{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://lunartuliplab.com/research/sandisk-nand-capital-cycle-2026-09#dataset","name":"Contracts raise the floor; the market prices the peak: Stress-testing SanDisk and the NAND capital cycle","identifier":"RO-COMP-SNDK-CAPITAL-CYCLE-001","version":"1.0.0","datePublished":"2026-09-10","dateModified":"2026-09-10","temporalCoverage":"..2026-09-07","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://lunartuliplab.com/#organization","name":"Lunartulip Lab"},"isPartOf":"https://lunartuliplab.com/research.json","usageNotice":"Public metadata is provided for discovery and citation. Publication does not grant a commercial data license. Research is not investment advice.","canonical":{"zh-CN":"https://lunartuliplab.com/deep-dive/sandisk-nand-capital-cycle-2026-09","en":"https://lunartuliplab.com/en/deep-dive/sandisk-nand-capital-cycle-2026-09"},"researchObject":{"id":"RO-COMP-SNDK-CAPITAL-CYCLE-001","slug":"sandisk-nand-capital-cycle-2026-09","kind":"company-deep-dive","tickers":["SNDK"],"publishedAt":"2026-09-10","asOf":"2026-09-07","version":"1.0.0","sourceLabel":"Memory capital-cycle series III · SanDisk NAND capital cycle · 2026-09-07 information set","claims":[{"id":"CL-SNDKCC-001","type":"Fact","text":{"zh-CN":"SanDisk FY2026 营收 202.48 亿美元，同比增长 175%；经营现金流 116.71 亿美元，购置固定资产 1.77 亿美元。","en":"SanDisk reported FY2026 revenue of $20.248 billion, up 175% year over year, operating cash flow of $11.671 billion and purchases of property, plant and equipment of $177 million."},"evidenceIds":["EV-SNDKCC-10K"]},{"id":"CL-SNDKCC-002","type":"Fact","text":{"zh-CN":"公司披露 10 份长期协议、8 家数据中心与 Edge 客户、最低定价下 939 亿美元预期收入、598 亿美元 RPO、12.42 亿美元合同负债及 15 亿美元客户保证金。","en":"The company disclosed ten long-term agreements with eight datacentre and edge customers, $93.9 billion of expected revenue at floor pricing, $59.8 billion of RPO, $1.242 billion of contract liabilities and $1.5 billion of customer deposits."},"evidenceIds":["EV-SNDKCC-10K"]},{"id":"CL-SNDKCC-003","type":"Derived","text":{"zh-CN":"报告 FCF 利润率约 56.77%；按研究稿口径剔除合资企业净出资与新商业模式现金影响后，调整后 FCF 利润率约 43.18%。两者均为周期时点口径，不应直接外推为永续利润率。","en":"Reported FCF margin was roughly 56.77%; after removing net joint-venture contributions and cash effects related to the new business model on the research note's basis, adjusted FCF margin was roughly 43.18%. Both are cycle-point readings and should not be extrapolated directly as perpetuities."},"evidenceIds":["EV-SNDKCC-10K"]},{"id":"CL-SNDKCC-004","type":"Hypothesis","text":{"zh-CN":"合同化真实抬高 NAND 周期下限，但能否成为年金取决于供给转松后客户是否继续按 floor 履约，以及 floor 对应毛利率是否足以支撑中期模型。","en":"Contracting has genuinely raised the NAND-cycle floor, but whether it becomes an annuity depends on customers continuing to perform at the floor after supply loosens and on the floor gross margin being sufficient to support the medium-term model."},"evidenceIds":["EV-SNDKCC-10K","EV-SNDKCC-MODEL"]}],"evidence":[{"id":"EV-SNDKCC-10K","title":"SanDisk FY2026 results and Form 10-K","source":{"publisher":"SanDisk Investor Relations","url":"https://investor.sandisk.com/static-files/47c2209d-7ef3-488d-b9f4-62d371ad8740","document":"FY2026 Form 10-K"},"sourceDate":"2026-08-17","dataAsOf":"2026-07-03","calculation":"(11671 - 177) / 20248 = 56.77%; (11494 - 275 - 2476) / 20248 = 43.18%.","confidence":"high","counterevidence":"Contract floors have not yet been tested through a NAND oversupply cycle, and floor gross margin is undisclosed.","lastVerified":"2026-09-10","role":"primary"},{"id":"EV-SNDKCC-MODEL","title":"SanDisk point-in-time research uniform and reverse-DCF-lite output","source":{"publisher":"LunarTulip Research","document":"SNDK capital-cycle uniform · 2026-09-07"},"sourceDate":"2026-09-07","dataAsOf":"2026-09-04","calculation":"WACC 9.5%; terminal growth 3%; ten-year window; EV approximated by market capitalisation before net cash/debt.","confidence":"medium","counterevidence":"The inverse problem is non-unique and market inputs came from a third-party point-in-time quote service.","lastVerified":"2026-09-10","role":"supporting"}],"financialBridge":[{"label":{"zh-CN":"FY2026 营收","en":"FY2026 revenue"},"period":"2026-FY","value":20248,"unit":"USDm","evidenceIds":["EV-SNDKCC-10K"]},{"label":{"zh-CN":"报告自由现金流","en":"Reported free cash flow"},"period":"2026-FY","value":11494,"unit":"USDm","evidenceIds":["EV-SNDKCC-10K"]},{"label":{"zh-CN":"调整后自由现金流","en":"Adjusted free cash flow"},"period":"2026-FY","value":8743,"unit":"USDm","evidenceIds":["EV-SNDKCC-10K"]}],"valuationScenarios":[{"id":"VAL-SNDKCC-REVERSE-DCF","label":{"zh-CN":"利润率永久化压力测试","en":"Margin-perpetuity stress test"},"metrics":[{"label":{"zh-CN":"隐含五年营收复合","en":"Implied five-year revenue CAGR"},"value":{"zh-CN":"8.98%","en":"8.98%"}},{"label":{"zh-CN":"隐含稳态 FCF 利润率","en":"Implied steady FCF margin"},"value":{"zh-CN":"56.77%","en":"56.77%"}}],"calculation":"Reverse-DCF-lite v1 at the 2026-09-04 point-in-time quote; WACC 9.5%, terminal growth 3%, ten-year window.","interpretation":{"zh-CN":"结果把现价的主要重量定位在利润率持续期，而非高营收复合；这是敏感性读数，不是目标价。","en":"The output locates most of the market value in margin duration rather than high revenue compounding. 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