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Micron Stock Rises 4.1% on Bullish Analyst Call

Micron Technology (GlobeNewswire)2 min read6 sources

Why did Micron stock jump 4.1%?

Micron (MU) stock rose 4.1% on Wednesday to $1,088 after D.A. Davidson's Gil Luria raised his price target to $3,000, arguing AI memory demand will outrun supply through 2028.

Key numbers

D.A. Davidson price target$3,000from $2,100 (+43%)
Micron close, Oct 7$1,088+4.1% on the day
Forward P/E (price vs expected profit)~6xtarget assumes 19x fiscal 2027 earnings
Implied upside to target~176%from $1,088; other outlets cite 187-195% on earlier prices
Fiscal Q4 revenue$54.2Bvs $11.3B a year earlier
Next-quarter revenue guidance$61.5Bplus or minus $1.5B

What happened

Micron (MU) stock rose 4.1% on Wednesday to $1,088 after D.A. Davidson's Gil Luria raised his price target to $3,000, arguing AI memory demand will outrun supply through 2028. Luria says Micron's shares trade at about 6 times expected earnings (how expensive a stock is compared with its profits), while his target assumes 19 times. He expects demand for memory chips to exceed supply through 2027 and 2028, because AI systems work better with more memory. Micron's latest quarterly sales hit $54.2 billion, almost five times a year earlier.

Why it matters

Micron is at the center of a debate over whether AI-driven memory shortages justify much higher stock prices. If Luria is right, memory chips are no longer a boom-and-bust business, which could keep prices and profits high. His $3,000 target is the highest on Wall Street, far above the average of about $1,555, so it is one analyst's view, not a certain outcome. Ongoing shortages can also raise costs for companies building AI data centers.

Who this affects

Marketbullish
Medium impact
Memory-chip investors see a bullish signal; valuation debate heats up.
Companybullish
Medium impact
Micron shareholders get a bullish analyst view; outcome uncertain.
Competitorsbullish
Low impact
Rivals SK Hynix, Samsung and SanDisk share the same demand tailwind.
Industrymixed
Medium impact
Strong demand now; new factory capacity from 2027 adds risk.

Micron vs SanDisk, SK Hynix, Samsung

MicronMU$1.23T+4.1%~+280%6.2x
SanDiskSNDK$248B+1.9%+1,303%7.9x
SK Hynix000660.KS₩1,237T-1.5%—4.2x
Samsung Electronics005930.KS₩1,681T-1.5%—4.4x

As of 2026-10-08

How we got here

  1. Micron reports record fiscal Q4 revenue of $54.2B and guides next quarter to $61.5B.

  2. D.A. Davidson's Micron price target stands at $2,100 before the latest increase.

  3. Luria lifts target to a Street-high $3,000; Micron closes up 4.1% at $1,088.

  4. Micron trades slightly lower in pre-market at $1,075.53, down 1.15%.

What to watch

  • Micron's first-quarter fiscal 2027 results against its $61.5B revenue guidanceQ4 2026
  • Whether other analysts lift targets toward Luria's $3,000; Street average is about $1,5552026-10
  • New rival memory factory capacity arriving 2027-2030, a risk to the shortage argument2027

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