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MU

LONGINSIDER SELLCONGRESS BUY

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC

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Funds
5
Score
6.41
vs SPY
-17.7%
Stock return (since Q-end)
-15.6%
SPY return (since Q-end)
+2.1%
Current price
$974.33
Days to cover (short int.)
1.0d-17.4%
as of 2026-07-31

News Summary

Neutral

Micron delivered exceptional Q3 results with $41.46B revenue (+16.17% beat) and record profitability, securing $22B in long-term strategic customer agreements that de-risk revenue through 2029-2031. However, the stock faces significant cyclical headwinds: analyst downgrade citing peak AI hysteria and unsustainable margins, 26% pullback from highs amid durability concerns, intensifying competition from SK Hynix/Samsung/YMTC, patent litigation from Netlist, and persistent memory market cycle risks despite near-term strength.

Red flags

  • Downgrade to Sell (June 25) citing peak AI-driven valuation and unsustainable margin levels
  • Stock declined ~26% from highs despite record earnings, signaling investor skepticism on sustainability
  • Netlist patent litigation with ITC exclusion orders sought against MU and major customers
  • Analyst concerns about AI spending durability and demand cliff potential after 2027
  • Insider selling activity and competitive threats from YMTC in China noted by management
  • Memory market historical cyclicality remains unresolved despite long-term contracts

Funds Buying (5)

FundManagerShares Held∆ SharesPosition Value% of FundQoQStatus
Coatue ManagementPhilippe Laffont3.1M+3.0M$3.6B7.5%>+999%Existing
Point72Steve Cohen312K+312K$360M0.6%NEW
Altimeter CapitalBrad Gerstner210K+210K$242M2.5%NEW
Soros Fund ManagementSoros Family Office22K+20K$26M0.3%+694%Existing
Maverick CapitalLee Ainslie2K+2K$2M<0.1%NEW

Shares Held and Position Value reflect total quarter-end holdings. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the position's share of the fund's reported equity portfolio — it drives the size weighting in the conviction score.

Portfolio Context

Where MU ranks in each buying fund's book, and the positions immediately around it. What a holding sits next to often says more about the thesis than the position size does.

Coatue Management

position #3 of this fund's book

  1. 1TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC$4,258M
  2. 2LAM RESEARCH CORP$4,091M
  3. 3MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC$3,627M
  4. 4SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN CORP$3,171M
  5. 5APPLIED MATLS INC$3,046M
  6. 6GE VERNOVA INC$3,005M
Altimeter Capital

position #13 of this fund's book

  1. 10MICROSOFT CORP$473M
  2. 11QUALCOMM INC$348M
  3. 12SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN CORP$304M
  4. 13MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC$242M
  5. 14APPLIED MATLS INC$189M
  6. 15KLA CORP$174M
  7. 16LAM RESEARCH CORP$171M
Point72

position #23 of this fund's book

  1. 20SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A$388M
  2. 21BROADCOM INC$387M
  3. 22ONTO INNOVATION INC$368M
  4. 23MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC$360M
  5. 24COMFORT SYS USA INC$356M
  6. 25UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC$345M
  7. 26CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC$343M

Values are quarter-end position sizes. Shown only for funds where MU ranks inside their 40 largest equity positions — below that, neighbouring names carry no signal. Adjacency is an inference about a fund's reasoning, not a disclosure of it.

Signal History

QuarterDirectionFundsScorevs SPY
Q2 2026LONG56.41-17.7%
Q1 2026LONG65.73+168.0%

Same issuer appearing in consecutive quarters — persistent institutional conviction. Returns are frozen at each archived quarter's last refresh.

Insider Activity

NameTitleTypeSharesPriceValueFiledSrc
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$942.87$0.99M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL626$944.99$0.59M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL955$945.87$0.90M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL797$946.78$0.75M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$948.24$1.14M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL108$950.77$0.10M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1$952.04$0.00M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL725$954.19$0.69M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL2K$956.18$1.46M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL405$956.68$0.39M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL316$960.00$0.30M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$965.85$0.97M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL808$906.48$0.73M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL393$907.11$0.36M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL604$908.51$0.55M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL4$909.37$0.00M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL604$910.47$0.55M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL681$911.67$0.62M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL630$913.25$0.58M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL3K$914.17$2.97M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL301$915.47$0.28M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1$915.78$0.00M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$917.36$1.33M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL589$919.89$0.54M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL55$921.86$0.05M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$922.97$1.23M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL6$924.36$0.01M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$925.55$1.29M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL445$926.56$0.41M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$927.77$0.94M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL2K$929.14$2.04M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$929.90$1.24M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL2K$931.05$1.47M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL779$932.33$0.73M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL2K$933.17$1.78M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL3K$934.40$2.46M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$935.58$1.19M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$936.40$0.94M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL3K$937.78$2.41M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL970$938.77$0.91M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$940.14$1.17M2026-07-24
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL236$941.60$0.22M2026-07-24
ALLEN SCOTT R.CVP, Chief Accounting OfficerSELL879$1000.00$0.88M2026-07-23
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL4K$1077.05$4.61M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL1K$1078.47$1.34M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL10K$1079.99$11.34M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL4K$1080.96$3.86M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL929$1082.28$1.01M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL4K$1083.31$3.89M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL794$1084.12$0.86M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL3K$1085.27$3.20M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL2K$1086.38$2.29M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL1K$1087.21$1.44M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL220$1088.12$0.24M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL267$1089.04$0.29M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL288$1090.60$0.31M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL2K$1091.71$2.53M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL3K$1092.68$2.74M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL705$1093.92$0.77M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL2K$1095.25$2.33M2026-07-01
ARNZEN APRIL SEVP and Chief People OfficerSELL280$1095.88$0.31M2026-07-01
Dugle Lynn ASELL1K$1150.43$1.50M2026-06-30
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL496$1170.60$0.58M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL857$1172.57$1.00M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL243$1173.83$0.29M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL489$1175.17$0.57M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$1177.28$1.56M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$1178.06$1.28M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL680$1179.51$0.80M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$1180.17$1.46M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL209$1181.20$0.25M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$1182.29$1.77M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL514$1183.74$0.61M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL251$1184.61$0.30M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL204$1185.35$0.24M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL678$1186.62$0.80M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL153$1187.92$0.18M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL264$1189.71$0.31M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL214$1190.59$0.25M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL282$1191.84$0.34M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL811$1192.42$0.97M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL243$1128.41$0.27M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL235$1131.38$0.27M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL5K$1132.37$5.80M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL54$1133.38$0.06M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL254$1134.62$0.29M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL279$1136.30$0.32M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL126$1136.87$0.14M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL369$1139.33$0.42M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL465$1140.14$0.53M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL4K$1141.46$4.16M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL499$1142.88$0.57M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL2K$1144.05$1.93M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL487$1145.13$0.56M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL232$1146.05$0.27M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$1147.81$1.58M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL799$1149.38$0.92M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL480$1152.11$0.55M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL540$1152.64$0.62M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL727$1154.64$0.84M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$1156.23$1.67M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL413$1157.30$0.48M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL766$1159.43$0.89M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL505$1160.34$0.59M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL3K$1162.75$3.24M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL106$1163.49$0.12M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL1K$1165.06$1.60M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL772$1166.26$0.90M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL2K$1167.16$2.04M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL14$1167.98$0.02M2026-06-26
MEHROTRA SANJAYPresident and CEOSELL951$1169.96$1.11M2026-06-26

Fund 13D/13G Filings (3)

Tracked funds' beneficial-ownership filings on this stock — disclosed within days of a position change, fresher than the quarterly 13F. Since Filing compares the stock to SPY from the filing date (shown for filings within the last 90 days).

FundForm∆ Shares% of ClassSince FilingFiledSrc
Point72SC 13GNEW5.2%
-23.6% vs SPY
-19.7% abs
2026-06-25
Point72SC 13G/A4.2%
+25.6% vs SPY
+31.1% abs
2026-05-15
Citadel AdvisorsSC 13G/A2.5%
+25.6% vs SPY
+31.1% abs
2026-05-15

Beneficial Ownership (13D/13G)

FilerFormShares% of ClassFiledSrc
Capital World InvestorsSC 13G/A42.2M3.7%2026-05-14
Vanguard Capital ManagementSC 13G84.3M7.5%2026-04-30

SC 13D = active intent to influence control (10-day filing deadline after crossing 5%). SC 13G = passive accumulation, no intent to influence control.

Congressional Trading

MemberChamberStateTypeAmount RangeTransaction DateFiledSrc
Sheldon WhitehousesenateBUY$1,001 - $15,0002026-06-252026-07-08
Alan ArmstrongsenateBUY$15,001 - $50,0002026-03-272026-07-21

Periodic Transaction Reports filed under the STOCK Act. Amounts are disclosed as ranges, not exact dollar figures.