Sandisk, Western Digital and others soar as Micron results 'justify elevated valuations'
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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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Micron (MU) reported Q3 results with EPS $25.11 and revenue $41.46B, meaningfully above consensus. As CFRA noted, the results reaffirm memory demand and price strength, which help justify the high valuations of storage and memory names such as Sandisk and Western Digital. Investors expect a sector re-rating driven by a recovery in memory, NAND and DRAM conditions and increased semiconductor equipment orders. On the other hand, rising memory prices could increase cost burdens for smartphone and PC OEMs and for cloud operators.
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- Memory Semiconductors (DRAM/NAND) — Micron's large beat confirms DRAM and NAND demand and price strength, justifying improved profitability and higher valuations for memory suppliers.
- Storage (SSD/HDD) manufacturers — Strength in NAND pricing should boost revenue and margins for Sandisk, Western Digital and other storage players, supporting share re-ratings and earnings improvement.
- Semiconductor equipment (memory equipmen — Potential CAPEX increases by memory vendors could translate into higher orders for lithography, etch and other memory tools, benefiting equipment suppliers.
- Data center & AI server infrastructure — If AI and cloud demand drives memory consumption, investment in high‑performance servers, GPUs and related infrastructure will expand, positive for infrastructure vendors.
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- Smartphone & PC manufacturers — Rising memory prices may raise key component costs, pressuring OEM margins or forcing consumer price increases.
- Cloud & data center operators — In the short term, higher memory costs increase operating and capital expenditures for infrastructure, which can weigh on margins.
- Consumer storage (retail) — Higher prices for consumer SSDs and other retail storage could dampen demand, negatively impacting retail volumes and margins.
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