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Sandisk stock is under pressure today, but there is actually some positive news for investors.
Micron's earnings confirm Sandisk's tailwinds will get even stronger.
Bernstein analyst Mark Newman raised his price target on SanDisk (SNDK) to $3,000 from $1,700 this week, while keeping an Outperform rating on the shares. Newman is a 5-star analyst on TipRanks, ranking 91st out of more than 12,300 Wall Street analysts with an 80% success rate on his calls. That ...
Despite rising more than 800% this year, Sandisk stock still has room to run much higher, a Wall Street analyst says.
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<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Dow ticking up more than a tenth of a percent, while the S&P 500 closed flat and the Nasdaq dropped nearly half a percent.</p><p>Technology shares reversed early gains to move lower, as investors worried about hyperscaler spending on AI and who foots the bill.</p><p>:: Micron</p><p>Those fears outweighed upbeat signals on AI demand from Micron, which gained nearly 16%, while shares of Sandisk soared 22%.</p><p>Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management, notes that it's memory chip makers that are now leading the charge. </p><p>"What's different about Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital, those types of names that are doing so well is that they're memory chips. And you have to have memory, specifically DRAM or H-band memory, if you're going to have enough computing power to do all the computations. That is nothing if you don't have memory to transfer it from one place to another. So one of the reasons that these stocks have done so well and the growth at Micron is so solid is because a recent redesign in the server technology means we go from eight memory chips per server to 96. That's 12 times growth in demand for this one simple component."</p><p>The surging prices of memory and storage chips prompted Apple on Thursday to hike prices for its iPads and MacBooks. That weighed on the stock, sending it down more than 6%. Shares of Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet also dropped.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among other movers, shares of Bio-Techne jumped after Merck agreed to acquire the biotech firm for $73 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of about $11.3 billion.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Meanwhile, U.S. Department of Commerce data on Thursday showed the annual inflation rate through May rose above 4% for the first time in three years, but oil prices this week fell to below pre-war levels.</p></body>
Citigroup highlighted SanDisk as a prime beneficiary of the insatiable global demand for artificial intelligence memory and storage infrastructure.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.14%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.46%. The S&P 500 also edged down slightly.
Western Digital stock and shares of hard-disk drive rival Seagate Technology rallied after Micron's results.
June 25 (Reuters) - Nasdaq futures jumped 2% on Thursday after upbeat forecasts from chipmakers Micron and Qualcomm pointed to strong demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, lifting
Shares of chipmakers surged late on Wednesday, adding over $400 billion in market value after strong forecasts from Micron Technology and Qualcomm breathed fresh life into Wall Street's recently waning AI stock rally. Micron surged 12% in extended trade after forecasting quarterly earnings above analysts' estimates, signaling that heavy investments in AI-related infrastructure will drive strong demand for its memory chips. Also after the bell, Qualcomm said it expects $15 billion in sales from its data center business by 2029 as it moves beyond its core smartphone chip business and shifts its focus to AI.
I have been tracking Stephen "Sarge" Guilfoyle's Memory and Storage Basket for some time now. Four stocks. Four home runs. And of the four, Guilfoyle keeps returning to the same name with the most conviction. Mighty, mighty SanDisk. Guilfoyle, a former NYSE floor trader with more than 30 years of ...
Investing.com - Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) delivered the strongest quarterly results in its history after Wednesday's close, posting fiscal third-quarter 2026 revenue of $41.46 billion against a Wall Street consensus of $35.69 billion, a 16.2% beat, and earnings per share of $25.11 versus the $20.49 estimate, a 22.6% upside surprise. The print sent Micron shares up roughly 12.6% in extended trade to around $1,180.97, recovering from a regular-session close of $1,047.20.
Micron surged overnight on strong earnings and guidance, lifting other memory and chip plays. The Fed's favorite inflation gauge is on tap.
CJ Muse went on CNBC this morning and made the case that the memory cycle most investors are watching does not actually peak where they think it peaks. “The real takeaway for memory is that supply is going to be even tighter in 27 than 26,” the Cantor Fitzgerald semiconductor analyst said, “and because of ... Cantor’s CJ Muse Says a 2027 Memory Squeeze Could Power Micron’s Earnings Through 2028
June 24 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures inched higher on Wednesday after two straight sessions of declines, as investors returned to technology shares following a sharp selloff that saw the