By Adam Clark
Micron Technology shares were edging down early on Friday to end a volatile week for the memory-chip company. Analysts at Goldman Sachs are wary of the stock ahead of its earnings report later this month.
Micron shares were down 1.1% at $985.22 in premarket trading. However, it has bounced off lows of less than $900 amid big swings for chip stocks this week, having gained 15% over the past five trading sessions through Thursday's close.
Shares have been prone to big moves as investors and analysts debate Micron's valuation.
The chip maker trades at a notably low forward price-to-earnings ratio, a reflection of the memory industry's frequent boom-and-bust cycles. Micron was trading at 10.2 times forward earnings as of Thursday's close versus 24.8 times for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite as of Tuesday's close, according to FactSet.
The latest Wall Street commentator to chime in is Goldman Sachs analyst James Schneider, who increased his target price on Micron to $900 from $400 but kept a Neutral rating on the stock in a research note this week, noting the high bar for its earnings on June 24.
"We believe investor positioning remains very bullish given the dramatic share price run-up and optimism around the potential impact of long-term customer agreements," Schneider wrote.
Schneider's target is based on a price to earnings multiple of 18 times his normalized earnings per share estimate of $50.00 for Micron. Schneider expects Micron's earnings -- currently boosted by surging demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in artificial-intelligence hardware -- to peak in fiscal 2027 at $138.86.
"We expect the stock debate to continue to center primarily on long-term customer agreements and the sustainability of DRAM pricing strength; any future commentary regarding HBM progress and share targets will be in focus," Schneider wrote.
Barron's has argued that Micron and a small number of other chip companies remain undervalued due to their lasting earnings power.
Write to Adam Clark at adam.clark@barrons.com
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