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Shares of memory chips maker Micron (NASDAQ:MU) jumped 17.1% in the afternoon session after the company reported outstanding second quarter (fiscal Q3 2026) earnings results, guided to $50 billion in sales for the next quarter, locked in $100 billion of contracts, and said it can't even see when supply catches up.
Micron Technology’s (MU) fiscal third-quarter 2026 earnings report delivered results you rarely see from a company of its size. The trillion-dollar semiconductor’s revenue surged 346% year-over-year to $41.46 billion, profits soared 1,215% to $28.24 billion, and, according to the company, its ...
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<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Dow ticking up more than a tenth of a percent, while the S&P 500 closed flat and the Nasdaq dropped nearly half a percent.</p><p>Technology shares reversed early gains to move lower, as investors worried about hyperscaler spending on AI and who foots the bill.</p><p>:: Micron</p><p>Those fears outweighed upbeat signals on AI demand from Micron, which gained nearly 16%, while shares of Sandisk soared 22%.</p><p>Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management, notes that it's memory chip makers that are now leading the charge. </p><p>"What's different about Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital, those types of names that are doing so well is that they're memory chips. And you have to have memory, specifically DRAM or H-band memory, if you're going to have enough computing power to do all the computations. That is nothing if you don't have memory to transfer it from one place to another. So one of the reasons that these stocks have done so well and the growth at Micron is so solid is because a recent redesign in the server technology means we go from eight memory chips per server to 96. That's 12 times growth in demand for this one simple component."</p><p>The surging prices of memory and storage chips prompted Apple on Thursday to hike prices for its iPads and MacBooks. That weighed on the stock, sending it down more than 6%. Shares of Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet also dropped.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among other movers, shares of Bio-Techne jumped after Merck agreed to acquire the biotech firm for $73 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of about $11.3 billion.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Meanwhile, U.S. Department of Commerce data on Thursday showed the annual inflation rate through May rose above 4% for the first time in three years, but oil prices this week fell to below pre-war levels.</p></body>
Citigroup highlighted SanDisk as a prime beneficiary of the insatiable global demand for artificial intelligence memory and storage infrastructure.
Shares of electrical energy control systems manufacturer Powell (NYSE:POWL) jumped 5.8% in the morning session after investors piled into AI-infrastructure names following strong results from a peer, Micron, reignited confidence in the long-term build-out of data center power systems.

<body><p>STORY: Micron said on Wednesday customers such as Nvidia had committed $22 billion to lock in supplies of memory chips, playing up huge growth in five-year "take-or-pay" deals that require clients to either buy its chips or hand over cash.</p><p>The comments underscore the growing importance of memory chips in the artificial intelligence supply chain, where demand has surged alongside the need for greater computing power.</p><p>"What's different about Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital, those types of names that are doing so well, is that they're memory chips. You have to have memory specifically DRAM or H-band memory if you're going to have enough computing power to do all the computations. That is nothing If you don't have memory to transfer it from one place to another," said Mulberry.</p><p>That dynamic has helped fuel investor interest in memory-chip makers, particularly as AI-related demand continues to outpace available supply.</p><p>"So if I'm looking at sales trading at five times, but the demand went up by 12 times, this is actually still a good buying opportunity for a company like Micron."</p></body>
AI and semiconductor demand are driving optimism for Teradyne's business.
Micron Technology predicts that memory-chip shortages will persist until at least 2028. Micron stock jumped Thursday after its strong Q3 report.
Micron is looking to create a new business model that can withstand the old boom-and-bust memory chip cycle.

Market Domination Host Josh Lipton tracks several of the day's biggest stories and top trending stock tickers, including Microsoft shares (MSFT) falling to their lowest level in nearly three years, memory chip stocks rallying around Micron Technology's (MU) post-earnings gains, and Qualcomm's (QCOM) latest move into AI data center products.

US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) search for direction ahead of Thursday's session close, while Micron Technology (MU) holds onto gains following its massive earnings beat yesterday. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre takes a closer look at the day's market moves, Big Tech stocks, and how Micron's stock gains may be impacting Apple (AAPL).
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Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) just raised Mac and iPad prices by $100 to $300 depending on the device, and CNBC’s MacKenzie Sigalos framed the move as the first real crack in Apple’s pricing dam. “Those shares falling this morning as investors digest the company’s first real move to pass the AI memory crunch directly onto consumers,” she ... Apple Is Quietly Hiking Prices on Macs and iPads, and the iPhone Could Be Next

<body><p>STORY: :: Micron</p><p>Micron Technology briefly blew past the market value of Big Tech brethren Meta and Tesla for the first time ever on Thursday.</p><p>Micron's stock surge came a day after the memory chip maker - and major supplier to AI powerhouse Nvidia - forecast quarterly profit and revenue well above Wall Street's expectations. </p><p>:: Micron</p><p>The company's shares, which have more than tripled in value so far this year, at one point soared more than 19% on Thursday, giving Micron a market cap of about $1.4 trillion.</p><p>That's roughly ten times higher than Micron's market cap just one year ago.</p><p>The company is the only U.S.-based manufacturer of high bandwidth memory chips used alongside Nvidia's AI processors.</p><p>Micron in its earnings results on Wednesday said customers such as Nvidia had committed a total of $22 billion to lock in supplies of its memory chips.</p><p>That follows in the footsteps of similar deals made by Korean rivals SK Hynix and Samsung.</p><p>The agreements are key to winning over investors who have been wary of the AI boom's durability.</p><p>Earlier this week, memory stocks led a more than $1 trillion stock rout stoked in part by valuation concerns.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Micron's results, however, sparked a global chip stock rally on Thursday, as investors grew more confident about persistent demand and tightening supply.</p></body>
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