Share Buyback Mechanic- PT $2250 @ 9x FWD PE
$SNDK’s $15.5B remaining buyback could have a pretty meaningful impact.
SNDK currently has roughly 148M shares outstanding.
Say they execute the $15.5B buyback at an average price of $1,600/share:
- Buy back ~9.7M shares
- Share count drops from ~148M → 138M
- That’s roughly a 6.5% reduction in shares outstanding
Now look at JPMorgan.
JPM has a $2,250 target, based on roughly $250 CY2027 EPS × 9x P/E.
So they’re not exactly using a crazy AI multiple.
At $250 EPS:
9x = $2,250 ← JPM
10x = $2,500
12x = $3,000
And that’s what makes the buyback interesting.
If SNDK keeps generating strong FCF and continues retiring shares beyond this $15.5B authorization, EPS can keep growing even without the same level of earnings growth.
The real question isn’t whether SNDK deserves a 20–30x AI multiple.
It’s whether AI demand + long-term NAND contracts can make these earnings sustainable.
If they can, even 9–12x earnings can produce some pretty interesting numbers.