SNDK SanDisk beats by $0.18, beats on revs; announces retirement of CEO

SNDK SanDisk beats by $0.18, beats on revs; announces retirement of CEO (43.10 +0.98)

 

Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $1.08 per share, $0.18 better than the Thomson Reuters consensus of $0.90; revenues rose 61.5% year/year to $1.18 bln vs the $1.16 bln consensus. Sandisk reports Q2 gross margin of 47% vs. the 43.6% Thomson Reuters consensus. Average price per gigabyte sold declined 18% on a year-over-year basis and declined 8% sequentially. Separately today, SanDisk announced that Dr. Eli Harari, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will retire from his current positions on December 31, 2010. As part of the succession planning process, the Board of Directors appointed Sanjay Mehrotra, currently SanDisk's President and Chief Operating Officer, as the new Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective January 1, 2011. Mr. Mehrotra was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors effective July 21, 2010. The Board also appointed Michael Marks, a member of the SanDisk Board since 2003, to the role of Chairman effective January 1, 2011.

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