The trading price of Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) closed higher on Tuesday, January 21, and closing at $109.38, 3.43% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $105.26 and $110.24. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 31.59, while its 5Y monthly beta was 1.179. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $157.54 and a 52-week low of $79.15. Over the past month, the stock has gained 0.72% in value.
Micron Technology Inc, whose market valuation is $121.87 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in February. The dividend yield on the company stock is 0.42%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.46. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest MU has a 50% Sell on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a Hold, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently Hold.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned MU a recommendation rating is 32. Out of them, 5 rate it a Hold, while 27 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Micron Technology Inc (MU) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 2.10, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that MU’s price is currently 15.47% off the SMA20 and 10.05% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 63.49, and weekly volatility stands at 3.53%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 4.23%. Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.19, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 4.81. With analysts defining $57-$165 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $130 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 47.89% off the estimated low and -50.85% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if MU’s share price rises to $130, which is the median consensus price. At that level, MU’s share price would be -18.85% below current price.
To see how Micron Technology Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: MU stock’s performance was 3.43% in the latest trading, and 28.96% in the past year. Micron Technology Inc has a P/E ratio of 31.59.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) indicates that the 3-month average is 21.55 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 27.2.
Currently, records show that 1.11 billion of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.41% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 77.72%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-11-29, stood at 33.9 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 2.09 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 305.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in November were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 35.56 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 29.97% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
