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Micron Hits $853B Market Cap as AI Drives Triple Revenue

5/11/2026

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Micron Soars

Micron Technology Inc. lifted market cap to $853 billion, with shares rising to $746.81 on May 9, 2026.
AI-driven demand pushed Q2 revenue to $23.86 billion, nearly triple the prior year, and GAAP net income to $13.79 billion.
CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said memory remains an asset amid tight supply and forecast revenue of $33.5 billion ± $750 million with capex above $25 billion.
Analysts raised the price target to $740 but warned tight supply and prices could curb demand.

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Micron Rally

Retail investors pushed Micron's purchases to a two-year high in mid-April, Vanda Research says.
Viraj Patel of Vanda noted Micron captures a larger share of retail trading attention.
Analysts diverge, labeling Micron's rally either cyclical to data-center growth or a high-growth AI play.
Intel's stock rose 25% and has more than doubled in the past month.
Samsung reached a trillion-dollar market cap this week, marking a sector-wide valuation jump.

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Roundhill ETF Soars

Roundhill Memory ETF (ticker DRAM) launched April 2 and rose about 88% in its first month.
Founder Dave Mazza says the ETF bundles Sandisk, Micron, SK hynix, Samsung, Kioxia, Nanya and Winbond to fill a market gap.
IDC warns AI-driven demand now outpaces memory supply, prompting a reallocation of silicon-wafer capacity.
Micron’s 2026 high-bandwidth-memory allocation is sold out, a shortage that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple flag as a cost headwind.

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Micron Soars

Micron Technology Inc. lifted market cap to $853 billion, with shares rising to $746.81 on May 9, 2026.
AI-driven demand pushed Q2 revenue to $23.86 billion, nearly triple the prior year, and GAAP net income to $13.79 billion.
CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said memory remains an asset amid tight supply and forecast revenue of $33.5 billion ± $750 million with capex above $25 billion.
Analysts raised the price target to $740 but warned tight supply and prices could curb demand.

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