Moser Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU – Free Report) by 18.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,290 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the quarter. Moser Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Micron Technology were worth $159,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Micron Technology by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 101,906,368 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $8,854,644,000 after acquiring an additional 2,049,163 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Micron Technology by 23.8% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 10,616,488 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $922,467,000 after buying an additional 2,038,641 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Micron Technology by 0.8% in the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 6,938,848 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $602,917,000 after buying an additional 58,285 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of Micron Technology by 26.3% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,800,052 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $590,807,000 after buying an additional 1,416,174 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Micron Technology by 0.4% in the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 4,366,631 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $379,417,000 after buying an additional 17,970 shares in the last quarter. 80.84% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
MU has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Micron Technology from $145.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 9th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on shares of Micron Technology from $150.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Zacks Research raised shares of Micron Technology from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of Micron Technology from $185.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 24th. Finally, Mizuho upped their target price on Micron Technology from $195.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-five have given a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $200.64.
Micron Technology Trading Up 4.2%
Shares of NASDAQ MU opened at $206.71 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $232.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.23, a PEG ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 1.56. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $157.46 and a 200 day simple moving average of $121.07. Micron Technology, Inc. has a 52 week low of $61.54 and a 52 week high of $214.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a quick ratio of 1.79 and a current ratio of 2.52.
Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 23rd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $2.86 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $2.86. The business had revenue of $11.32 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.05 billion. Micron Technology had a return on equity of 17.21% and a net margin of 22.84%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 46.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.18 EPS. Micron Technology has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.900 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Micron Technology, Inc. will post 6.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Micron Technology Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 3rd were given a dividend of $0.115 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 3rd. This represents a $0.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. Micron Technology’s dividend payout ratio is presently 6.06%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Micron Technology news, Director Richard M. Beyer sold 5,552 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $155.68, for a total transaction of $864,335.36. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 96,031 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,950,106.08. This represents a 5.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CAO Scott R. Allen sold 8,800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.02, for a total value of $1,848,176.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 40,237 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,450,574.74. The trade was a 17.95% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 144,256 shares of company stock worth $25,564,625 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.30% of the company’s stock.
Micron Technology Profile
Micron Technology, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Compute and Networking Business Unit, Mobile Business Unit, Embedded Business Unit, and Storage Business Unit. It provides memory and storage technologies comprising dynamic random access memory semiconductor devices with low latency that provide high-speed data retrieval; non-volatile and re-writeable semiconductor storage devices; and non-volatile re-writable semiconductor memory devices that provide fast read speeds under the Micron and Crucial brands, as well as through private labels.
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