Sandisk stock climbs on Evercore's bullish cash-flow and buyback thesis

Sandisk shares rose for a fourth straight day after Evercore ISI laid out a bullish forecast: NAND prices have surged, Sandisk could sustain roughly 80% gross margins through the cycle and generate as much as $35 billion in annual free cash flow, enabling aggressive buybacks (potentially 10% of shares annually starting in 2027 and more by 2029), with analysts projecting more than $100 billion in free cash flow through 2029.