Micron Technology, Inc. · MU · FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q2 2026

Micron Crushes Q3 on AI Memory Demand, Guides to $50B Q4 With 86% Margins

Micron's fiscal Q3 results mark a step-change in the AI memory cycle. Revenue nearly doubled sequentially to $41.5 billion at an 84.9% gross margin, driven by tight DRAM and HBM supply meeting surging data-center demand. The signing of 16 strategic customer agreements with $22 billion in cash deposits transforms revenue visibility, while Q4 guidance of approximately $50 billion at 86% margin signals the cycle has further to run. However, a 24% post-earnings drift lower suggests the market is weighing how much upside is already priced in at current levels. With the stock at $900 against a consensus target of $1,576, the gap between fundamental momentum and near-term price action is wide.

Reported After market closeNASDAQTechnology $1016.68B market cap
100quality score

Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Micron Technology, Inc. is a global leader specializing in the development, manufacture, and sale of advanced semiconductor memory and storage solutions. Its operations are structured across four primary business segments: Compute and Networking, Mobile, Storage, and Embedded. The company's product portfolio encompasses a range of memory and data storage technologies. These include high-speed, low-latency Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) components for rapid data retrieval; non-volatile, re-programmable NAND flash storage devices; and fast-read, non-volatile, re-writable NOR memory chips.…

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $25.11 Consensus $21
EPS surprise +19.7% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $41.46B Consensus $35.91B
Revenue surprise +15.4% Reported versus consensus

Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
MU REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q2 '24 estimate $5B Q2 '24 actual $6B, beat Q3 '24 estimate $7B Q3 '24 actual $7B, beat Q4 '24 estimate $8B Q4 '24 actual $8B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $9B Q3 '25 actual $9B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $11B Q4 '25 actual $11B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $13B Q1 '26 actual $14B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $20B Q2 '26 actual $24B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $36B Q3 '26 actual $41B, beat Q4 '26 estimate $50B Q1 '27 estimate $56B Q2 '27 estimate $60B Q3 '27 estimate $64B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy69 ratings
Bullish5681.2%
Neutral1115.9%
Bearish22.9%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$900.2Previous close
$52Low
$784.88Average
$2,200High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Jul 28, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Keybanc Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 14, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight OverweightMaintainJun 29, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainJun 25, 2026
Wedbush Outperform OutperformMaintainJun 25, 2026
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainJun 25, 2026
Susquehanna Positive PositiveMaintainJun 25, 2026
Rosenblatt Buy BuyMaintainJun 25, 2026
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainJun 25, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $900.2. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
KeyBancAnalyst unavailable$1,750$937 +94.4%Jul 14, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$2,000$1,132.33 +122.2%Jun 29, 2026
Deutsche BankMelissa Weathers$1,550$1,183.6 +72.2%Jun 25, 2026
WedbushAnalyst unavailable$1,400$1,149.04 +55.5%Jun 25, 2026
D.A. DavidsonGil Luria$2,000$1,155.52 +122.2%Jun 25, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$1,375$1,048.51 +52.7%Jun 25, 2026
BarclaysTom O'Malley$2,000$1,048.51 +122.2%Jun 25, 2026
NeedhamAnalyst unavailable$1,650$1,048.51 +83.3%Jun 25, 2026
Melius ResearchBen Reitzes$2,200$1,048.51 +144.4%Jun 25, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$1,540$1,048.51 +71.1%Jun 25, 2026
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Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +15.7% Event window
SPY move +0.1% Same window
Abnormal move +15.6% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.5× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -24.1% Up to 20 sessions
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Transcript intelligence

What changed

Revenue jumped from $23.9B in Q2 to $41.5B in Q3, a 74% sequential increase, while gross margin expanded from 75% to 84.9%. The company moved from a single five-year SCA to 16 SCAs covering roughly 40% of future revenue. Capital deployment broadened with a multiyear EUV supply agreement with ASML and accelerated fab construction across Idaho, Taiwan, and Singapore. EPS of $25.11 beat consensus by approximately 20%.

Guidance delta

Guidance was raised. Q4 FY2026 outlook projects record revenue of approximately $50B, 86% gross margin, and ~$31 EPS, up from Q3 actuals of $41.5B revenue and 84.9% margin. In the prior quarter, Q3 guidance was $33.5B at roughly 81% margin; actuals exceeded that by a wide margin, coming in at $41.5B and 84.9%.

Key takeaways

  • Record Q3 revenue of $41.5B, up 74% sequentially and 346% year-over-year, driven by AI-related DRAM and NAND demand.
  • Gross margin reached 84.9%, a new high, with EPS of $25.11 beating consensus by approximately 20%.
  • Sixteen strategic customer agreements covering roughly 40% of future revenue with floor-price margins above historic peaks.
  • Cash deposits of $22B secured from SCA commitments, providing immediate liquidity and demand visibility.
  • Q4 guidance points to approximately $50B revenue, 86% gross margin, and ~$31 EPS.
  • Supply constraints for DRAM and NAND expected to persist through and beyond 2027.

Management priorities

  • Continue signing and executing SCAs across data-center, automotive, and consumer markets.
  • Ramp 1-gamma DRAM and G9 NAND to highest-volume nodes.
  • Achieve first wafer output from Idaho ID1 fab by mid-2027 and ID2 by late 2028.
  • Complete clean-room expansion at Taiwan Tongluo site and bring Singapore packaging to HBM capacity by H1 2027.
  • Increase R&D spend to support next-generation memory technologies including the 1-delta DRAM node.

Related earnings events

Technology

Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-06-25T00:16:05.227583+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-28T01:23:15.070317+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-07-28T05:41:52.397117+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-07-28T05:41:52.394333+00:00

Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

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