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Alaska hit the sell button
The State of Alaska Department of Revenue just slashed its SanDisk position, unloading 55,335 shares and keeping 14,120 shares on the books. That’s a pretty chunky trim — about 79.7% of the stake — which sounds dramatic until you remember this is what institutional portfolio housekeeping often looks like behind the curtain.
But the bigger story is the crowd around it
Here’s the twist: while one state fund was heading for the exit, a bunch of heavyweight institutions were apparently walking in the front door. The article says Vanguard, State Street, Arrowstreet, Bank of America, and AQR either initiated or added to positions, which is Wall Street’s version of a crowded restaurant with a line out the door.
Why you should care
SanDisk has also been putting up numbers that make people lean in. The company posted EPS of $6.20 against a $3.31 estimate and revenue of $3.03 billion, up 61.2% year over year. So if you’re trying to figure out whether this stock is still getting institutional love, the answer is basically: yes, emphatically, even if a few holders are cashing out some chips.
The fine print
There’s also a little “buy the rumor, sell the news” energy floating around thanks to the Nasdaq-100 inclusion and a string of analyst upgrades. In other words, SanDisk is the kind of stock where good news can attract more buyers — and then scare a few of them into taking profits at the same time.
Big picture: one institution trimming doesn’t kill a momentum story, but it does remind you that even hot stocks get some internal profit-taking when the crowd starts feeling a little too confident.