Micron Technology (MU) Leading In Pre-Market Activity
By TheStreet Wire Follow | 07/13/15 - 08:57 AM EDT
Get TheStreet Quant Ratings' exclusive 5-page report for (MU) now.
Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer.
Trade-Ideas LLC identified Micron Technology ( MU) as a pre-market leader candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Micron Technology as such a stock due to the following factors:
?MU has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $844.0 million.
?MU traded 25,828 shares today in the pre-market hours as of 8:41 AM.
?MU is up 2.1% today from yesterday's close.
More details on MU:
Micron Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides semiconductor solutions worldwide. The company manufactures and markets dynamic random access memory (DRAM), NAND flash, and NOR flash memory products; and packaging solutions and semiconductor systems. MU has a PE ratio of 5. Currently there are 21 analysts that rate Micron Technology a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Micron Technology has been 25.5 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Micron Technology has a market cap of $19.1 billion and is part of the technology sector and electronics industry. The stock has a beta of 1.93 and a short float of 5.9% with 1.29 days to cover. Shares are down 51% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.
EXCLUSIVE OFFER: See inside Jim Cramer's multi-million dollar charitable trust portfolio to see the stocks he thinks could be potential winners. Click here to see his holdings for 14-days FREE.
TheStreetRatings.com Analysis:
TheStreet Quant Ratings rates Micron Technology as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
Highlights from the ratings report include: ? The debt-to-equity ratio is somewhat low, currently at 0.61, and is less than that of the industry average, implying that there has been a relatively successful effort in the management of debt levels. To add to this, MU has a quick ratio of 1.62, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
? MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC's earnings per share declined by 38.2% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC increased its bottom line by earning $2.55 versus $1.00 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.70 versus $2.55).
? MU, with its decline in revenue, slightly underperformed the industry average of 5.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 3.2%. Weakness in the company's revenue seems to have hurt the bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
? Current return on equity is lower than its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of weakness within the company. Compared to other companies in the Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment industry and the overall market, MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC's return on equity significantly exceeds that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.