SanDisk (SNDK) Competitors

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

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

Does the media refer more to NTAP or SNDK?

In the previous week, NetApp had 33 more articles in the media than SanDisk. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for NetApp and 0 mentions for SanDisk. NetApp's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat SanDisk's score of 0.00 indicating that NetApp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NetApp	Positive
SanDisk	Neutral

Is NTAP or SNDK a better dividend stock?

NetApp pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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. NetApp has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. NetApp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend NTAP or SNDK?

NetApp presently has a consensus target price of $121.40, suggesting a potential upside of 24.64%. SanDisk has a consensus target price of $52.63, suggesting a potential upside of 39.07%. Given SanDisk's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SanDisk is more favorable than NetApp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NetApp	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35
SanDisk	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NTAP or SNDK?

SanDisk received 66 more outperform votes than NetApp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.87% of users gave SanDisk an outperform vote while only 53.37% of users gave NetApp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NetApp	Outperform Votes 1147 53.37%	Underperform Votes 1002 46.63%
SanDisk	Outperform Votes 1213 73.87%	Underperform Votes 429 26.13%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	3.04	$986M	$5.40	18.04
SanDisk	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

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

Summary

NetApp beats SanDisk on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.