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Western Digital beat on everything — and the stock fell anyway
55% revenue growth, a 60%+ margin guide, a dividend hike — worth about -6.5% after hours.
Memory stocks watch: Seoul loved the IPO kill; the US tape sold everything
Four names, one brutal tape — and the fundamentals didn't flinch.
Memory stocks watch: macro sold the tape, the fundamentals didn't flinch
Micron's CTO says supply is tight for two years, TrendForce's spot print is firm, and the premarket selloff was CPI — not demand. WDC reports tonight.
Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading their China fabs to fight YMTC — stocks jump 6%
286-layer NAND at Xi'an, 240+ layers at Dalian, Washington's quiet blessing. The incumbents aren't ceding China — they're re-arming in it.
Memory stocks watch: Seoul pops 6% on the China-fab news, Micron's strike risk eases
Samsung and SK Hynix rip in Seoul on the Reuters exclusive; Micron settles its biggest Taiwan union fight a day before a second walkout. The shortage trade keeps its bid.
Memory rebound: Citi sees SK Hynix printing 8% above consensus, upcycle to 2028
Citi's Oct 20 note forecasts SK Hynix Q3 operating profit of ₩81.3 trillion — 8% above consensus — and expects the memory upcycle to run through 2028. Dell says the shortage gets worse in 2027, and CXMT is reportedly charging more than Samsung for server DRAM. Monday's tape flipped from panic to rebound: MU +2.96%, SNDK +5.53%.
Memory stocks watch: four names, two earnings prints, one flow problem
The daily memory watch: Micron rides the shortage commentary to $904.90, SK Hynix's ADR jumps 4.67% into its Oct 28 print, Samsung hands back Monday's bounce despite a record quarter coming, and SanDisk's +5.53% still leaves it down ~21% in three weeks. Fundamentals report for duty on Oct 28–29.
Memory watch: the dip gets bought, and Wall Street calls the CXMT panic overdone
After a week that erased $700B+ from memory stocks, Monday brought the counter-punch: a KOSPI that opened down 3% and closed up 1.76%, a Wall Street chorus — Goldman, Citi, BofA — calling the CXMT fear overdone, and a premarket bid across Micron, SanDisk and SK Hynix. The rebound is real; earnings on Oct 28–29 decide if it's a turn.
Memory stocks watch: the rout meets the bottleneck
Micron −15% in five days. SanDisk −19%. SK Hynix −20%. And underneath: HBM4 contract pricing up 117% in a week, 2027 prices forecast to double, and foreign buyers stepping into Seoul's lows. The rout and the fundamentals have never pointed in more opposite directions.
Memory meltdown: CXMT's 4F² DRAM reveal wipes up to $1T from chip stocks
China's CXMT unveiled a 4F² DRAM design and memory names cratered — Samsung down 10%, SK Hynix down 11%, and roughly $700B–$1T of market value gone in about seven sessions. The question is whether the fear matches the physics.
Memory watch: the selloff is sentiment, not pricing
Micron −5.6% Friday, SanDisk −6.8%, SK Hynix ADR −6.6%, Samsung −9.5% in Seoul — yet TrendForce just raised Q4 DRAM forecasts and enterprise SSD prices are set to jump 23–28%. The tape and the fundamentals are telling different stories.