MU @ $928, AI giant or Parabolic bubble ?
It is without a doubt that $Micron Technology(MU)$ is the “it” stock of the moment.
Nary a day goes by without another print about this AI-peripheral stock that has skyrocketed by +865.28% since 12 months ago. (see below)
Even before my earlier post on MU, $SanDisk Corp.(SNDK)$ & $Roundhill Memory ETF(DRAM)$ has settled down (click here ! to read about it & help Repost, thanks !) - another post on MU pops up again.
As Mr Buffett have mentioned many times "never invest in a business you cannot understand", here I am, keeping abreast with MU’s latest.
Below is what I have newly learnt and sharing it - as usual.
The MU stock price bubble could best be explained, partially by two simple numbers.
Quick analysis:
MU has become a major driver of the $S&P 500(.SPX)$ projected future earnings growth because of its strong outlook. (see below)
According to Goldman Sachs (GS) strategists:
2026.
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MU is only second to AI chipmaker $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ in importance to the index.
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For 2026, MU (currently) stands to represent 14% of S&P 500’s estimated EPS growth.
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That is 2nd to NVDA’s 18%. (see below)
2027.
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Come 2027, MU will make up 7% of the S&P 500’s expected EPS growth.
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With NVDIA still at the pole position with 19%.
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$Alphabet(GOOG)$ will be at a distant 3rd, with 1%.
Memory chip at a glance:
The AI capital expenditures (capex) boom sweeping US has funneled down to SNDK, MU and many others in the memory chip space.
As hyperscalers such as AMZN, META, MSFT build their respective AI data centers, demand for memory chips that store & move data for AI models, surged.
Memory has become one of the tightest parts of current AI supply chain, allowing companies to hike prices to boost their profits.
The market used this backdrop to send the company beyond the $1 trillion market cap milestone for the first time on 26 May 2026 in style.
MU exploded by +19.3% in a single session to close at an all-time high (ATH) of $906.36, fueled by an upgrade from UBS despite the stock’s already epic run.
On Wed, 27 May 2026, MU shares popped another +5% in premarket trading.
Micron is now sitting on a jaw-dropping +194.34% YTD gain for 2026. (see above)
Warning ?
Like it or not, investors are witnessing a stock bubble (?) in MU and for that matter, most of the plays in the memory stock complex.
What ultimately pops the bubble is still unknown until it happens.
But it will happen, and it will not be pretty.
According to Great Hill Capital, Chairman, Thomas Hayes:
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They are cautious on certain parts of the market that have absolutely run away, especially memory chips and semiconductors.
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He noted that these stocks have gone parabolic in last 4 to 8 weeks as inflation expectations have risen as a result of elevated oil prices from the US-Iran war.
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If a resolution is achieved in the coming days, weeks or month, a violent rotation out of these stocks is highly likely, sending capital back into everything trade that began the year before the Middle East conflict.
Revised Price Target (PT).
Running counter to above warning are MU’s revised price targets (PTs); especially the major PT upgrade from $UBS Group AG(UBS)$.
On Tue, 26 May 2026 - UBS, Analyst, Timothy Arcuri :
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Raised his MU’s price target to $1,625 from $535.
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It is a new high among Wall Street firms.
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The upgrade reflects growing confidence that soaring demand for AI is basically changing the memory-chip industry.
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The AI-boom has created a shortage of high-speed memory chips that MU produces.
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This situation is expected to last until at least 2028.
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As a result, it presented an opportunity for MU to secure favourable prices through long-term agreements.
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Shifting its perception from merely a commodity chipmaker to a key player in AI infrastructure.
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Reframed MU as a permanent giant in AI infrastructure rather than a company that just goes through regular “ups & downs” cycles in the memory market.
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Argued that MU has attained earnings stability through 2029, similar to NVDA, because its long-term supply deals already cover 60% - 70% of the industry's server DDR5 memory volume.
EPS Forecast.
With the justifications, Arcuri has raised MU’s earnings per share (EPS) forecasts for calendar years 2027, 2028, and 2029:
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2027 EPS: Expected to be $155 (up from $133)
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2028 EPS: Expected to be $167 (up from $122)
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2029 EPS: Expected to be $117 (up from $77)
At the same time, it also expects MU to generate over $400 billion in total free cash flow over the entire period.
Sparked by the PT revision from UBS, MU surged +19.29% on Tuesday trading.
The rally continued into Wed, 27 May 2026, where MU jumped an additional +2.8% in the afternoon session.
After the initial pop, the shares cooled down to $925.68, up 3.3% from previous close.
The market reveals:
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MU’s shares are extremely volatile.
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Over the past 12 months, it had 49 moves that are more than +5% increase.
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Wednesday’s stock movement indicates US market considers the news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
Technical Analysis - an Unbias assessment.
Rather than take in wholesale above warnings and revised pice target (PT), I defer to MU’s technical analysis to determine where MU’s trajectory will be next.
As of 27 May 2026 end day closing
Simple Moving Average (SMA).
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On Wed, 27 May 2026 MU closed the day at $928.41 /share.
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This is much higher than its (a) 20-day SMA ($708.52), (b) 50-day SMA ($538.14) and (c) 200-day SMA ($330.52).
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While euphoric, it also implies an extreme, parabolic bullish trajectory with a high risk of short-term exhaustion.
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MU is still in its “golden cross” momentum, achieved since 27 Jun 2025 when its 50-day SMA crosses its 200-day SMA from below (see above).
MACD.
MU’s MACD is also indicating extremely strong bullish momentum.
Both MACD line (89.19) and Signal line (77.95) are exceptionally above the Zero line, reflecting an explosive & rapid upward acceleration in the short-term price trend.
A positive and widening Divergence (11.24) indicates an accelerating upwards momentum, heavily favouring a continued near-term uptrend.
RSI.
With its 14-day RSI coming in at “76.45”, it implies MU is overbought and trading at a highly overextended valuation.
Combined with MACD data, MU is experiencing an incredibly powerful, yet increasingly fragile, upward trajectory.
My viewpoints : (mine only).
When OpenAI introduced Chatgpt to the world on 30 Nov 2022, the first challenge was the vast amount of power required to power the hyperscalers, operationally
Next market’s bottleneck, shifted decisively towards storage & memory.
One only has to look at the staggering stock rallies of SNDK and MU, to see how much they have profited from this sudden shift in the AI supply chain
Is AI really changing the rules of investing forever, OR is this just another massive stock market bubble waiting to burst ? Which is it ?
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