Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU – Get Rating) It was downgraded by Summit Insights equity research analysts from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report released Sunday, The Fly reports.
The MU has been the subject of several other reports. Wedbush upgraded Micron Technology from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised the stock’s target price from $ 100.00 to $ 120.00 in a research report on Monday, February 14. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded Micron Technology from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a target price of $ 94.00 for the company in a research note on Wednesday, March 16. Susquehanna reissued a “buy” rating and issued a target price of $ 115.00 on Micron Technology’s stock in a report on Monday, May 16. Morgan Stanley raised Micron Technology’s target price from $ 77.00 to $ 83.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 30. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a target price of $ 165.00 on Micron Technology’s shares in a report on Wednesday, March 30. One analyst rated the stock with a sell rating, four gave a hold rating, twenty-one a buy rating, and one gave the stock a strong buy rating. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $ 113.04.
Shares of NASDAQ: MU fell $ 3.40 during trading on Friday, reaching $ 62.62. The company had a trading volume of 26,647,545 shares, compared to its average volume of 15,873,960. The company has a market capitalization of $ 69.93 billion, a price / earnings ratio of 7.88, a price / earnings-growth ratio of 0.21, and a beta of 1.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 3.11, and a quick ratio of 2.33. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $ 70.70 and its 200-day moving average price is $ 80.56. Micron Technology has a fifty-two-week low of $ 62.28 and a fifty-two-week high of $ 98.45.
Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 29. The semiconductor maker posted earnings per share of $ 2.05 for the quarter, beating analyst consensus estimates of $ 1.85 by $ 0.20. Micron Technology achieved a return on equity of 21.15% and a net margin of 28.95%. The company reported revenue of $ 7.79 billion for the quarter, compared with analysts’ estimates of $ 7.53 billion. During the same quarter of the previous year, the company reported earnings per share of $ 0.90. Micron Technology’s quarterly revenues increased 25.6% year-on-year. On average, equity analysts expect Micron Technology to post 9.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.
In other Micron Technology news, SVP April S. Arnzen sold 5,600 shares in a transaction on Thursday, March 24. The stock was sold at an average price of $ 76.00, for a total value of $ 425,600.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed via this hyperlink. 0.32% of the shares are currently owned by insiders.
Hedge funds recently bought and sold stock in the company. OLD Mission Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Micron Technology during the third quarter valued at $ 251,000. New World Advisors LLC acquired a new equity interest in Micron Technology in the third quarter valued at approximately $ 339,000. Evergreen Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Micron Technology by 4.9% in Q3. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 4,639 shares of the semiconductor maker worth $ 329,000 after acquiring another 218 shares in the last quarter. Claraphi Advisory Network LLC increased its holdings in Micron Technology by 136.9% in Q3. Claraphi Advisory Network LLC now owns 8,746 shares of the semiconductor maker worth $ 621,000 after acquiring an additional 5,054 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Certified Advisory Corp increased its holdings in Micron Technology by 23.6% in Q3. Certified Advisory Corp now owns 9,715 shares of the semiconductor maker worth $ 690,000 after acquiring an additional 1,852 shares in the last quarter. 80.35% of the stock is currently held by institutional investors.
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Micron Technology, Inc designs, manufactures and sells memory and storage products around the world. The company operates through four segments: Compute and Networking Business Unit, Mobile Business Unit, Storage Business Unit and Embedded Business Unit. Provides memory and storage technologies includes DRAM products, which are low-latency dynamic random-access memory semiconductor devices that provide high-speed data retrieval; NAND products which are non-volatile, rewritable semiconductor storage devices; and NOR memory products, which are non-volatile rewritable semiconductor memory devices that provide fast read speeds under the Micron and Crucial brands, as well as via private labels.
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