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Micron Technology, Inc.

$MU·$930B·Semiconductors·Technology
$881.47-1.3%YTD+196.4%1Y+719.0%
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MUMU
$MUMicron Technology, Inc.
$881.47-1.31%23k posts+1%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $MU, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-06

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

The memory supercycle is real, but a 700%+ one-year run with the CEO selling and technicians shouting head-and-shoulders is the definition of digest-or-die.

Micron makes the DRAM and NAND memory chips that go inside every AI server, phone, and PC — a legendary boom-and-bust commodity business that just got repriced as a strategic AI supplier. The stock is up over 7x in the last year on a genuine supply-shortage story, and the last month is the first real pause.

The bull case is not made up:

  • Last quarter's growth is the largest of any mega-cap: revenue tripled year-over-year to $23.9B and gross margin doubled from 38% to 74%, because HBM memory sold out through 2027 lets Micron price like a monopolist for the first time in the company's history.
  • The FY27 setup is genuinely large: consensus sits at ~$249B of revenue and $155 of EPS — roughly 2x FY26 — because every AI cluster shipped by Nvidia and every hyperscaler capex dollar (Amazon just raised its memory capex specifically) needs more of exactly what Micron ships.
  • But the insider tape is loud in the other direction: CEO Sanjay Mehrotra dumped $37M of stock in late July, and the top three insider transactions in the window were all sales at $932-1,000 — nobody bought back into the pullback.

The path from here is binary: the Sept 22 fiscal Q4 print either confirms the FY27 ramp with a guide that math-blesses the $155 EPS number, or the cyclical fear (which is what Michael Burry is trading) grabs the tape and the head-and-shoulders pattern the technicians are watching resolves down. Position size, not conviction, is what this trade needs.

What to watch: The Sept 22 fiscal Q4 print — specifically FY27 guidance framing. A guide anywhere near $150 EPS restarts the move; a hedged, cyclical-flavored guide seals the top and turns the current cooling into a real correction.

On the calendar: 2026-09-22 — Q4 FY26 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Mixed sentiment165 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-05

Sentiment on Micron is polarized but electric — the crowd is euphoric over sold-out HBM/DRAM capacity through 2027 and Amazon's raised memory-cost capex, with traders calling it 'the next NVDA' and 'a multi trillion dollar company.' The pushback is loud too: Michael Burry publicly added to his short, technicians flag a head-and-shoulders and a Livermore parabolic-crash pattern, and several posters note volatile pump-and-dumps with $100+ intraday swings.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Designs and manufactures DRAM and NAND flash memory chips for AI servers, PCs, and mobile devices.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $MU.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $MU

Partial — Designs and manufactures DRAM and NAND flash memory chips for AI servers, PCs, and mobile devices; partial earnings exposure to semiconductors demand dynamics through its product portfolio.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
40.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
27.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
48.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
16.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
40.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
58.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Jun 24, 2026$25.11$20.98+19.7%
Q4 2025Mar 18, 2026$12.20$9.19+32.8%
Q3 2025Dec 17, 2025$4.78$3.96+20.7%
Q2 2025Sep 23, 2025$3.03$2.86+5.9%
Next earningsTue, Sep 22·consensus EPS $31.33

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$23.9B+196.3%74.4%67.6%$12.25$5.5B
Q1 FY26$13.6B+56.7%56.1%45.0%$4.66$3.0B
Q4 FY25$11.3B+46.0%44.7%33.2%$2.86$72.0M
Q3 FY25$9.3B+36.6%37.7%23.3%$1.69$1.7B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 31 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$129.4B$128.8B – $130.9B$73.22$72.13 – $79.4629
FY27$249.5B$225.7B – $284.2B$154.67$129.31 – $216.8331
FY28$278.1B$114.9B – $358.6B$166.89$82.29 – $200.8528
FY29$344.8B$228.1B – $405.0B$184.98$103.57 – $226.9314
FY30$449.4B$297.3B – $527.8B$264.67$148.19 – $324.6916

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.68%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-8.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+69.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 1.1B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.145-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 24Sanjay MehrotraCEO40.0K sh$37.3MSellJul 23Scott R. AllenCVP, Chief Accounting Officer879 sh$879KSellJul 1April S ArnzenEVP and Chief People Officer20.5K sh$22.2MSellJun 30Lynn A DugleDirector1.3K sh$1.5MSellJun 26Sanjay MehrotraCEO17.7K sh$20.6MSellMay 29Sanjay MehrotraCEO40.0K sh$38.5MSellMay 11Steven J GomoDirector2.0K sh$1.6MSellMay 1Ray Michael CharlesSVP, Chief Legal Officer6.1K sh$3.2MSellMay 1Sanjay MehrotraCEO3.0K sh$1.5M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 113
AI summary

Alexis Bjorlin filed a Form 3 initial ownership statement for Micron Technology Inc. (MU) as of June 9, 2026, disclosing her status as a newly appointed Director. She holds shares of Micron common stock indirectly through a trust for her benefit and family with herself as co-trustee; the exact share count is not specified in the available excerpt beyond confirming the trust structure. This is a routine insider initial-ownership filing required upon election to the board; no new securities were issued.

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 98-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Micron Technology (MU) appointed Alexis Black Björlin as an independent director on June 9, 2026, expanding the board to nine members (eight independent). Dr. Björlin will join the Governance and Sustainability Committee and receive pro-rated compensation under Micron's 2025 Director Compensation Plan: a $125,000 cash retainer and a restricted stock grant valued at $250,000 (pro-rated). There are no disclosed related-party transactions or pre-arranged understandings. This is a routine board addition with no material financial impact.

+ 12 other (4 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 routine 8-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Earnings Picture Remains Robust: A Closer Lookzacks.com·1d agoHow Bi-Modality Is Percolating Up Into Macro Marketsforbes.com·1d agoMicron's Supply Crunch Is Turning Into a Pricing Storygurufocus.com·1d agoElon Musk Just Explained Why Memory Could Be the Next AI Winner.fool.com·1d agoMicron Slips 9% in a Month: Is This the Right Time to Buy MU Stock?zacks.com·1d ago

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