Sandisk Stock Drops Amid Shift in Storage Demand

Sandisk (SNDK) stock fell by 6.39% as Western Digital, its former parent company, announced a strategic shift toward hard disk drives and post-quantum cryptography solutions amid evolving AI storage needs.

By Rich Smith · Motley Fool · May 18, 2026, 15:48 UTC

Sandisk Stock Drops Amid Shift in Storage Demand

Tickers: $SNDK $WDC

Topics: ai_impact hard_drives nand_memory quantum_computing

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