SanDisk Tanks below $9 a Share (SNDK)

Robocop - I'll buy that for a dollarSanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ:SNDK) shares have lost 22% already today after missing estimates and worse yet, announcing they 'may sell more stock' as their cash supply dries up.  Well hold, up, I"ll buy that for a Dollar!

SanDisk is the largest maker of memory cards for digital cameras (give it a few days, they could lose that title).  Chief Financial Officer Judy Bruner predicted first-quarter sales of $475 million to $575 million, compared with an estimate of $631.9 million in a Bloomberg survey of analysts. After posting a $1.86 billion loss last quarter, SanDisk said it may try to raise as much as $500 million in the share sale.

Just wait for the downgrades to come in, today Caris & Co. dropped their target price to $8:

03-Feb-09 Downgrade Caris & Company Average → Below Average $12 → $8

Wait for the dust to settle on SanDisk Masters before you think about buying, here's another great quote: 

"They must be desperate to be raising capital in this market," said Daniel Amir, an analyst at Lazard Capital Markets in San Francisco. He has a hold rating on the stock, which he doesn't own. "Business is clearly getting worse." On that note...

 


Here's a fun chart:
 

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