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SanDisk Monday reported a sharp swing to a loss in its quarterly results as pricing was hurt by an industry glut of memory chips for gadgets, sending its shares down 9 percent after-hours.
SanDisk [SNDK
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The company posted a net loss, including one-time items, of $68 million, or 30 cents per diluted share, from a profit of $28 million, or 12 cents per diluted share, in the year-earlier quarter.
Revenue fell 1 percent to $816 million instead of growing 9 percent, which was the average analyst estimate.
Excluding the impact of acquisition-related charge, stock option expenses and related tax effects, the company reported a net loss of $22 million, or 10 cents per share, down from an adjusted year-ago profit of $72 million, or 30 cents per share.
Analysts had expected a net loss, on average, of 1 cent per diluted share, according to Reuters Estimates.
Excluding one-time items, Wall Street was looking for a consensus profit, of 12 cents per share.




