APLD
Applied Digital Corporation
APLD has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
SNDK
Sandisk Corporation
SNDK has the edge over APLD overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger modeled upside.
APLD Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Weak |
APLD's revenue is currently strong, but its profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are weak.
SNDK Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
SNDK's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
APLD PE Valuation
APLD has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SNDK PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 3.8x | $937 | — |
| Current | 7.5x | $937 | — |
| Cheap | 17x | $2,173 | +132% |
| Fair | 24x | $3,048 | +225% |
| Expensive | 59x | $7,452 | +695% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
SNDK's PE is 7.5x, but its earnings don't support one, so it isn't a reliable read right now.
APLD Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses growing | |
| Strong growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect APLD's losses to grow, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
SNDK Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| High |
SNDK has the edge over APLD on the outlook, with more favorable earnings expectations.
APLD Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.66 | -$0.53 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.91 | +$0.18 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.74 | +$0.68 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.54 | +$1.24 |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.13 | +$0.09 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.09 | +$0.22 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.42 | -$0.61 |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.78 | -$1.41 |
APLD lost $1.66 per share over the past year, and its loss has widened in each of the last three quarters.
SNDK Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $247.30 | +97% |
| Q3 2026 | $125.61 | +$137.63 |
| Q2 2026 | $73.76 | +$85.07 |
| Q2 2025 | -$11.31 | -$6.65 |
SNDK has the edge over APLD in the latest year-over-year earnings comparison.
APLD Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $341.9M | +432% |
| Q2 2026 | $258.7M | +407% |
| Q1 2026 | $126.6M | +139% |
| Q4 2025 | $126.6M | +98% |
| Q3 2025 | $64.2M | +5.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $51.1M | +17% |
| Q1 2025 | $52.9M | +22% |
| Q4 2024 | $63.9M | +51% |
APLD has the edge over SNDK on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -18% | +17 points |
| Q2 2026 | -48% | +38 points |
| Q1 2026 | -68% | -32 points |
| Q4 2025 | -24% | +4.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | -35% | -50 points |
| Q2 2025 | -86% | -23 points |
| Q1 2025 | -36% | +93 points |
| Q4 2024 | -29% | -9.8 points |
APLD's operating margin was −18% last quarter, up 16 points from the same quarter a year ago.
SNDK Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $11B | +378% |
| Q2 2026 | $9B | +372% |
| Q1 2026 | $6B | +251% |
| Q4 2025 | $3B | +61% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.3B | +23% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.9B | +8% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.7B | -0.6% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.9B | +13% |
SNDK's revenue has grown year over year for six quarters in a row: $11B last quarter, up 378% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 80% | +72 points |
| Q2 2026 | 78% | +78 points |
| Q1 2026 | 69% | +180 points |
| Q4 2025 | 35% | +25 points |
| Q3 2025 | 7.6% | -9 points |
| Q2 2025 | 0.9% | N/A |
| Q1 2025 | -111% | -122 points |
| Q4 2024 | 10% | +6.6 points |
SNDK has the edge over APLD on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
APLD Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$2B | -$1.7B |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.2B | -$965.1M |
| Q1 2026 | -$720.2M | -$468.6M |
| Q4 2025 | -$567.9M | -$344.6M |
| Q3 2025 | -$331.4M | -$200.8M |
| Q2 2025 | -$191.4M | -$102.5M |
| Q1 2025 | -$251.6M | -$249.3M |
| Q4 2024 | -$223.3M | -$214.6M |
APLD has burned cash in most quarters: −$4.5B over the past year, against −$998M the year before.
SNDK Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $6.3B | +1340% |
| Q2 2026 | $7.1B | +14355% |
| Q1 2026 | $3B | +$3B |
| Q3 2025 | $438M | +$636M |
| Q2 2025 | $49M | +$217M |
| Q1 2025 | -$18M | +$23M |
| Q3 2024 | -$198M | -$157M |
SNDK has the edge over APLD on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
APLD Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +5.9% | +16.4M shares |
| 1 year | +14% | +35.7M shares |
| 3 years | +210% | +198M shares |
| 5 years | +19195% | +290M shares |
APLD has 292M diluted shares, up 14% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | — |
| Q1 2021 | — |
SNDK Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.6% | -1M shares |
| 1 year | +3.4% | +5M shares |
| 3 years | +6.9% | +10M shares |
SNDK has the edge over APLD on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $5B |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
APLD Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | 25.6x | High |
| Q1 2025 | -1.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -10.7x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2024 | -2.2x | Net Cash |
APLD's net debt is more than 20 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA).
SNDK Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -0.7x | Net Cash |
SNDK has more cash than debt.
APLD Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 34.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 11.8 | Oversold |
APLD's weekly RSI is 35 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 12 (oversold).
SNDK Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 40.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 10.6 | Oversold |
SNDK's weekly RSI is 40 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 11 (oversold).
APLD PE vs Technology Sector
APLD has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SNDK PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | SNDK | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 7.5x | 28x | 73% below |
| PE % | 4 | 27 | 23 pts below |
SNDK is trading at 7.5x earnings, a 73% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x, though its earnings don't support one.
APLD Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $20.2 | 16% below |
| 20 week MA | $25.0 | 32% below |
| 50 week MA | $30.2 | 44% below |
| 100 week MA | $21.8 | 22% below |
| 200 week MA | $13.6 | 24% above |
APLD has stronger trend alignment. APLD is above 1 of 5 weekly averages versus SNDK above 0 of 3.
SNDK Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $1,317.5 | 29% below |
| 20 week MA | $1,465.4 | 36% below |
| 50 week MA | $1,119.6 | 16% below |
SNDK is in a downtrend: it's below all three of its weekly moving averages, and 16% below its 50-week average.
APLD Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $4.78 | $1.92 | -60% |
| 2023 | $1.92 | $6.74 | +251% |
| 2024 | $6.74 | $8.39 | +24% |
| 2025 | $8.39 | $24.1 | +187% |
| 2026 YTD | $24.1 | $17.0 | -30% |
APLD's yearly returns have swung widely, from +251% in 2023 to −60% in 2022. It's down 30% so far in 2026.
SNDK Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $50.4 | $250.1 | +396% |
| 2026 YTD | $250.1 | $937.5 | +275% |
SNDK has the edge over APLD on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.