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Micron (MU) Posts Earnings Beat, 'Secular Trends' Driving Growth

Ryan McQueeney
Updated

Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) just released its latest quarterly financial results, posting non-GAAP earnings of $2.82 per share and revenues of $7.35 billion.

Currently, MU is a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), but that could change based on today’s results. Micron shares have gained nearly 130% over the past year, including a 35% surge within the last four weeks. The stock has hovering near a 52-week high before slipping about 3.5% on Thursday.

The stock is currently down 2.0% to $57.72 per share in after-hours trading shortly after its earnings report was released.

Micron:

Beat earnings estimates. The company posted adjusted earnings of $2.82 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.76. Micron’s earnings estimates were trending higher in the two months ahead of today’s report.

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Beat revenue estimates. The company saw revenue figures of $7.35 billion, beating our consensus estimate of $7.23 billion.

Total revenues were up 58% from the prior-year period. GAAP net income was $3.31 billion, or $2.67 per diluted share, up from $894 million, or $0.77 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Micron ended the quarter with cash, marketable investments, and restricted cash of $8.68 billion.

“Our performance was accentuated by an ongoing shift to high-value solutions as we grew sales to our cloud, mobile and automotive customers and set new records for SSDs and graphics memory,” said CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. “Secular technology trends are driving robust demand for memory and storage, and Micron is well-positioned to address these growing opportunities.”

Here’s a graph that looks at Micron’s recent earnings performance:

Micron Technology, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

Micron Technology, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise | Micron Technology, Inc. Quote

Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets DRAMs, NAND flash memory, CMOS image sensors, other semiconductor components, and memory modules for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, and mobile products.

Check back later for our full analysis on MU’s earnings report!

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