Major Stocks Including Freeport-McMoRan, Harmony Biosciences, and Cohu Decline on Wednesday
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Sep 24 2025
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Source: Benzinga
U.S. Stock Market Performance: U.S. stocks declined, with the Dow Jones index dropping over 150 points, influenced by significant losses in various companies, particularly Freeport-McMoRan, which fell 16.4% after issuing disappointing sales guidance and reporting fatalities at its mine.
Notable Stock Declines: Other companies also experienced substantial losses, including Zhengye Biotechnology (-28.2%), Harmony Biosciences (-14.6%), and Cohu, Inc. (-12.7%), with Harmony's decline attributed to unmet clinical trial expectations and a lowered price target from Needham.
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Analyst Views on SNDK
Wall Street analysts forecast SNDK stock price to fall over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SNDK is 283.69 USD with a low forecast of 220.00 USD and a high forecast of 410.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
14 Analyst Rating
11 Buy
3 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 527.630
Low
220.00
Averages
283.69
High
410.00
Current: 527.630
Low
220.00
Averages
283.69
High
410.00
About SNDK
SanDisk Corporation is a developer, manufacturer and provider of data storage devices and solutions based on NAND flash technology and has consumer brands and franchises globally. The Company's solutions include a range of solid state drives (SSDs) embedded products, removable cards, universal serial bus (USB) drives, and wafers and components. Its broad portfolio of technology and products addresses multiple end markets of cloud, client and consumer. Its cloud end market is comprised primarily of products for public or private cloud environments and enterprise customers. The Company, through the client end market, provides numerous data solutions that it incorporates into its client’s devices, which consist of solid state drive desktop and notebook personal computers, gaming consoles and set top boxes, and flash-based embedded storage products. The Company serves the consumer end market with a portfolio of solid state drives and removable flash, including cards and USB flash drives.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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