Micron (MU) has received an endorsement by Bank of America as one of the “best investment ideas” on today’s stock market. The cosign helped fuel MU shares higher by as much as 10% on Tuesday. Micron’s fiscal Q3 2026 report gave bullish experts further belief in the semiconductor developer’s stock growth.
BofA analyst Vivek Arya lifted his price objective to $1,550 from $1,500 and reiterated a Buy rating, citing “another memorable beat.” Arya has also framed the recent chip pullback as a “summer reset” rather than a fundamental reversal. Further, the call implies over 70% upside from the stock’s current price of $958.70. With Bank of America’s endorsement as a stock to watch, other top firms are also issuing bullish forecasts for MU. TD Cowen has also moved to $1,500, and the Street consensus target sits at $1,491.95, with 31 Buy and 9 Strong Buy ratings against a single Strong Sell.
As reported previously, Revenue landed at $41.46 billion, up 345.72% year over year from $9.30 billion. GAAP net income was $28.24 billion, up 1,398.3%. Non-GAAP gross margin hit 84.9% (GAAP 84.6%, up from 37.7% a year ago), and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $25.11 topped the $20.28 consensus by 23.79%, the eighth straight quarterly beat. Furthermore, Cloud Memory generated $13.77 billion, with Core Data Center and Mobile and Client each at $11.52 billion and Automotive and Embedded at $4.63 billion.
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Micron shares have climbed 715% over the past year and stand 223% higher year-to-date. The stock trades around $925 after hitting above $1,000 last month, pushing its market capitalization past $1 trillion. However, price alone tells investors little without context, because the company’s future earnings power is where the optimism lies. Wall Street forecasts Micron will grow earnings at 172% annually over the next five years. That growth stems directly from AI workloads demanding far more high-bandwidth memory than the industry can supply.