SNDK
Sandisk Corporation
SNDK has the edge over SOTK overall, supported by stronger modeled upside and stronger fundamentals.
SOTK
Sono-Tek Corporation
SOTK has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
SNDK Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
SNDK's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
SOTK Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
SOTK's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
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 has the edge over SOTK in the historical PE scenario, which offers more potential upside but is not a forecast.
SOTK PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 36x | $4.33 | — |
| Cheap | 38x | $4.61 | +6.4% |
| Fair | 48x | $5.82 | +34% |
| Forward | 51x | $4.33 | — |
| Expensive | 71x | $8.51 | +97% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
SOTK's PE is in its cheap range at 36x. Analysts expect earnings to fall, which would put today's price at 51x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
SNDK Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| High |
SNDK has the edge over SOTK on the outlook, with more favorable valuation and earnings expectations.
SOTK Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Strong decline | |
| Stable | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect SOTK's earnings and profitability to decline, with its revenue holding steady.
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 SOTK in the latest year-over-year earnings comparison.
SOTK Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.08 | -29% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.12 | +20% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.13 | +44% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.11 | +38% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.10 | +25% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.10 | 0% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.09 | -18% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.08 | -11% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.08 | +14% |
SOTK's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $0.12 over the past year, against $0.16 in early 2022.
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 has the edge over SOTK on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| 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 SOTK on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
SOTK Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $5.2M | +1.3% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.7M | +10% |
| Q1 2026 | $5.6M | +9.5% |
| Q4 2025 | $5M | -3.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $5.2M | 0% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.1M | +2% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.1M | +7.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $5.2M | -8.8% |
SOTK's revenue is growing: $5M last quarter, up 1.3% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 7.3% | -0.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | 16% | +6.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 11% | +5.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 6.4% | +2.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 8.2% | +2.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | 9.4% | +4.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 5.6% | +5.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 3.8% | -8.8 points |
SOTK's operating margin was 7.3% last quarter, down 0.9 points from the same quarter a year ago.
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 generated $17.4B in free cash flow over the past year, more than ten times what it generated the year before.
SOTK Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.1M | +$1.4M |
| Q2 2026 | $1.9M | +$2.8M |
| Q1 2026 | $3.1M | +$3.8M |
| Q4 2025 | $1.1M | +5.9% |
| Q3 2025 | -$237.3K | +$338.8K |
| Q2 2025 | -$974.5K | -430% |
| Q1 2025 | -$740K | +$6.5K |
| Q4 2024 | $1.1M | +323% |
SOTK has the edge over SNDK on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
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 154M diluted shares, up 3.4% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $5B |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
SOTK Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +68.8K shares |
| 1 year | +0.5% | +74.5K shares |
| 3 years | +0.2% | +32.5K shares |
| 5 years | +1.3% | +204K shares |
| Available history | +2.8% | +434K shares |
SOTK has the edge over SNDK on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
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.
SOTK Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -3.7x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -3.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -2.5x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -1.9x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -2.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.0x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -5.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2024 | -3.1x | Net Cash |
SOTK has the edge over SNDK on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
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).
SOTK Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 42.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 8.7 | Oversold |
SOTK's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 9 (oversold).
SNDK PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | SNDK | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 7.5x | 28x | 73% below |
| PE % | 4 | 27 | 23 pts below |
SNDK has the edge over SOTK on valuation relative to its sector.
SOTK PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | SOTK | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 36x | 28x | 30% above |
| PE % | 8 | 35 | 27 pts below |
SOTK is trading at 36x earnings, a 30% premium to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
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 |
SOTK has stronger trend alignment. SNDK is above 0 of 3 weekly averages versus SOTK above 1 of 5.
SOTK Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $5.39 | 20% below |
| 20 week MA | $5.24 | 17% below |
| 50 week MA | $4.73 | 8.5% below |
| 100 week MA | $4.30 | 0.7% above |
| 200 week MA | $4.61 | 6.1% below |
SOTK's trend is mixed: it's above one of its five weekly moving averages, and 6.1% below its 200-week average.
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 SOTK on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
SOTK Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2.25 | $4.20 | +87% |
| 2021 | $4.20 | $6.77 | +61% |
| 2022 | $6.77 | $6.41 | -5.3% |
| 2023 | $6.41 | $5.41 | -16% |
| 2024 | $5.41 | $4.30 | -21% |
| 2025 | $4.30 | $4.06 | -5.6% |
| 2026 YTD | $4.06 | $4.33 | +6.7% |
SOTK has finished four years in a row lower, and it's up 6.7% so far in 2026.