NBIS, CRWV, RDDT, SMCI and SNDK draw retail buzz
Nebius, CoreWeave, Reddit, Super Micro and SanDisk drew heavy retail attention this week on earnings, guidance, AI infrastructure news and an S&P 500 inclusion.
Retail investors talked up five hot stocks during the week (Aug.
10 to Aug.
14) on X and Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, earnings, AI infrastructure momentum, and corporate news flow.
SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK ), Nebius Group N.V. (NASDAQ: NBIS ), Reddit Inc. (NYSE: RDDT ), CoreWeave Inc. (NYSE: CRWV ), and Super Micro Computer Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI ), spanning memory, hardware, neocloud, social networking, AI, and semiconductor sectors, reflected strong retail interest.
SanDisk SNDK saw continued post-earnings momentum from its strong fiscal fourth-quarter results, driven by AI/datacenter demand, an Argus upgrade to Buy on Aug.
10, and a joint Aug.
12 announcement with Kioxia of new high-performance 9th-gen QLC 3D flash memory for AI applications.
On its Aug.
13 Investor Day, management outlined mid-to-high-teens revenue growth for FY2028—2030, sustained ~80% gross margins, long-term customer contracts, and plans to return 100% of excess cash to shareholders.
Most retail investors were highly bullish on SNDK, along with Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU ).
Source: Reddit The stock has traded in a range of $42.82 to $2,354.39, trading around $1,527 to $1,590 per share, as of the publication of this article.
It advanced by 3,150.61% over the year and 143.89% in the last six months.
The stock was up 543.74% year-to-date.
According to Edge Stock Rankings, SNDK was maintaining a weak price trend over the short term but a strong trend in the medium and long terms, with a poor value score.
Nebius Group NBIS reported strong second-quarter 2026 results on Aug.
12, with revenue surging 454% year-over-year to $582.3 million, beating estimates, AI cloud revenue up 514%, and adjusted EBITDA turning positive at $236 million; the company highlighted four landmark AI cloud deals averaging over $1 billion each.
It also r aised its year-end 2026 contracted power target to 5 GW and reaffirmed full-year guidance.
A subsequent short-seller note by Hunterbrook Media on Aug.
13 about potential data-center construction delays prompted a mild pullback.
Some retail traders who missed adding to their NBIS positions were regretting the miss amid the bullishness.
Source: Reddit The stock had a 52-week range of $62.01 to $299.86, trading around $254 to $259 per share, as of the publication of this article.
It advanced by 261.09% over the year and 160.22% in the last six months.
The stock was up 204.69% YTD.
Edge Stock Rankings showed that NBIS had a strong price trend in the short, long, and medium terms, with a poor value score Read Also: SpaceX, GameStop, Palantir and More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn't Stop Buzzing About This Week Reddit RDDT saw its shares jump sharply this week after the announcement on or around Aug.
13 that it will join the S&P 500 index, boosting investor sentiment following earlier post-earnings volatility; separately, on Aug.
12, the company disclosed that Chief Legal Officer Benjamin Lee will step down effective mid-September, with Paul Cappuccio expected to take over the role.
Reddit users were ecstatic about the stock’s addition to the S&P 500 index.
Source: Reddit The stock had a 52-week range of $119.27 to $282.95, trading around $157 to $179 per share, as of the publication of this article.
It declined by 32.65% over the year and rose by 13.23% in the last six months.
The stock was down 31.21% YTD.
RDDT maintains a strong price trend over the short and medium terms but a weak trend in the long term, with a good growth score, as per Edge Stock Rankings.
CoreWeave CRWV closed a $2.6 billion delayed-draw term loan facility on Aug.
10 to fund AI infrastructure expansion, then reported strong second-quarter 2026 results on Aug.
11, with revenue more than doubling year-over-year to $2.58 billion, beating estimates, a better-than-expected adjusted loss, a $104 billion revenue backlog, plus over $25 billion in new third-quarter commitments, and raised full-year revenue and capital expenditure guidance.
While most retail investors were largely bullish, a few questioned CRWV’s heavy debt following its earnings.
Source: Reddit The stock had a 52-week range of $60.55 to $153.20, trading around $105 to $107 per share, as of the publication of this article.