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Micron delivered quarterly results above analyst expectations on Wednesday, extending the memory maker’s momentum as demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure continues to surge. The stock rose slightly in extended trading following the release.

Adjusted earnings reached $33.42 per share for the fiscal fourth quarter, beating the $31.61 expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. Revenue totaled $54.23 billion, topping the consensus estimate of $51.07 billion.

The company said quarterly revenue almost quadrupled from $11.32 billion a year earlier. Data center revenue jumped 11 fold as Micron benefited from the growing need for memory used in artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Micron also issued an outlook above analyst expectations for its fiscal first quarter. The company projected about $61.5 billion in revenue and adjusted earnings of $38.15 per share.

Analysts surveyed by LSEG had expected adjusted earnings of $35.40 per share on revenue of $57 billion. The forecast added to an already powerful run for a company positioned inside the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom.

Micron shares have soared more than 500% during the past year. The company has benefited from a global supply crunch driven by historic demand for memory chips needed to support artificial intelligence models and workloads.

That shortage has sent memory costs sharply higher and contributed to increased prices for consumer electronics, including Apple’s iPads and MacBooks. The imbalance between available supply and demand remains central to Micron’s current performance.

Hendi Susanto of Gabelli Funds described the results in an email as “another strong beat and raise for Micron.” His assessment reflected both the quarterly outperformance and the company’s stronger than expected guidance.

“At this point, I have not heard any negative data points pointing to the memory cycle reversing toward a decline anytime soon for the foreseeable future,” Susanto wrote. His comments followed the company’s earnings release.

Micron is the only memory manufacturer based in the U.S. that produces high bandwidth memory, known as HBM. The technology consists of stacks of general purpose dynamic random access memory, commonly called DRAM.

Fiscal fourth quarter DRAM revenue increased 343% from the same period a year earlier, reaching $39.8 billion. DRAM accounted for 73% of Micron’s total sales during the quarter.

Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Mehrotra told analysts that Micron has a “strong roadmap for future HBM products.” He also said the company is working with Nvidia on the industry’s “first custom HBM implementation.”

Net income climbed to $37.7 billion, or $32.87 per share, in the latest quarter. That compared with net income of $3.2 billion, or $2.83 per share, during the same period a year earlier.

Advanced graphics processors and central processors from chip companies including Nvidia and AMD require growing amounts of HBM to manage artificial intelligence workloads. The leading global suppliers have been unable to produce enough memory to satisfy that demand.

Micron is investing $250 billion to construct two new campuses for HBM production. The largest campus broke ground in Clay, New York, in January, while the company’s first new fabrication plant in Boise, Idaho, is scheduled to begin operating next year.

HBM market leaders SK Hynix and Samsung are also carrying out massive factory expansions in South Korea. Although Micron has the smallest HBM market share among the three companies, its market capitalization has surpassed $1.2 trillion.

Mehrotra participated Tuesday in a summit on artificial intelligence regulation hosted by President Donald Trump. That appearance came days after he attended a White House dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping during Xi’s first U.S. visit in more than a decade.

On the earnings call, Mehrotra said Micron increased compensation for every employee in fiscal 2026. Hundreds of employees had threatened to strike at the company’s Taiwan factories over labor negotiations and pay, while similar strikes at SK Hynix and Samsung resulted in bonuses upwards of $500,000.

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