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Micron Technology, Inc.

Technology · Semiconductors

$958.16

Up+$33.56 (+3.50%)

Updated Sep 4, 2026, 1:50 PM

SID Score

7.6/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

39/100

Bearish

Market cap
288.44B
P/E ratio
33.78
Dividend yield
0.05%
52-week range
$221.69 – $1,255.00
Volume
24.18M
Avg. volume
26.37M

Price performance

MU price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

MU closed at $958.16 after 21 trading sessions, up 8.70% for the selected period.

Last close
$958.16
Period change
+8.70%
Period low
$861.00
Period high
$1,011.75
Daily close
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MU OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Sep 3, 2026$956.91$959.76$918.8801$958.1624.18M
Sep 2, 2026$930.825$958.00$927.1569$956.0821.44M
Sep 1, 2026$941.125$969.44$922.39$933.4427.76M
Aug 31, 2026$931.39$959.9699$930.79$958.7322.57M
Aug 28, 2026$919.29$946.7999$909.09$932.8622.89M
Aug 27, 2026$967.01$968.71$906.89$935.3928.84M
Aug 26, 2026$925.74$945.7499$924.60$938.4018.72M
Aug 25, 2026$928.975$946.67$916.30$932.9719.16M
Aug 24, 2026$934.78$936.45$887.605$910.4330.01M
Aug 21, 2026$989.675$989.96$958.26$966.7821.82M
Aug 20, 2026$935.01$977.28$929.07$974.3325.21M
Aug 19, 2026$959.355$960.00$915.18$937.10526.9M
Aug 18, 2026$957.10$978.67$926.64$940.7637.31M
Aug 17, 2026$999.55$1,036.13$995.26$1,011.7533.43M
Aug 14, 2026$979.32$984.00$956.20$971.6627.88M
Aug 13, 2026$912.89$978.00$906.50$949.8336.7M
Aug 12, 2026$912.94$935.80$899.54$911.2936.8M
Aug 11, 2026$871.80$879.00$844.62$868.5229.44M
Aug 10, 2026$863.665$894.989$854.40$861.0027.82M
Aug 7, 2026$903.60$904.80$847.02$877.5734.57M
Aug 6, 2026$843.11$913.33$827.00$881.4735.78M

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Overview

Company profile and research snapshot.

Company profile

Micron is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, specializing in memory and storage chips. Its primary revenue stream comes from dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, and it also has minority exposure to not-and or NAND, flash chips. Micron serves a global customer base, selling chips into data centers, mobile phones, consumer electronics, and industrial and automotive applications. The firm is vertically integrated.

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Analyst outlook

Consensus and target data currently published for this company.

Consensus
Buy
Average target
$234.82
Implied upside
Analysts
30
MU recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Aug 25, 2026MizuhoOutperform
Aug 7, 2026CitigroupBuy
Jul 14, 2026KeybancOverweight
Jun 29, 2026Cantor FitzgeraldOverweight
Jun 25, 2026BarclaysOverweight
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News briefing

Generated Sep 3, 2026, 9:25 PM

Why Is MU Treading Water as Wall Street Debates AI Upside vs. China Competition?

Micron Technology is essentially flat today, up just 0.22%, as investors weigh competing narratives around the company's role in the AI boom against headwinds from Chinese competitors gaining memory market share. The stock has already fallen 11% recently, but Wall Street remains constructive on the long-term bull case, though near-term challenges and macro uncertainty are tempering enthusiasm.

    Bottom line: Micron presents a classic risk-reward scenario: strong AI secular tailwinds and analyst support are offset by Chinese competitive pressure, elevated market expectations, and macro uncertainty. Investors should monitor the Fed's September decision, Micron's ability to defend market share against Chinese rivals, and whether Q4 results can justify current consensus estimates—key near-term catalysts that could determine if the recent 11% decline marks a genuine buying opportunity or the start of a deeper pullback.

    Yahoo · Sep 4, 2026

    What Just Happened With Netlist (NLST)?

    A U.S. appeals court decision backing Micron and leaving in place rulings that invalidated five Netlist (NLST) memory patents sent the stock down 22% on Wednesday, marking its sharpest decline since October 2025. The court setback comes after a period of sharp gains for Netlist, with the share price up 117% over the past 30 days and 460% year to date, and a very large 1 year total shareholder return that signals strong recent momentum despite this week’s pullback. Scan how other AI...

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    Micron Technology Stock Performance

    Micron Technology (MU) shares are trading at $958.16, reflecting a strong 303.91% gain over the trailing twelve months, per SID market data. On a shorter-term basis, the stock has posted a 7.27% increase over the past month while declining 3.80% over the prior three months, suggesting recent momentum recovery following a period of consolidation. The stock currently trades above both its 50-day moving average of $942.22 and its 200-day moving average of $629.81, confirming a sustained longer-term uptrend. The 14-day relative strength index stands at 47.9, placing the stock in neutral territory between overbought and oversold conditions. Micron carries a beta of 1.548, according to Massive/Polygon data, indicating notably higher volatility relative to the broader market. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 26.4 million shares, supporting robust liquidity. The company's market capitalization currently sits at approximately $288.4 billion.

    Micron Technology Valuation Analysis

    Micron Technology's valuation metrics reflect a premium positioning within the Technology sector. The stock trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.78, per SID market data, which is elevated relative to historical semiconductor industry averages but contextualizes the company's rapid earnings growth trajectory. The PEG ratio stands at 0.92, according to SEC filings and consensus estimates, suggesting the current P/E multiple is roughly in line with projected earnings growth rates — a PEG below 1.0 is generally considered indicative of reasonable valuation relative to growth. The price-to-book ratio registers at 5.33, reflecting significant market premium over Micron's tangible asset base, consistent with investor expectations for continued expansion in high-bandwidth memory and AI-related demand. The company maintains a modest dividend yield of approximately 0.18%, indicating that capital allocation priorities remain focused on reinvestment and growth rather than shareholder income distributions at this stage of the cycle.

    Smart Money Activity for MU

    Smart money indicators for Micron Technology currently present a bearish signal, with a composite smart money score of 39 out of 100, per SID market data. Institutional positioning remains the strongest component, scoring a perfect 25 out of 25, reflecting robust ownership and accumulation by large fund managers as reported in 13F institutional filings. However, insider activity paints a contrasting picture, scoring 0 out of 25. SEC Form 4 filings reveal 20 insider transactions over the past 90 days, all of which were sales with zero purchases recorded, indicating consistent disposition of shares by company executives and directors. Dark pool activity scores 9.3 out of 25, suggesting moderate but not dominant off-exchange institutional buying interest. Congressional trading activity registers at 4.4 out of 25, reflecting minimal notable positioning by members of Congress. The divergence between strong institutional support and persistent insider selling represents a notable dynamic for investors to monitor in upcoming quarters.

    Micron Technology Earnings Outlook

    Micron Technology delivered a significant earnings beat in its most recently reported quarter ending June 2026, posting actual earnings of $25.11 per share against analyst estimates of $20.20, representing a positive surprise of $4.91, or approximately 24.3%, according to company earnings reports. This outperformance underscores the strength of demand across Micron's memory and storage product portfolio, particularly in AI and data center segments. Looking ahead, analyst estimates project substantial earnings acceleration, with the March 2026 quarter estimated at $8.42 per share and subsequent September 2026 quarters estimated at $31.26 per share, per consensus analyst estimates. This trajectory implies meaningful sequential and year-over-year growth, driven by anticipated expansion in high-bandwidth memory shipments and favorable pricing dynamics. The forward estimates align with the company's sub-1.0 PEG ratio, reinforcing expectations that earnings growth will continue to outpace the current valuation multiple.

    Wall Street Analyst Ratings for MU

    Wall Street consensus on Micron Technology remains uniformly positive, with all recent analyst actions reaffirming bullish ratings, per SID consensus data. Mizuho reiterated its Outperform rating on August 25, 2026, while Citigroup maintained its Buy rating on August 7, 2026. Earlier in the quarter, Keybanc reaffirmed its Overweight rating on July 14, followed by Cantor Fitzgerald maintaining Overweight on June 29 and Barclays sustaining its Overweight designation on June 25, according to Wall Street analyst reports. Notably, none of the five most recent analyst actions involved a downgrade or a shift to a neutral or negative stance, reflecting broad institutional conviction in Micron's growth trajectory. The consistency of these ratings across major sell-side firms — spanning Mizuho, Citigroup, Keybanc, Cantor Fitzgerald, and Barclays — suggests sustained confidence in the company's positioning within AI-driven memory demand cycles and its ability to deliver continued earnings outperformance in upcoming quarters.