Elon Says Memory Is AI’s Biggest Bottleneck

AfraSimon
09:07

Elon Musk recently said memory has become the biggest bottleneck for AI development, putting renewed attention on the memory sector.

Against that backdrop, $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ ’s latest investor day offered an especially bullish outlook.

SanDisk is targeting a 75% adjusted operating margin and 50% FCF margin by 2030. More importantly, the company is moving away from the traditional commodity cycle by locking in multi-year volume and pricing agreements.

It has already signed deals with eight major customers, including three hyperscalers, representing roughly $94 billion in total contract value.

The bigger picture is that memory demand is still growing, while valuations remain surprisingly low. Forward P/E ratios are around 6x for $Micron Technology(MU)$ , 7x for $SNDK, 4x for $SK hynix(SKHY)$ , 4x for $Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.(SSNLF)$ , and 4x for $KIOXIA HLDGS CORP(KXHCF)$ .

That makes the memory trade look less like a late-cycle story and more like a sector that may still be significantly underpriced relative to the AI infrastructure demand ahead.

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