Micron Q1 earnings: ‘big driver in 2024 is going to be AI’

Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ: MU) is trending up in extended hours on Wednesday after reporting market-beating earnings for its fiscal first quarter.

Micron issues upbeat guidance

Shareholders are happy because the management’s guidance for the current quarter topped Street estimates as well.

Micron now forecasts its revenue to come in at $5.3 billion in the second quarter. Analysts, in comparison, were at $4.97 billion. According to Delano Saporu of New Street Advisors:

In the earnings release, Sanjay Mehrotra – the Chief Executive of Micron Technology also said that the Boise-headquartered firm that makes memory chips is well positioned to capitalise on artificial intelligence related opportunities.

Micron Q1 earnings snapshot

• Lost $1.23 billion versus the year-ago $1.43 billion
• Per-share loss also narrowed from $1.31 to $1.12
• Adjusted loss on a per-share basis printed at 95 cents
• Revenue jumped 18% year-on-year to $4.73 billion
• Consensus was $1.01 a share of loss on $4.58 billion revenue

Micron stock is now up about 60% versus the start of this year. Still, Saporu told CNBC ahead of the earnings report:

Note that CEO Mehrotra expects Micron Technology to further improve its fundamentals in the coming year with the total addressable market hitting a record in 2025.