Celebrations may be in order for Sandisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a significant upgrade to their statutory estimates for the company. The consensus estimated revenue numbers rose, with their view now clearly much more bullish on the company's business prospects. Investors have been pretty optimistic on Sandisk too, with the stock up 23% to US$1,548 over the past week. Could this upgrade be enough to drive the stock even higher?

After this upgrade, Sandisk's 19 analysts are now forecasting revenues of US$41b in 2027. This would be a major 212% improvement in sales compared to the last 12 months. Prior to the latest estimates, the analysts were forecasting revenues of US$34b in 2027. It looks like there's been a clear increase in optimism around Sandisk, given the sizeable gain to revenue forecasts.

The consensus price target rose 33% to US$1,399, with the analysts clearly more optimistic about Sandisk's prospects following this update.

These estimates are interesting, but it can be useful to paint some more broad strokes when seeing how forecasts compare, both to the Sandisk's past performance and to peers in the same industry. The analysts are definitely expecting Sandisk's growth to accelerate, with the forecast 149% annualised growth to the end of 2027 ranking favourably alongside historical growth of 23% per annum over the past three years. By contrast, our data suggests that other companies (with analyst coverage) in a similar industry are forecast to grow their revenue at 10% per year. It seems obvious that, while the growth outlook is brighter than the recent past, the analysts also expect Sandisk to grow faster than the wider industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away from this upgrade is that analysts lifted their revenue estimates for next year. They're also forecasting more rapid revenue growth than the wider market. There was also an increase in the price target, suggesting that there is more optimism baked into the forecasts than there was previously. Given that analysts appear to be expecting substantial improvement in the sales pipeline, now could be the right time to take another look at Sandisk.

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