Memory Stocks Continue to Surge. What's Driving Micron and Sandisk Higher. -- Barrons.com
Micron Technology and Sandisk stock continued their historic rally this week, thanks to a flurry of headlines signaling overwhelming demand and limited supply for memory.Micron, the memory chip maker, jumped 11% Friday, putting it on pace to end the week up 32%. That would mark the stock's best weekly performance since 2008, according to Dow Jones Market Data.Sandisk, which specializes in flash memory, rose 12% Friday. Up 26% on the week, shares have soared roughly 4,000% since the company spun off from Western Digital last February.Quarterly reports from the largest tech companies have pointed to the continued growth of AI investments and a shortage of components, memory perhaps chief among them. It came as no surprise last week when Sandisk breezed past quarterly earnings expectations in this backdrop.Although the stock prices have soared, investors aren't driving up shares on hype alone. Sandisk trades at 9.5 times projected earnings over the next 12 months and Micron trades at 8.6
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