Micron Technology (MU) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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Micron Technology - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Buy

Based on 38 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
3

Buy
35

Based on 38 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Micron Technology in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy." Out of the 38 analysts, 3 have given a hold rating, 31 have given a buy rating, and 4 have given a strong buy rating for MU.

Consensus Price Target

$1,295.63
32.85% Upside

According to the 38 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Micron Technology, the average price target is $1,295.63. The highest price target for MU is $2,000.00, while the lowest price target for MU is $249.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 32.85% from the current price of $975.26.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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MU Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 9/14/25 to 9/14/26	1 Month Ago 8/15/25 to 8/15/26	3 Months Ago 6/16/25 to 6/16/26	1 Year Ago 9/14/24 to 9/14/25
Strong Buy	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	31 Buy rating(s)	32 Buy rating(s)	30 Buy rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)
Hold	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$1,295.63	$1,259.97	$788.13	$151.76
Forecasted Upside	32.85% Upside	29.67% Upside	-22.79% Downside	-3.48% Downside
Consensus Rating	Buy	Buy	Buy	Moderate Buy

MU Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

MU Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Micron Technology Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Micron Technology	Technology Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	3.03	2.22	2.53
Consensus Rating	Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	32.85% Upside	430.20% Upside	16.41% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent MU News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
8/25/2026	Mizuho 3 of 5 stars	Vijay Rakesh 5 of 5 stars	Lower Target	Outperform	$1,375.00 ➝ $1,300.00	+42.79%
8/21/2026	BMO Capital Markets 3 of 5 stars		Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$1,300.00	+33.43%
8/19/2026	Zacks Research 5 of 5 stars		Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/14/2026	New Street Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Pierre Ferragu Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$1,250.00	+31.60%
8/10/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Timothy Arcuri Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
8/7/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/7/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Atif Malik Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$1,400.00 ➝ $1,150.00	+31.55%
8/3/2026	ThinkEquity Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy
7/20/2026	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John Vinh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight
7/10/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Krish Sankar Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
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6/25/2026	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Gil Luria Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$1,500.00 ➝ $2,000.00	+69.80%
6/25/2026	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Quinn Bolton Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$1,550.00 ➝ $1,650.00	+44.60%
6/25/2026	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Chris Caso Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$1,500.00	+44.52%
6/25/2026	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Melissa Fairbanks Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$1,100.00 ➝ $1,500.00	+44.52%
6/25/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Srini Pajjuri Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$1,200.00 ➝ $1,500.00	+44.52%
6/25/2026	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Mehdi Hosseini Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Positive	$1,750.00 ➝ $2,000.00	+92.69%
6/25/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	James Schneider Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Neutral	$900.00 ➝ $1,100.00	+5.98%
6/25/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joseph Moore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$1,050.00 ➝ $1,200.00	+15.61%
6/25/2026	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	C.J. Muse Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$1,500.00	+23.60%
6/25/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tom O'Malley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$1,175.00 ➝ $2,000.00	+64.80%
6/25/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Melissa Weathers Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$1,500.00 ➝ $1,550.00	+27.85%
6/25/2026	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Matt Bryson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$1,300.00 ➝ $1,400.00	+15.48%
6/25/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Aaron Rakers Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$1,220.00 ➝ $1,525.00	+29.03%
6/25/2026	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Kevin Cassidy Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$1,200.00 ➝ $1,500.00	+44.52%
6/25/2026	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy
6/23/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Vivek Arya Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$950.00 ➝ $1,500.00	+23.83%
6/22/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Mark Li Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$1,300.00	+14.64%
6/18/2026	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brian Chin Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$550.00 ➝ $1,500.00	+43.79%
4/27/2026	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ben Reitzes Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$700.00	+40.92%
3/19/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Harlan Sur Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$350.00 ➝ $550.00	+23.72%
3/19/2026	Summit Insights Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold
2/2/2026	Phillip Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong-Buy
1/23/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong-Buy
1/22/2026	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sebastien Naji Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform
1/7/2026	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Harsh Kumar Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$275.00 ➝ $400.00	+17.21%
12/18/2025	Itau BBA Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform
10/13/2025	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Outperform	$270.00	+48.68%
9/24/2025	KGI Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/27/2025	CLSA Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sanjeev Rana Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$155.00	+33.05%
7/18/2025	Arete Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong-Buy
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6/27/2025	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Tristan Gerra Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$163.00 ➝ $200.00	+57.53%
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Should I Buy Micron Technology Stock? MU Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Saturday, September 12, 2026. Please send any questions or comments about these Micron Technology pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Micron Technology
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Micron Technology, Inc.:

Micron Technology, Inc. recently reported a massive surge in financial performance, with revenue growing 345.8% year-over-year to $41.456 billion in the quarter ending June 2026, significantly exceeding the consensus estimate of $35.911 billion. This explosive growth is driven by the company's position as a key supplier of memory and storage products for the cloud server and enterprise markets, benefiting from the ongoing data center boom and artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout.
The company's earnings power has expanded dramatically, with actual earnings per share (EPS) of $25.11 in the most recent quarter, far surpassing the consensus estimate of $21.39 and the one-year-ago EPS of $1.91. This indicates that Micron Technology, Inc. is not only growing its top line but also improving its profitability margins, a critical metric for investors seeking sustainable value creation in the semiconductor sector.
Analyst sentiment remains strongly positive, with a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $1,261.26 as of August 24, 2026. This target represents significant upside potential from the current stock price of $975.26, suggesting that financial professionals believe the market has not yet fully priced in the company's future growth trajectory and earnings potential.
Micron Technology, Inc. has provided aggressive forward guidance, projecting Q4 2026 revenue of $49.0 billion to $51.0 billion, which is well above the consensus estimate of $41.6 billion. This guidance signals management's confidence in sustained demand for their memory and storage technologies, particularly in the high-growth AI and data center segments, providing a clear roadmap for continued revenue expansion.
The stock has demonstrated strong momentum, rising from a 52-week low of $153.21 to a current price of $975.26, reflecting a substantial increase in market capitalization to approximately $1.1 trillion. This price appreciation underscores investor confidence in Micron Technology, Inc.'s ability to capitalize on the structural shift toward AI-driven computing and its leadership in high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and other advanced memory solutions.

Micron Technology
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Micron Technology, Inc. for these reasons:

There is significant insider selling activity, with CEO Sanjay Mehrotra selling 40,000 shares at an average price of $968.90 on August 21, 2026, and other executives like Sumit Sadana and April Arnzen also reducing their holdings. While insider sales can be part of routine financial planning, a pattern of selling by key leadership during a period of high stock prices may signal a lack of confidence in further short-term upside or a desire to lock in gains.
Micron Technology, Inc. faces operational risks in its international supply chain, as labor unions in Taiwan have threatened strike action unless the company overhauls its bonus system and shares more profit with employees. With nearly 10,000 union members representing a significant portion of the workforce in Taoyuan and Taichung, any disruption to production could impact the company's ability to meet the high demand for its memory and storage products, potentially affecting revenue and margins.
The stock exhibits high volatility, with a beta of 2.22, indicating that it is more than twice as volatile as the overall market. This high beta means that Micron Technology, Inc. shares are likely to experience larger price swings in both directions, which can be challenging for risk-averse investors and may lead to significant drawdowns during market corrections or periods of uncertainty in the semiconductor sector.
Despite strong recent performance, the company's valuation may be stretched, with a P/E ratio of 22.08. While this is not excessively high for a growth stock, it requires continued strong earnings growth to justify the current price. Any slowdown in demand for AI infrastructure or memory chips could lead to a multiple compression, resulting in a significant decline in the stock price even if earnings remain stable.
Short interest, while relatively low at 2.64% of the float, has shown some recent increases, with shares shorted rising to 29.7 million as of August 31, 2026. Although the days to cover are low at 1.16, indicating that it would take less than a day to cover all short positions, the presence of short sellers suggests that some investors are betting against the stock, potentially due to concerns about valuation, competition, or macroeconomic headwinds.

MU Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 38 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Micron Technology is $1,295.63, with a high forecast of $2,000.00 and a low forecast of $249.00.

38 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Micron Technology in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 31 buy ratings and 4 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" MU shares.

According to analysts, Micron Technology's stock has a predicted upside of 32.85% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Over the previous 90 days, Micron Technology's stock had 3 upgrades and 1 downgrade by analysts.

Micron Technology has been rated by research analysts at Bank of America, Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Cantor Fitzgerald, Citigroup, DA Davidson, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Erste Group Bank, KeyCorp, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Needham & Company LLC, New Street Research, Raymond James Financial, Rosenblatt Securities, Royal Bank Of Canada, Sanford C. Bernstein, Stifel Nicolaus, Susquehanna, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, ThinkEquity, UBS Group, Wedbush, Weiss Ratings, Wells Fargo & Company, Wolfe Research, and Zacks Research in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Micron Technology more than other "technology" companies. The consensus rating for Micron Technology is Buy while the average consensus rating for "technology" companies is Hold. Learn more on how MU compares to other companies.

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Micron Technology (MU) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Micron Technology - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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Micron Technology (MU) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Micron Technology - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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Micron Technology Stock vs. The Competition

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Micron Technology Bull Case

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