Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Sinks As Sandisk, Micron Tank; Cybersecurity Names Rise (Live Coverage)
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Sandisk (SNDK) and Micron (MU) are selling off sharply together, pulling the Nasdaq down in what appears to be coordinated memory-sector weakness. SNDK is already running negative net margins (-22.3%) on $7.4B in revenue with a deeply negative EPS of -$11.32, while MU is in better shape with 39.8% gross margins and $7.59 EPS on $37.4B revenue growing 48.9% YoY — yet both are being hit, suggesting macro or demand-cycle concerns rather than company-specific issues.
The simultaneous strength in cybersecurity names points to a potential rotation trade: money leaving cyclical memory hardware and moving into perceived-defensive or AI-adjacent security plays. The key thing to watch is whether MU's selloff represents a valuation reset after its massive revenue ramp, or a genuine demand signal that NAND/DRAM pricing is rolling over — the next MU earnings print and any commentary on inventory will be the pivotal data point.
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Two-sidedWrong ifIf NAND/DRAM pricing is genuinely rolling over at the cycle level, MU's forward margins compress and the 'quality spread' thesis collapses — both legs go against you. Any MU guidance cut would invalidate the long leg outright.
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