SNDK
Sandisk Corporation
SNDK has the edge over U overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger modeled upside.
U
Unity Software Inc.
U 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.
U Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Under pressure | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
U's revenue, cash flow and balance sheet are currently strong, but its profitability is under pressure.
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.
U PE Valuation
U has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year. If it returns to profit as analysts expect, today's price would be 29x next year's earnings.
SNDK Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| High |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for SNDK, with profitability improving.
U Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect U to return to profit, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
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 U in the latest year-over-year earnings comparison.
U Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.74 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.81 | +$0.24 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.36 | -$0.30 |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.57 | -$0.45 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.96 | +$0.72 |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.05 | +$0.99 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.06 | +$0.99 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.12 | +$1.12 |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.68 | +$0.48 |
U is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.81 per share over the past year, against $3.03 at its worst in early 2023.
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 U 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 U on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
U Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $622.1M | +32% |
| Q2 2026 | $546.5M | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $508.2M | +17% |
| Q4 2025 | $503.1M | +10% |
| Q3 2025 | $470.6M | +5.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $440.9M | -1.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $435M | -5.5% |
| Q4 2024 | $457.1M | -25% |
U's revenue has grown year over year for five quarters in a row: $622M last quarter, up 32% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 16% | +43 points |
| Q2 2026 | -5.9% | +21 points |
| Q1 2026 | -69% | -40 points |
| Q4 2025 | -21% | +5.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | -27% | +1.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | -27% | +1.9 points |
| Q1 2025 | -29% | +52 points |
| Q4 2024 | -27% | +15 points |
U's operating margin was 16% last quarter, up 43 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2019.
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.
U Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $219.7M | +45% |
| Q2 2026 | $202M | +59% |
| Q1 2026 | $66.5M | +809% |
| Q4 2025 | $118.7M | +12% |
| Q3 2025 | $151.3M | +31% |
| Q2 2025 | $126.7M | +59% |
| Q1 2025 | $7.3M | +$21.9M |
| Q4 2024 | $105.8M | +74% |
U 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 the edge over U 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 | — |
U Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +14% | +60.3M shares |
| 1 year | +17% | +73.9M shares |
| 3 years | +30% | +114M shares |
| 5 years | +76% | +214M shares |
| Available history | +118% | +270M shares |
U has 498M diluted shares, up 17% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | — |
| Q1 2021 | — |
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
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.
U Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -66.1x | Net Cash |
U 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).
U Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 63.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 71.1 | Neutral |
U's weekly RSI is 63 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 71 (neutral).
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.
U PE vs Technology Sector
U has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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 |
U has stronger trend alignment. SNDK is above 0 of 3 weekly averages versus U above 5 of 5.
U Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $44.1 | 14% above |
| 20 week MA | $40.4 | 24% above |
| 50 week MA | $34.0 | 48% above |
| 100 week MA | $31.5 | 59% above |
| 200 week MA | $29.9 | 68% above |
U is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 68% above 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 U on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
U Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $68.4 | $164.9 | +141% |
| 2021 | $164.9 | $145.6 | -12% |
| 2022 | $145.6 | $27.6 | -81% |
| 2023 | $27.6 | $40.9 | +48% |
| 2024 | $40.9 | $22.8 | -44% |
| 2025 | $22.8 | $45.2 | +98% |
| 2026 YTD | $45.2 | $50.2 | +11% |
U's yearly returns have swung widely, from +141% in 2020 to −81% in 2022. It's up 11% so far in 2026.