SanDisk (SNDK) Competitors

NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) and SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.

Is NTAP or SNDK a better dividend stock?

NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. SanDisk pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. NetApp pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer NTAP or SNDK?

In the previous week, NetApp had 32 more articles in the media than SanDisk. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for NetApp and 2 mentions for SanDisk. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat SanDisk's score of 0.00 indicating that NetApp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NetApp	28 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SanDisk	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NTAP or SNDK?

NetApp has higher revenue and earnings than SanDisk.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NetApp	$6.51B	2.39	$986M	$5.40	14.15
SanDisk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is NTAP or SNDK more profitable?

NetApp has a net margin of 17.78% compared to SanDisk's net margin of 0.00%. NetApp's return on equity of 123.63% beat SanDisk's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NetApp	17.78%	123.63%	13.03%
SanDisk	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NTAP or SNDK?

92.2% of NetApp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of NetApp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate NTAP or SNDK?

NetApp currently has a consensus price target of $129.07, indicating a potential upside of 68.97%. SanDisk has a consensus price target of $65.71, indicating a potential upside of 71.76%. Given SanDisk's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SanDisk is more favorable than NetApp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NetApp	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35
SanDisk	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTAP or SNDK?

SanDisk received 65 more outperform votes than NetApp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.96% of users gave SanDisk an outperform vote while only 53.45% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NetApp	Outperform Votes 1145 53.45%	Underperform Votes 997 46.55%
SanDisk	Outperform Votes 1210 73.96%	Underperform Votes 426 26.04%

Summary

NetApp beats SanDisk on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.