With the K2 fab up and running, Kioxia / SanDisk now have new capacity coming onstream just when it is needed. Today [2 Oct], Kioxia shares went limit up as the market got excited about the firm developing 100x faster SSDs with Nvidia. It also helps that spot prices are rising. Pelham Smithers discusses the changing technology and highlights where Kioxia is involved and that despite the surge in the shares, the stock’s valuation remains undemanding.
For almost three years the Nikkei 225 has been tracking its performance from the 2003~5 bull market, albeit at levels some 3.3x higher In this report, Pelham Smithers discusses the similarities and asks three key questions: (1) Can we continue to track 2005 through the rest of the year; (2) Whatever happens in Q4, should we fear or be hopeful for 2026? And (3) Who are the upcoming winners and losers.
Kioxia’s (285A JT) IPO in Dec 2024 meant that Japan’s stock market finally has a pure play memory chip maker for the first time since Elpida went bankrupt in 2012. The stock IPO-ed at a time when the NAND flash market was deteriorating, which led to the shares coming unusually cheaply. Since then, the NAND flash market has stabilized. In this report, Pelham Smithers explains why he now expects the market will start to improve, with key driver AI, on the one hand, and underinvestment in NAND by r...
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