SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) has delivered one of the most extraordinary post-spinoff runs in recent memory.
It's been a roller coaster start to the year for the market, but some stocks had their best quarter on record.
Sandisk is exceptionally well-positioned in the NAND Flash memory market following its spin-off from Western Digital. Competitors are reallocating capacity to high-margin HBM, tightening NAND supply and enabling SNDK to expand both margins and market share. The Kioxia joint venture secures fixed costs and stable wafer access, supporting margin expansion during surging AI-driven storage demand.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) shares are up 5% in Tuesday morning trading, reaching $600 after opening at $572.50.
Sandisk, a recent Western Digital spinoff, is experiencing explosive demand for NAND flash memory driven by AI infrastructure build-outs. The company is shifting from volatile consumer markets to secular, higher-margin data center revenue, supported by long-term agreements and product innovation like Stargate SSDs. Gross margins have expanded above 50%, with management guiding for 64.9–66.9% in Q3 FY26 and projecting 170.6% YoY revenue growth at the guidance midpoint.
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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.