On Thursday, the stocks of Micron Technology Inc. skidded after it reported stronger than expected fourth-quarter fiscal 2021.
The chipmaker declined 2.00% or 1.46 points to $71.64 per share, trailing its subsequent loss since Tuesday.
Micron manufactures memory and data storage for personal computers, data centers, smartphones, and vehicles.
Moreover, it currently stands with a market capitalization of $82.29 billion and $1.13 billion shares outstanding.
Last Wednesday, the firm posted quarterly earnings per share of $2.34, 116.00% higher than the same period last year.
In addition, its revenue hiked to $8.27 billion from the third-quarter data of $7.42 billion.
Subsequently, sales of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) products contributed 70.00% to Micron’s revenue. Then, the remaining 30.00% is from the sales of NAND products.
Despite the overwhelming previous fiscal report, the company’s guidance for the next fiscal Q1 fell. This is due to the firm’s negative sentiment on the semiconductor industry.
Remarkably, the estimated revenue weakened to $7.65 billion from the analysts’ expectation of $8.57 billion.
Additionally, the semiconductor manufacturer anticipated $2.10 adjusted earnings per share, which is way below the consensus mark of $2.70.
In line with this, the business warned that product shipments would wane on FQ1.
Beforehand, experts already estimated a decline in the prices of DRAM products in the fourth quarter due to high inventory levels.
Also, Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra highlighted the shortage in other PC components, which plagued the memory chip demand from its customers.
On a positive note, it is confident that the demand could spark again by next year when the supply-chain bottlenecks ease.
Nasdaq Index Plunged as Micron Edged Down
Furthermore, the tech-heavy Nasdaq index plunged as Micron Technology Inc. edged down.
Consequently, the benchmark Nasdaq Composite shed 0.24% or 34.24 points to $14,512.44 per share.
Along with the decline of Micron, other semiconductor producers fell due to the global chip shortage.
For instance, MediaTek Inc. lost 0.33% or 0.11 points to $32.66 per share.
Then, Intel Corporation curtailed 0.94% or 0.51 points to $53.49 per share.
Similarly, Western Digital Corp., the parent company of SanDisk, plummeted 2.78% or 1.62 points to $56.70 per share.
Accordingly, Broadcom Inc. lowered 0.31% or 1.54 points to $489.48 per share.
At the same time, Seagate Technology Holdings dwindled 1.31% or 1.10 points to $83.10 per share.
