Sandisk boosts margins with a shift to high-value SSDs and AI data center products, as strong demand and pricing power fuel rapid profitability gains.
Sandisk stock fell ~7% after Google TurboQuant, but compression applies only to KV cache, not total storage demand. Data center growth accelerated from 29% to 64% sequentially, driven by adoption of 8TB and 16TB PCIe Gen 5 SSDs. SanDisk allocates 75% of OpEx to R&D, enabling BiCS8 architecture and targeting High-Bandwidth Flash production by 2026.
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Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) stock is down 8% in Thursday trading, with shares falling to around $623.
Q2 showed $3.0B revenue (+61% YoY) and 51.1% margins, with Q3 guiding to 65–67%, driven primarily by pricing expansion. Data center demand surged 64% sequentially, with PCIe Gen5 SSD qualifications and BiCS8 QLC ramp supporting multi-quarter growth pipeline visibility. Industry remains supply-constrained with mid-to-high teens bit growth versus ~60%+ data center demand growth, supporting late-cycle pricing strength.
Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) stock is down roughly 6% in Wednesday morning trading after the company announced a $1 billion strategic equity investment in Nanya Technology, a Taiwanese memory chip manufacturer.
Sandisk is investing $1 billion in Nanya Technology in connection with a multi-year supply arrangement with the Taiwan chip maker.
Sandisk's data center surge, unmonetized pipeline and multiyear supply deals give it an edge over Analog Devices in the AI infrastructure race.
Shares of memory storage firm Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) have continued to win in 2026, adding another 155% gain to its explosive multi-year rally.
SNDK's data center surge, fueled by AI-driven SSD demand, is reshaping its revenue mix and boosting growth visibility as momentum builds.
Sandisk is benefiting from multiple supply shortages driving pricing and demand higher. Its revenue is accelerating and gross margin expanding as it takes advantage.
Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) stock is down 5% in Friday afternoon trading, with shares falling below $740 after closing Thursday at $772.09.