Micron rises as Barclays sees recovery shoots despite China ban (NASDAQ:MU)

Micron Know-how (NASDAQ:MU) rose 1.5% as Barclays mentioned it sees the shoots of a restoration regardless of a ban in China.

The agency raised estimates and its value goal on the tech firm on Thursday.

“Optimistic commentary on each the pricing and demand setting stunned us over the previous a number of weeks after our Asia checks had indicated that the influence of the CAC (Our on-line world Administration of China) ban would exceed the LDD% highlighted by the corporate,” analysts led by Tom O’Malley wrote in a notice.

Barclays raised its value goal to $80 from $75, noting that the corporate sounded materially higher at conferences.

“We admittedly are a bit stunned by how shortly Micron was in a position to offset the ban and not using a materials pricing influence,” the agency mentioned, speculating that clients could have stockpiled product at discount basement pricing, a transfer that might meet up with the corporate sooner or later.

“We elevate our outlook for each bits and pricing and transfer barely forward of the Avenue for November and lift CY24. We acknowledge that that is the primary print in a while with any expectation for higher numbers vs. ‘how dangerous this could possibly be’ however assume numbers transfer greater and the inventory works nonetheless, Barclays mentioned.

The inventory has 18 Sturdy Purchase scores from Wall Avenue analysts, eight Buys, 9 Holds, one Promote and two Sturdy Sells.

Shares are up almost 43% to date in 2023.