Shang Hai Zheng Quan Bao·2026-01-27 22:31Core Viewpoint - The profitability growth of storage chip companies is driven by the booming AI and computing industries, leading to a high prosperity cycle and continuous price increases in products [1] Group 1: Industry Performance - As of January 27, 2025, 34 storage concept companies in A-shares have released performance forecasts, with 19 companies achieving profitability, and 17 companies showing year-on-year profit growth, representing a 50% success rate [2] - Notably, 8 companies have projected profit growth exceeding 100%, with Baiwei Storage leading the growth [2] - Baiwei Storage expects revenue of 10 billion to 12 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 49.36% to 79.23%, and net profit of 850 million to 1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 427.19% to 520.22% [2] Group 2: Price Increases - The primary reason for the high growth in the storage chip industry is the entry into a high prosperity cycle and product price increases [4] - Baiwei Storage indicated that from Q2 2025, as storage prices stabilize and rise, the company's sales revenue and gross margin will gradually improve [4] - The global storage industry began to rebound from Q2 2025, with major manufacturers like SanDisk initiating price increases, followed by others like Samsung and Micron [4] Group 3: Future Trends - The core factors behind the current price increases in storage chips are the explosive demand from AI and supply contractions, leading to structural supply-demand mismatches [5] - Industry experts predict that the core cycle of rising storage prices will last until the end of 2026, with high prosperity expected to continue at least until 2027 [5] Group 4: Expansion Strategies - Companies are actively expanding production to seize opportunities during the high prosperity cycle [6] - International manufacturers are focusing on expanding HBM and high-end NAND production capacities, with plans to gradually release these capacities from 2026 to 2028 [6] - Domestic manufacturers like Yangtze Memory and Changxin Technology are also accelerating their production expansion and technological upgrades [6] Group 5: Specific Company Actions - De Ming Li plans to raise no more than 3.2 billion yuan for SSD and DRAM expansion projects and to support its smart storage management and R&D headquarters [7] - Pu Ran Co. is enhancing its core competitiveness in the storage chip field through the acquisition of Noah Chang Tian, which allows it to take over SK Hynix's 2D NAND-related business [7]