- Short interest fell to 3.4% of the free float from 3.7% a week earlier and roughly 5.3% at the start of September, with about 5 million shares short.
- SNDK fell 11% on the week to near $1,482 while options positioning eased, with the put/call ratio at 1.20 versus a 20-day average of 1.24.
- Mizuho raised its target to $2,050 from $1,875 on October 6 and kept an Outperform rating; Rosenblatt initiated with a Buy and a $2,400 target in late September.
- The consensus mean target of $2,173 implies roughly 47% upside from the current price.
- Cavenagh Research projects fiscal Q1 revenue near $11 billion and EPS near $48, above company guidance and analyst estimates.
- Fiscal Q4 2026 revenue was $8,965 million, up 372% year over year, with gross margin at 84.6%.
- Fiscal Q1 2027 revenue guidance is $10.30 billion to $10.80 billion, and the stock trades at 7.75 times expected earnings.
- The 90-day EPS momentum factor score is 98 and the trailing PE is 5.8.
Quotes
“There is no squeeze tension here.”
“guidance near $12 billion is crucial for maintaining credibility”