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Shares of wireless chipmaker Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) fell 4.7% in the afternoon session after a leverage-driven rout in South Korean chipmakers, renewed doubts about debt-funded AI capital spending, and a hawkish repricing of Fed rate expectations hit the year's most crowded trade, leaving the whole complex hostage to Micron's earnings after the close.
The semiconductor specialist's blistering growth has reached new heights.
Shares of chipmakers surged late on Wednesday, adding over $400 billion in market value after strong forecasts from Micron Technology and Qualcomm breathed fresh life into Wall Street's recently waning AI stock rally. Micron surged 12% in extended trade after forecasting quarterly earnings above analysts' estimates, signaling that heavy investments in AI-related infrastructure will drive strong demand for its memory chips. Also after the bell, Qualcomm said it expects $15 billion in sales from its data center business by 2029 as it moves beyond its core smartphone chip business and shifts its focus to AI.
When you think about memory chips, you might think of South Korea. That’s because semiconductor companies Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix dominate that market. But Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) has been gaining momentum. The Idaho-based company is the only US manufacturer of cutting-edge DRAM ...
Broader tech sell-off continued on Wednesday as investors awaited Micron earnings to judge the demand for AI and memory chips.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday, with the Dow gaining just over a third of a percent, while the S&P 500 edged slightly lower and the Nasdaq lost more than four-tenths of a percent.</p><p>Investors were intensely focused on chip maker Micron Technology's results after the closing bell. The stock, which has surged more than 200% this year, climbed in extended trading on Wednesday, after Micron forecast quarterly earnings above Wall Street estimates, signaling that heavy investments in AI-related infrastructure will drive strong demand for its memory chips.</p><p>Michael Landsberg is chief investment officer at Landsberg Bennett Private Wealth Management.</p><p>"What's happened now is with AI, a lot of these chips are needed to make AI work faster and better. So the demand has really been strong across the entire sector. We think it continues. And that's really, I think, why this rally in that space has got some legs. And we think it could continue for a while."</p><p>Several tech stocks, however, slid during Wednesday's session, including chip designer Cerebras, which tumbled more than 19%. In its first report since going public, Cerebras forecast full-year profit margins would drop below first-quarter figures. </p><p>Concerns around debt-backed AI spending by hyperscalers and mounting fears of a more hawkish Federal Reserve have fueled a market downturn this week that has erased more than $1 trillion in market value from the Nasdaq 100.</p><p>Among the session's other stock moves, homebuilders soared after President Donald Trump canceled a planned signing of bipartisan legislation aimed at speeding up availability of affordable housing. Shares of Hovnanian Enterprises, PulteGroup and Toll Brothers all ended higher.</p><p>And shares of Hertz tumbled more than 40% after the car-rental firm said it expects second-quarter adjusted core earnings near the lower end of its forecast range and announced a proposed offering of $100 million of common stock.</p></body>
Investing.com - Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) delivered the strongest quarterly results in its history after Wednesday's close, posting fiscal third-quarter 2026 revenue of $41.46 billion against a Wall Street consensus of $35.69 billion, a 16.2% beat, and earnings per share of $25.11 versus the $20.49 estimate, a 22.6% upside surprise. The print sent Micron shares up roughly 12.6% in extended trade to around $1,180.97, recovering from a regular-session close of $1,047.20.
Revenue quadrupled to $41.45 billion compared with the same period a year ago. The company's profit, meanwhile, rose from $1.88 billion to an incredible $28.2 billion year-over-year.
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Micron Technology, which has seen its value triple this year, said revenue quadrupled in the second quarter and forecasted that rapid growth will continue due to near-insatiable demand for its memory chips. Shares surged by more than 15% in after-hours trading after the company beat Wall Street expectations in virtually every financial metric watched closely by investors, including sales, earnings per share, adjusted gross margin and the company’s forecast. Micron and its peers make chips that have become a central component in the artificial-intelligence boom, helping to facilitate the high-powered computing needed by top AI models.
Micron surged overnight on strong earnings and guidance, lifting other memory and chip plays. The Fed's favorite inflation gauge is on tap.
Micron (MU) reported third quarter results on Wednesday after the closing bell. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $25.11 (compared to analyst estimates of $20.49), and revenue came in at $41.46 billion (compared to analyst estimates of $35.69 billion). CFRA Research senior vice president and equity analyst Angelo Zino chats with Yahoo Finance about the results.
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Investing.com -- Memory-chip maker Micron Technology topped Wall Street expectations in its fiscal third quarter and issued significantly stronger-than-expected guidance for the current quarter, sending shares up about 9% in after-hours trading as investors cheered continued AI-driven demand for memory chips.
The lesson from Micron's blowout Q3 earnings is that AI customers are treating memory like a bottleneck they cannot afford to leave to chance.
The lesson from Micron's blowout Q3 earnings is that AI customers are treating memory like a bottleneck they cannot afford to leave to chance.
Micron (MU) reported third quarter results on Wednesday after the closing bell. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $25.11 (compared to analyst estimates of $20.49), and revenue came in at $41.46 billion (compared to analyst estimates of $35.69 billion). Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton takes a closer look at the breaking numbers and guidance.
Memory-chip giant Micron smashed Wall Street's heady targets for its fiscal third quarter and with its outlook. Micron stock rose.
Memory chips maker Micron (NASDAQ:MU) reported Q2 CY2026 results topping the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 346% year on year to $41.46 billion. On top of that, next quarter’s revenue guidance ($50 billion at the midpoint) was surprisingly good and 14.5% above what analysts were expecting. Its non-GAAP profit of $25.11 per share was 27.7% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Micron Technology forecast quarterly revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling that insatiable demand for AI-related infrastructure will continue to drive strong demand for its memory chips. Shares of the company rose around 4% in extended trading. The company expects fourth-quarter revenue of $50 billion, plus or minus $1 billion, compared with analysts' average estimate of $43.58 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.
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