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Western Digital and Seagate have overtaken Nividia and Micron since the ChatGPT launch.
The stock market has soared to record highs in recent weeks, and one sector has been doing a lot of the work.
The incredible demand for hard disk drives and a favorable pricing environment have supercharged Seagate stock in 2026.
Profits have never been a sure thing in the volatile industry. Memory chip makers Micron Technology and Sandisk as well as hard-drive makers Seagate and Western Digital have all produced annual operating losses at least once in just the last three years. Sandisk and Micron are now generating around 80 cents of gross profit for every dollar of revenue.
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Multiple analysts dramatically raised their price targets on Seagate after earnings.
Western Digital stock fell Friday after the data storage company that recently rebranded as WD reported fiscal third-quarter results. The San Jose, Calif.-based WD said that it earned an adjusted $2.72 per share for the April 3-ended quarter, up 97% from a year earlier. WD and its rival Seagate dominate the market for hard-disk drives.
Sandisk forecast quarterly revenue above estimates on Thursday, joining peers Western Digital and Seagate in signaling that enterprise spending on data storage products used in artificial intelligence data centers remains strong. Sandisk shares, which have risen about 350% this year, fell over 6% in extended trading, following a sharp AI-driven rally in storage stocks earlier this week sparked by Seagate's strong forecast. Western Digital, whose shares have more than doubled this year, also slipped nearly 8% even as it forecast quarterly revenue above estimates.