Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ: MU) is 17.94% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $79.15 and a high of $157.54 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MU stock was last observed hovering at around $89.87 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 9.39%.
Currently trading at $99.26, the stock is 4.14% and -0.65% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 42.79 million and changing 10.45% at the moment leaves the stock -10.22% off its SMA200. MU registered 20.01% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -24.05%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $100.0254 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $110.54445.
The stock witnessed a -3.82% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.92%, and is 11.99% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.70% over the week and 4.38% over the month.
Micron Technology Inc (MU) has around 48000 employees, a market worth around $113.81B and $29.09B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 28.67 and Fwd P/E is 8.71. Profit margin for the company is 13.34%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.41% and -36.99% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.40%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 467.45% this year.
Micron Technology Inc (MU) Top Institutional Holders
2392.0 institutions hold shares in Micron Technology Inc (MU), with institutional investors hold 81.11% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.11B, and float is at 1.11B with Short Float at 2.98%. Institutions hold 80.88% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 97.69 million shares valued at $12.85 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.8246% of the MU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 91.82 million shares valued at $$12.08 billion to account for 8.2943 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 47.1 million shares representing 4.2545% and valued at over $6.19 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.2269 of the shares totaling 46.79 million with a market value of $6.15 billion.
Micron Technology Inc (MU) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by ARNZEN APRIL S,the company’sEVP and Chief People Officer. SEC filings show that ARNZEN APRIL S sold 4,890 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 20 ’24 at a price of $85.21 per share for a total of $0.42 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.18 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 21 ’24, Bokan Michael W (SVP, Worldwide Sales) disposed off 10,000 shares at an average price of $109.03 for $1.09 million. The insider now directly holds 179,032 shares of Micron Technology Inc (MU).
