Sandisk Corporation - Common Stock (SNDK)

Sandisk has found itself at the right place at the right time.

Certain analysts expect shares of Palantir and Sandisk to decline sharply.

Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin sold Sandisk (one of the hottest AI stocks) and bought D-Wave Quantum (one of the hottest quantum computing stocks) in the third quarter.

SNDK stock has surged 111% YTD, the most among S&P 500 stocks, fueled by a surge in memory-chip demand from AI data centers.

As of January 21, 2026, the global financial markets are witnessing a historic transformation in the semiconductor industry. What was once a notoriously cyclical and volatile sector has evolved into a high-margin, strategic pillar of the global artificial intelligence (AI) economy. Leading the charge is Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), which

Management aims to capitalize on growth in the data center market.

CNBC's Jim Cramer thinks Micron and Sandisk can maintain their momentum because of an unprecedented memory chip supply shortage.

The stock for this memory storage specialist is up over 1,000% in that span.

Palantir and Sandisk were two of the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 last year.

Data storage stocks wildly outperformed the market last year. They could do it again in 2026.

Star fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller sold Broadcom and bought Sandisk in the third quarter.

Sandisk stock has delivered phenomenal gains since it was spun off from Western Digital last year.

In a stunning display of resilience, the U.S. stock market surged to unprecedented levels on January 12, 2026, as both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) notched fresh closing records. Investors appeared to decouple from a swirl of political and regulatory uncertainty, focusing instead