Micron Technology Inc (MU:NASDAQ) began as a four-person semiconductor design company in the basement of a Boise, Idaho, dental office. By 1980 Micron Technology had broken ground on their first fabrication plant. and then just a few years later they introduced the world’s smallest 256K DRAM. In 1994, they earned a spot on the Fortune 500. Micron becomes one of the largest memory producers in the world with the purchase of Texas Instruments’ worldwide memory operations. Source: Micron
Micron Technology Inc (MU) beats third-quarter sales estimates . Shares traded increased by almost 6% on Monday’s after-market trading, June 29-2020. Micron earned 82 cents per share on a diluted basis, above the 77 cents per share estimate reported by analysts. The company beating analysts’ estimates of $5.31 billion.
RATIOS/PROFITABILITY(TTM) EPS2.00 Revenue19.6B Gross Margin 30.33%
“Based on 25 analysts offering 12-month price targets for Micron in the last 3 months. The average price target is $66.05 with a high forecast of $100.00 and a low forecast of $35.00. The average price target represents a 28.82% increase from the last price of $51.28.” Source: Tip Ranks
Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra :Mr. Mehrotra joined Micron in May 2017, after a long and distinguished career at SanDisk Corporation where he led the company from start-up in 1988 until its eventual sale in 2016. In addition to being a SanDisk co-founder, Mr. Mehrotra served as its president and CEO from 2011 to 2016, overseeing its growth to an industry-leading Fortune 500 company.
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Top7 Institutional Holders
Holder Shares Date Reported % Out Value
Capital World Investors 38,343,106 Mar 30, 2020 9.53% 9,091,150,432
Capital International Investors 34,403,752 Mar 30, 2020 8.55% 8,157,129,599
Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 33,314,995 Mar 30, 2020 8.28% 7,898,985,314
Capital Research Global Investors 29,499,900 Mar 30, 2020 7.33% 6,994,426,290
Blackrock Inc. 25,415,446 Mar 30, 2020 6.32% 6,026,002,246
State Street Corporation 16,237,418 Mar 30, 2020 4.04% 3,849,891,807
Bank of America Corporation 8,013,851 Mar 30, 2020 1.99% 1,900,084,072
CWEB Analysts see the stock as a potential for long term growth and a great addition to one’s portfolio and upward of $69 by 20121