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SanDisk Lays Out Multi‑Year AI Storage Plan and Boosts Share Returns

SanDisk tied long-term customer contracts to a BiCS10 and High‑Bandwidth Flash roadmap to justify sustained high margins.

Overview

  • SanDisk, which held its Investor Day on Thursday, presented a financial model targeting mid-to-high-teens annual revenue growth from FY2028 through FY2030 and roughly 80% adjusted gross margins.
  • Management disclosed eight multiyear customer agreements that now cover about half of expected FY2027 bit output and roughly two-thirds of FY2028 bits, providing near-term revenue visibility.
  • The company unveiled BiCS10 3D NAND improvements and a High‑Bandwidth Flash (HBF) roadmap aimed at AI inference use cases, with HBF die tapeout completed and samples expected in 2027.
  • SanDisk reported a blowout fiscal Q4 with $8.97 billion revenue and roughly 84.6% non‑GAAP gross margin, expanded buyback authorization to $15.5 billion, and said it will return excess cash to shareholders after funding the business.
  • Analysts raised targets and the stock jumped about 13–16% after the event, but coverage cautions that faster global NAND capacity additions remain the primary risk to prices and margin durability.