Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction) stock is up 4% in midday trading on Monday while shares of SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) climb 3%.
I rate SanDisk Corporation (SNDK) a Strong Buy, driven by surging AI and cloud-driven NAND demand and robust multi-year hyperscaler contracts. SNDK's Q2 2026 revenue reached $3.03Bn, gross margin expanded to 50%, and data center revenue hit $440Mn, significantly beating guidance. Management forecasts Q3 2026 revenue of $4.4Bn–$4.8Bn and reaffirms mid-to-high teens annual growth, reflecting strong forward momentum.
Sandisk SNDK shares have jumped 167.7% in the year-to-date period, outperforming the Zacks Computer Storage industry's return of 51.6% and the Zacks Computer and Technology sector's decline of 11.5%. The company has outperformed its storage peers, including Western Digital WDC, Seagate STX and Micron Technology MU, over the same time frame, shares of which have returned 57%, 42.3% and 17.9%, respectively.
Sandisk Corporation (SNDK) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.
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.