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The stock is taking the scenic route
SanDisk got smacked lower on Thursday, but not because the company suddenly forgot how to make memory chips. The market was doing its favorite thing: throwing a tantrum about AI hardware expectations, then trying to decide whether the tantrum was justified.
Goldman Sachs kept its Buy rating on SanDisk and said AI demand could keep memory markets undersupplied through at least 2028. In plain English: if the AI buildout keeps eating memory like a teenager near a fridge, prices can stay firm and suppliers can keep some leverage.
The good news is hiding in the plumbing
Goldman’s take basically boils down to three things:
- DRAM and NAND supply still look tight
- pricing power could improve as inventories stay lean
- bigger customers may lock in longer-term contracts
That’s the kind of setup memory bulls love, because when supply is tight, every shipment starts looking a little more valuable. It’s not glamorous, but neither is a gold mine.
Why the stock still flinched
Even with the upbeat note, SanDisk was already stretched. The article points out the stock is trading well above its shorter-term trend lines and sitting in overbought territory, which is Wall Street-speak for: "nice run, maybe don’t sprint into the brick wall." Add in a broader semiconductor selloff and you get a stock that can wobble even when the thesis hasn’t broken.
Big picture: the market may be cooling on the AI story in the short term, but if Goldman’s memory-supply view holds, SanDisk could still have a long runway once the dust settles.