What To Expect As Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) Delivers An -12.68% Gain In 6 Months

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During the recent session, Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU)’s traded shares were 7.11 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.17. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $106.98, reflecting an intraday gain of 1.22% or $1.29. The 52-week high for the MU share is $157.54, that puts it down -47.26 from that peak though still a striking 40.29% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $63.88. The company’s market capitalization is $118.61B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 27.38 million shares, and the average trade volume was 25.44 million shares over the past three months.

Micron Technology Inc. (MU) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.50. MU has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 32 analysts who have looked at this stock. 5 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 27 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 1.75.

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Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) trade information

Micron Technology Inc. (MU) registered a 1.22% upside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 1.22% in intraday trading to $106.98, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 4.63%, and it has moved by 22.67% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 52.37%. The short interest in Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) is 34.17 million shares and it means that shorts have 1.15 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $142.5, which implies an increase of 24.93% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $55 and $250 respectively. As a result, MU is trading at a discount of -133.69% off the target high and 48.59% off the low.

Micron Technology Inc. (MU) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Micron Technology Inc. has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Micron Technology Inc. (MU) shares have gone down -12.68% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 566.15% against 4.60. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024. Revenue is predicted to grow 284.20% this quarter and then jump 364.30% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 52.20% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 8.72B as predicted by 24 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 24 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 9.05B by the end of current fiscal year.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings shrunk an estimated -33.89%. While earnings are projected to return 582.03% in 2024, the next five years will return 68.50% per annum.

MU Dividends

Micron Technology Inc. is due to release its next quarterly earnings on 2024-Dec-18. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Micron Technology Inc. is 0.46, with the dividend yield indicating at 0.43 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 0.33%.

Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU)’s Major holders

Micron Technology Inc. insiders own 0.26% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 83.11%, with the float percentage being 83.33%. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 2448.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 97.69 million shares (or 8.8246% of all shares), a total value of $12.85 billion in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 91.82 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 8.2943% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $12.08 billion.