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Sandisk Corporation

Hot onWhy it's trendingX chatter spiked vs its recent normStrong bullish X conversationBacked by solid revenue growth
$SNDK·$324B·Hardware, Equipment & Parts·Technology
$2318.12+6.1%YTD+794.1%1Y+4590.3%
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2026-06-15: 1,047 posts2026-06-16: 840 posts2026-06-17: 693 posts2026-06-18: 1,253 posts2026-06-19: 581 posts2026-06-20: 631 posts2026-06-21: 811 posts5,900+13%
Price updated 9m ago·X counts updated 21h ago
SNSNDK
$SNDKSandisk Corporation
$2,318.12+6.10%5.9k posts+13%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $SNDK, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-06-22

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Sandisk is up 4,500% in a year on the same NAND/HBM supercycle as Micron, with monthly RSI at its most overbought reading ever recorded.

Sandisk is the NAND flash and SSD pure-play that spun out of Western Digital and immediately became the biggest beneficiary of the same AI memory supercycle driving Micron. It's the cleanest expression of the 'flash is structurally short' thesis on the market.

  • Q3 was a generational print: revenue jumped 251% year-over-year to $5.95B with gross margin at 78% and operating margin at 69% — for context, Sandisk's gross margin a year ago was 26%, and these are software-company numbers being earned on a commodity NAND business that the market had given up on.
  • The contract book is locked: management guided Q4 revenue to $7.75-$8.25B with an $11B+ multi-year contract backlog, which means the next 18 months of revenue is largely pre-sold — Tim Cook's 'hundred-year flood' memory comment validates that pricing has structural runway, not just one good quarter.
  • Even after a 45x in twelve months, the multiple isn't crazy on FY27 numbers: 51x trailing earnings against consensus FY27 EPS of $188 puts it at ~12x forward earnings if the cycle holds. The pushback is technical — monthly RSI at 99 is the most overbought reading the tape has on record, with a triple bearish divergence forming.

Next event is the August 13 print, which has to validate the Q4 guide ($7.75-$8.25B) and refresh the backlog. A clean print extends the move; any NAND pricing softness or backlog walk-down against this RSI level triggers a fast give-back. The cycle is the bet.

Agrees with X sentimentX is overwhelmingly bullish and the fundamentals back it — the $7.75-$8.25B Q4 guide, 78% gross margin, $11B contract book, and the Cook 'hundred-year flood' validation are all confirmable. The verdict shares the constructive view but takes the monthly-RSI-99 bear point seriously: the structural thesis is clean, the entry-price tape is the risk.

What to watch: Q4 earnings August 13 — confirmation of the $7.75-$8.25B revenue guide, NAND ASP commentary, and refresh of the multi-year backlog. A guide-in-the-range print extends the move; any pricing softness or backlog walk-down against monthly RSI 99 is the trigger for a sharp reversal.

On the calendar: 2026-08-13 — fiscal Q4 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment175 posts analyzed · as of 2026-06-21

SanDisk continues its historic run, now up roughly 4500 percent year over year and hitting fresh all-time highs above $2100. Bulls cite Q4 revenue guidance of $7.75 to $8.25B, 78 percent gross margins, an $11B-plus multiyear contract book and Tim Cook's WSJ call for Apple price hikes due to a 'hundred-year flood' in memory costs. A small bearish chorus flags a Monthly RSI of 99, the most overbought reading they have ever seen, and a triple bearish divergence forming. Positioning remains heavily long with David Tepper and Druckenmiller having opened positions earlier this year.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes NAND flash storage devices including consumer SSDs, USB drives, and memory cards under the SanDisk brand.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Hardware, Equipment & Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $SNDK.

Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology

AI infrastructure supply chain bottleneck has shifted from chip silicon to rack assembly, power delivery, and optical connectivity — FN's precision optical assembly growth and CLS's hyperscaler server contract wins confirm the value-add layer is moving up the stack. This is a multi-quarter structural shift as rack power density requirements outpace existing supply chain capacity.

What this means for $SNDK

Direct beneficiary — SanDisk's NAND flash SSDs and memory cards benefit directly from AI training data storage demand; the 5,900% post-WDC spinoff return reflects repricing of pure-play NAND storage exposure.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
51.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
31.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
40.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
17.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
42.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
56.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 30, 2026$23.41$14.62+60.1%
Q4 2025Jan 29, 2026$6.20$3.62+71.3%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$1.80——
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$1.22$0.88+38.2%
Next earningsThu, Aug 13·consensus EPS $33.58

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$6.0B+251.0%78.4%69.1%$24.43$3.0B
Q2 FY26$3.0B+61.2%50.9%35.5%$5.46$980.0M
Q1 FY26$2.3B+22.6%29.8%8.3%$0.76$438.0M
Q4 FY25$1.9B+8.0%26.2%0.9%$-0.16$49.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 14 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$19.7B$19.6B – $20.1B$65.50$62.65 – $72.0214
FY27$44.9B$37.9B – $49.4B$188.05$169.74 – $209.8214
FY28$49.7B$47.7B – $51.6B$204.83$142.22 – $270.4611
FY29$51.7B$43.7B – $58.2B$211.00$168.75 – $245.645
FY30$11.6B$9.8B – $13.0B$13.54$10.82 – $15.766

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.100%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+56.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+256.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 146.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today8.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β4.885-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 3Bernard ShekChief Legal Officer & Secty600 sh$1.0MSellJun 1Alper IlkbaharCTO2.0K sh$3.5MSellMay 12Michael PokornyVP, Chief Accounting Officer2.4K sh$3.5MSellMay 8Necip SayinerDirector579 sh$870KSellFeb 25Miyuki SuzukiDirector3.5K sh$2.2M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KMaterial agreementMar 258-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

SNDK entered into a material definitive agreement (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-03-25). Counterparty: Taiwan Securities and Exchange Act (“SEA”) and. Size: approximately $1.0 billion. Rate: 3.9%. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationFeb 17S-3ASR
3New insider — initial holdingsJan 23
8-KOfficer or director changeJan 28-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
+ 11 other (5 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 1 SD · 1 routine 8-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Sandisk Stock Is Up More Than 5,900% Since It Spun Off From Western Digital. Is It Too Late to Buy?fool.com·2d agoThis Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Is Up 4,800% in the Past Year. Wall Street Says This Will Happen Next.fool.com·3d agoBeyond the Trillion-Dollar Club: 3 High-Growth Tech Stocks to Buy Right Nowfool.com·3d agoMicron Gets the Headlines, But Sandisk Could Offer More Upsidezacks.com·3d agoUp 700% YTD, How High Can SanDisk Rally?247wallst.com·3d ago

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