Memory stock slide cools after Google AI memory tweak, analysts stay upbeat

Micron (MU) and SanDisk (SNDK) opened lower Monday with no company-specific news, as investors priced in weaker memory-demand expectations after Google’s TurboQuant AI-memory compression. MU is down about 8% and SNDK about 7%, with a five-day drop over 17%. Despite the selloff, analysts remain largely bullish: Morgan Stanley’s Joseph Moore reiterates Buy on both names with targets around $520 for MU and $690 for SNDK, noting TurboQuant affects only KV Cache memory, not overall memory. Other voices dismiss the pullback, arguing the sector’s up–side remains intact. TipRanks’ comparisons also point MU having higher upside than SNDK (roughly 58% vs 17.7%).