The trading price of Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) floating higher at last check on current market day and closing at $96.14, 2.97% higher than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 23.11. 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 $61.54. Over the past month, the stock has gained 20.51% in value.
Micron Technology Inc, whose market valuation is $107.44 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in June. The dividend yield on the company stock is 0.48%, 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 Hold on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Buy.
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 0.22, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that MU’s price is currently 7.91% off the SMA20 and 13.65% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 63.29, and weekly volatility stands at 0.75%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 2.53%. Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.26, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 3.75. With analysts defining $112-$140 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $125 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about -16.5% off the estimated low and -45.62% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if MU’s share price rises to $125, which is the median consensus price. At that level, MU’s share price would be -30.02% below current price.
To see how Micron Technology Inc stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: MU stock’s performance was 2.97% at last check in today’s session, and -23.87% in the past year. Micron Technology Inc has a P/E ratio of 23.11.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) indicates that the 3-month average is 23.73 million.
Currently, records show that 1.12 billion of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.49% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 79.69%. However, since the stock’s price has seen 14.23% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
