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SanDisk is releasing its earnings report tonight, but its stock price has dropped 47% in July. This is quite interesting. The earnings expectations are indeed rising, with the market forecasting Q4 revenue of $8.39 billion, more than doubling year-over-year. However, the stock price has already fallen so much in advance, which indicates that everyone understands—good earnings are expected; the problem is if they are not good enough. This is actually a rule Palantir just confirmed a few days ago: the quarterly numbers are just the entry ticket, the guidance sets the price. How much you earned in the past three months is not important; what matters is how much you say you can earn going forward. SanDisk’s current situation is quite delicate. The company’s own Q4 guidance is revenue between $7.75 billion and $8.25 billion, while the market expects $8.39 billion, which is even higher than the company’s upper guidance. What does this mean? It means that if the earnings report only meets the company’s own guidance but falls short of market expectations, it could actually be interpreted as negative news. Another concern for the market is the cyclical curse of storage stocks. The storage chip industry has historically gone through cycles of boom and bust—shortages leading to price hikes, expansion, oversupply, and crashes. This script has played out for over a decade. SanDisk’s stock has risen 1600% since its IPO and surged over 400% this year alone, so it’s normal for profit-taking to occur. But this time there is a variable that’s different from before—the question of whether AI-driven demand is structural. SanDisk itself says that data centers will replace the mobile market as the largest NAND segment for the first time, and it expects demand to exceed supply through the end of 2026. If this is true, then storage stocks should no longer be priced as cyclical stocks. The July plunge is essentially a bet on this issue; the market is asking: is this time really different? $SNDK $BICO $SPCX #财报观察员：业绩喜忧参半，解禁将至！SpaceX后续怎么看？