The Tradr 2X Long SNDK Daily ETF (SNXX) experienced a significant pre-market surge of 9.76% on Wednesday. This leveraged ETF, which aims to deliver twice the daily return of SanDisk (SNDK), rebounded sharply following volatility in the previous trading session.
The pre-market rally is primarily attributed to a major analyst upgrade and optimistic sentiment surrounding its underlying stock, SanDisk. Morgan Stanley significantly raised its price target on SanDisk to $1,100 from $690 while maintaining an Overweight rating, a move that is well above the current analyst consensus. This bullish revision has fueled investor confidence ahead of SanDisk's scheduled fiscal third-quarter earnings report.
Furthermore, market expectations are being driven by a robust outlook for the NAND flash memory sector, with analysts citing a "super cycle" fueled by surging artificial intelligence-driven storage demand. Generative AI inference workloads are projected to drive annual storage demand growth exceeding 60%, significantly benefiting SanDisk's data center business and, by extension, the leveraged ETF tracking its performance.