SanDisk (SNDK) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to NTAP or SNDK?

In the previous week, NetApp had 30 more articles in the media than SanDisk. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for NetApp and 2 mentions for SanDisk. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 0.79 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	18 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SanDisk	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

Which has higher earnings and 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	2.81	$986M	$5.40	16.62
SanDisk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend NTAP or SNDK?

NetApp presently has a consensus price target of $123.07, suggesting a potential upside of 37.12%. SanDisk has a consensus price target of $58.88, suggesting a potential upside of 78.73%. 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)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41
SanDisk	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTAP or SNDK?

SanDisk received 64 more outperform votes than NetApp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.89% of users gave SanDisk an outperform vote while only 53.45% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NetApp	Outperform Votes 1147 53.45%	Underperform Votes 999 46.55%
SanDisk	Outperform Votes 1211 73.89%	Underperform Votes 428 26.11%

Is NTAP or SNDK a better dividend stock?

NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. SanDisk pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. NetApp pays out 38.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

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