Overview
- SanDisk will enter the S&P 500 before the market opens on November 28, taking Interpublic Group’s slot as Interpublic exits due to its sale to Omnicom.
- Shares jumped 13.3% in Monday trading and rose another 9% after hours following the index announcement.
- Morgan Stanley raised its price target to $273 and kept an Overweight rating, adding to the stock’s rally.
- The flash storage maker was spun out of Western Digital in February and now trades around a $33 billion market capitalization.
- Recent results showed revenue up 23% to $2.31 billion and a 31% increase in exabytes shipped, reinforcing eligibility for the benchmark.