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Micron Drops 4% Despite Strong Earnings: Is This a Buying Opportunity?
Micron Technology (MU) reported Q1 revenue of $13.64B (up 57% year over year) and non-GAAP EPS of $4.78 beating estimates by 21%.
Looking ahead, Micron set Q2 guidance at $18.70B revenue and $8.42 EPS, driven by sold-out HBM products commanding premium pricing and 68% non-GAAP gross margins.
Middle East geopolitical tensions and profit taking are weighing on Micron stock despite record earnings and locked-in orders through 2026, as investors question whether capital-heavy growth can sustain 68% margins while scaling capacity.
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Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) stock is down roughly 4% in Monday morning trading, with shares sliding toward the key $400 level even as the broader market pushes higher. The NASDAQ 100 is in the green today, making Micron stock one of the session's more conspicuous counter-trend movers.
Prediction: This Will Be Micron's Stock Price by Late 2027
Micron is the third-largest supplier of DRAM and NAND memory products, and the stock has become a popular way to play the artificial intelligence boom.
Artificial intelligence accelerators developed by companies like Nvidia and Broadcom require more memory than traditional processors. That has made memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology (MU 4.39%) one of the hottest stocks on the market.
Demand for memory chips has led to an unprecedented supply shortage, causing prices to skyrocket. Indeed, dynamic random access memory (DRAM) prices have nearly tripled over the past year, according to The Wall Street Journal. And Micron stock has advanced 350% to $423 per share over the same period.
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The Troubling Signs Coming Into Focus For Micron Investors (NASDAQ:MU)
Here is Micron Technology Inc.'s (MU) price chart over the past year:
In line with what I’ve highlighted on the chart, there have basically been two phases:
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