Micron, Samsung and SK hynix are collecting extraordinary profits from soaring DRAM prices while customers face the consequences of a severe memory shortage. China's CXMT is advancing DDR5, LPDDR5X and next-generation DRAM technology despite U.S.
Micron Technology, SanDisk and SK Hynix stocks continued to fall on Thursday as concerns about Chinese memory-chip competition and a broader artificial intelligence sell-off weighed on the sector. Analysts see potential support from shareholder returns, but warn that a recovery could be harder to achieve than during previous market corrections.
Memory stocks are extending a multi-day slide as a Chinese rival's server memory plans shake a group that had been riding AI infrastructure demand. SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK | SNDK Price Prediction) stock has fallen 3% to $1,355.
Micron stock has dropped 13.5% this week as investors fear competition from CXMT. CXMT competes directly with Micron, but more in the low end of the market than the more profitable HBM high end.
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SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron have been some of the hardest-hit names in the recent tech sell-off. Investor concern over competition from China's CXMT and potential oversupply of memory chips has created headwinds for memory stocks.
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Memory stocks, including Micron Technology, SK Hynix and SanDisk, traded lower on Wednesday as hotter-than-expected US inflation and persisting concerns about Chinese semiconductor manufacturer CXMT pressured the sector. Micron shares fell around 1.6%, while SK Hynix declined 3.5% and SanDisk dropped 3%.
Top memory-chip providers have ample room to raise prices further, but Musk thinks Micron isn't squeezing its customers to an excessive degree.
On the evening of Oct. 13, Elon Musk publicly praised Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction) for how it handles memory pricing. His comment came while Micron shares sit 25% below their 52-week high.
Micron Technology, Inc. slid from $1,097 after earnings to $953 as CXMT's new DRAM cell design landed on top of a semis selloff already underway. The 10-K values Micron's $134B of contracts at minimum prices, and only $33.5B lands next year, so they matter most if the cycle turns. If FY27 and FY28 land near consensus, $953 already assumes earnings fall back to roughly FY26 levels afterward, which would take something like a 65% drop in memory prices.