Micron Technology is Up 15% on AI-Driven Earnings Beat and Outlook: Why MU is a BUY Today

Shares of Micron Technology (MU) surged more than 15% Thursday after the company’s fiscal second-quarter earnings easily beat the consensus, driven by the AI craze. The company doubled down on these results with an upbeat outlook for the road ahead, too.

The memory and storage chip manufacturer grew revenue from just $3.69 billion this time last year to $5.82 billion. This was well above the analyst expectation of $5.34 billion.

The company also delivered on the bottom line with adjusted earnings per share of 42 cents. This was a dramatic turnaround from this time last year when Micron reported a steep loss of $1.91 per share.

CEO Sanjay Mehrotra Says that his company will prove to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI boom across the entire semiconductor industry. The company has been able to raise prices across all memory and storage end markets thanks to tighter demand-supply dynamics, leading to the results seen in the most recent quarter.

But, Mehrotra says that this trend will persist through the remainder of this year and through all of 2025 – at which point the company is expected to produce record revenue and profitability.

For the current quarter, Micron is forecasting revenue of $6.6 billion (give or take $200 million) alongside adjusted earnings per share of 45 cents at the midpoint. Meanwhile, analysts were expecting just $5.98 billion and 8 cents per share.

While the stock surged today, a positive price trend has been pushing the stock higher for a while now. MU is up more than 30% in the past month and more than 91% since this time last year.

So, is this the right time for you to buy MU – or is there any reason to hold off? We’ve taken a look at this opportunity through the VectorVest stock analysis software and found 3 things you need to see before doing anything else.

MU May Have Poor Upside Potential, But Good Safety and Excellent Timing Make it a BUY

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• Poor Upside Potential: The RV rating compares a stock’s long-term price appreciation potential (forecasted 3 years out), AAA corporate bond rates, and risk. It offers much better insight than a simple comparison of price to value alone. As for MU, though, the RV rating of 0.59 is poor. The stock appears to be overvalued after its recent run.
• Good Safety: The RS rating is a risk indicator derived from a detailed analysis of the company’s financial consistency & predictability, debt-to-equity ratio, business longevity, sales volume, price volatility, and other factors. MU has a good RS rating of 1.24 right now.
• Excellent Timing: The RT rating is based on the direction, dynamics, and magnitude of the stock’s price movement. It’s taken day over day, week over week, quarter over quarter, and year over year. The excellent RT rating of 1.71 reflects the strong performance MU has shown in both the short and long term.

The overall VST rating of 1.32 is very good for MU - and the stock is currently accompanied by a BUY recommendation. 

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