Shares dip after Sandisk and Western Digital fail to deliver the sort of knockout guidance investors are used to.
Micron's 9.4% monthly slide contrasts with surging AI memory demand, sold-out 2026 HBM output, soaring profits and a discounted valuation.
Micron stock could see further gains if Elon Musk's predictions on memory prices come true.
Citadel's flagship multistrategy Wellington fund, the firm's largest, returned 5.9% in July, marking its best monthly performance since 2022 and pushing 2026 gains to 12%, according to a person familiar with the firm's performance. The firm's tactical fund and equities fund both had its best month ever.
Micron Technology, Inc. delivered record fiscal Q3 results with $41.5 billion in revenue, 84.6% gross margins, and stronger guidance ahead. Memory stocks crashed as investors questioned AI spending durability, supply expansion risks, China competition, and elevated market expectations. Micron is transforming memory economics through 16 strategic agreements representing $22 billion in customer commitments and take-or-pay structures.
Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) remains a ‘Bu'y at Bank of America, which reiterated its $1,550 price target and viewed the recent pullback in the stock as an enhanced buying opportunity as end-demand, particularly from cloud and AI infrastructure, remains solidly on track. Shares of Micron traded up 8% at about $895 on Tuesday afternoon, but remains down about 9% over the last month.
Micron Technology shares MU surged more than 8% on Tuesday after Bank of America reaffirmed its bullish stance on the memory-chip maker, arguing that the recent weakness in semiconductor stocks presents an "enhanced buying opportunity" rather than a deterioration in the company's long-term outlook. The rally also reflected improving sentiment across Wall Street, with the S&P 500 climbing about 1.5% to a fresh record after upbeat earnings from companies including Palantir Technologies and Caterpillar, while easing oil prices further boosted investor appetite for risk assets.
Memory and storage stocks are surging Tuesday morning, with SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK | SNDK Price Prediction) leading a broad rebound across the group.
Michael Burry has increased bearish bets on Nvidia, Micron and the semiconductor sector, challenging Wall Street's confidence in the artificial-intelligence boom. In a July 30 update on his personal Substack, Burry said he added Nvidia put options expiring on December 18, 2026, increased a Micron short near $880 and expanded an iShares Semiconductor ETF short around $506.
Micron Technology, Inc. is upgraded to Buy after a significant selloff, with fundamentals strengthening and valuation now highly attractive. MU's guided free cash flow and capex plan suggest the potential to retire 8–19% of its float via buybacks over two years. Even under conservative assumptions, MU trades at a mid-teens forward P/E on FY28 earnings, pricing in a worst-case scenario.
CXMT's reported expansion plans initially spooked Micron investors, but the company's shares then erased their intraday losses.
Although Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) stock fell by more than 16% over the past 30 days, Atif Malik, a Wall Street analyst at Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), expects the company's shares to hit a new all-time high (ATH) in the next 12 months.