Updated
Updated · The Globe and Mail · Jun 18
Seagate, Western Digital Emerge as 2 AI Memory Momentum Picks on 84%-104% Earnings Growth
Updated
Updated · The Globe and Mail · Jun 18

Seagate, Western Digital Emerge as 2 AI Memory Momentum Picks on 84%-104% Earnings Growth

3 articles · Updated · The Globe and Mail · Jun 18

Summary

  • Seagate and Western Digital were singled out as top AI memory momentum candidates after a screen cut more than 7,743 stocks down to 18 names.
  • AI-driven data center expansion is boosting demand for large-scale, cost-efficient storage, supporting the pair’s price momentum and earnings outlook.
  • Seagate carries a Momentum Score of B, a 10.7% average four-quarter earnings surprise and projected current-year earnings growth of 84.3%.
  • Western Digital also has a Momentum Score of B, with an 11.6% average earnings surprise and expected current-year earnings growth of 103.9%.
  • The screen used Driehaus-style momentum filters including a Zacks Rank #1, positive 50-day moving-average and relative-strength trends, and solid EPS growth and surprise history.

Insights

Is the AI memory stock boom a new supercycle or history's next big tech bubble?
Will software breakthroughs make the current hardware and data storage boom obsolete?
Can our aging power grids actually support the AI revolution's insatiable energy demand?