Needham recently raised its price target on Micron Technology (MU) to $1,550 from $500, tripling its outlook two days before the company’s earnings report.
That kind of leap usually follows a blowout quarter, not before one
Hours after the new target sent shares higher, Micron stock reversed hard on Tuesday, caught in a broader selloff that erased most of the rally. Micron makes the DRAM and NAND chips that store and move data in smartphones, PCs, and AI servers. Demand for high-bandwidth memory used in AI accelerators has tightened the entire market, and Micron’s stock has surged more than 270% over the past year, according to a Seeking Alpha report.
That historic run, which was further catalyzed on Monday by a landmark supply and architecture design deal with Anthropic, is the direct backdrop for Needham’s massive new number. Needham analyst N. Quinn Bolton kept his Buy rating while lifting the target, according to a Seeking Alpha report.