A Monday, September 21, regulatory filing showed that SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) CEO David Goeckeler continued his unprecedented insider trading activity that started earlier in the month.
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Specifically, the chief executive dumped 33,841 SNDK shares four days earlier at an average price of $1,574. Overall, the SanDisk CEO made $53 million from the trade.
Notably, Goeckeler refrained from any insider selling between his company getting spun off from Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) and September 2026, before, in a matter of weeks, becoming responsible for the vast majority of money raised through such activities.
Indeed, the chief executive also sold 33,838 shares toward the middle of the month when SNDK was changing hands at approximately $1,528. That particular trade, disclosed on September 16, raised $51.7 million.
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Meanwhile, the combined value of insider sales without accounting for Goeckeler amounts to less than $30 million, and the CEO alone made more than $104 million: roughly 80% of the total.
Is September SanDisk stock insider trading a ‘Sell’ signal for SNDK?
Elsewhere, while the spike in recent SanDisk stock selling volume might appear concerning for shareholders, there are multiple reasons why it, most likely, should not be taken as a bearish signal.
Corporate insider trading is strictly regulated in the U.S. to ensure the market remains fair, and executives would find themselves in significant legal trouble if they attempted to use access to non-public information to profit.
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Wall Street sets SanDisk stock price target for the next 12 months
Simultaneously, the outlook for SNDK shares remains bullish. SanDisk stock is, overall, regarded as a ‘Strong Buy’ by Wall Street analysts, with the majority of notes issued within the last three months featuring a ‘Buy’ recommendation despite the equity’s decline.
Furthermore, SNDK is, on average, expected to rally 24.26% from its latest closing price of $1,766.64 to $2,195.29 within the next 12 months, per the data Finbold retrieved from TipRanks on September 22.
Lastly, the latest revisions also appear optimistic. Rosenblatt Securities analyst Kevin Cassidy published a ‘Buy’ rating with a $2,400 price target – a 35.85% estimated rally – as recently as September 21, while citing the artificial intelligence (AI)-created potential for NAND Flash.
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