Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) Shares Surges 3.96% In A Week – But Can It Keep Rising?

In last trading session, Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) saw 16.63 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.18. Company’s recent per share price level of $111.15 trading at -$0.9 or -0.80% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $123.24B. That closing price of MU’s stock is at a discount of -41.74% from its 52-week high price of $157.54 and is indicating a premium of 42.53% from its 52-week low price of $63.88. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 21.31 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 25.21 million if we extend that period to 3-months.

For Micron Technology Inc. (MU), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.46. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 32 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 5 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 27 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of 1.75 in the current quarter.

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Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) trade information

Upright in the red during last session for losing -0.80%, in the last five days MU remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Thursday, 10/17/24 when the stock touched $111.15 price level, adding 2.62% to its value on the day. Micron Technology Inc.’s shares saw a change of 30.24% in year-to-date performance and have moved 3.96% in past 5-day. Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) showed a performance of 24.54% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 34.17 million shares which calculate 1.15 days to cover the short interests.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 142.5 to the stock, which implies a rise of 22.0% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 55 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 250. It follows that stock’s current price would jump 50.52% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a gain of 50.52% for stock’s current value.

Micron Technology Inc. (MU) estimates and forecasts

Statistics highlight that Micron Technology Inc. is scoring comparatively higher than the scores of other players of the relevant industry. The company added 4.10% of value to its shares in past 6 months, showing an annual growth rate of 566.15% while that of industry is 4.60. Apart from that, the company came raising its revenue forecast for fiscal year 2024. This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 52.20% from the last financial year’s standing.

24 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 8.72B for the same. And 24 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 9.05B in the next quarter.

Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -33.89% during past 5 years. In 2024, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 593.06% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 68.50%.

MU Dividends

Micron Technology Inc. is more likely to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2024-Dec-18 and investors are confident in the company announcing better current-quarter dividends despite the fact that it has been facing issues arising out of mounting debt. With an annual yield of 0.41%, the share has a forward dividend of 0.46 which implies that company’s dividend yield remained growing in trailing twelve months while having a 5 year average dividend yield of 0.33%.

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

Insiders are in possession of 0.26% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 83.02 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 83.23%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 83.02% institutions for Micron Technology Inc. that are currently holding shares of the company. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the top institutional holder at MU for having 97.69 million shares of worth $12.85 billion. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 8.8246 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., which was holding about 91.82 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 8.2943 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $12.08 billion.