.

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