Micron closed at $904.90 on October 19, 2026, up 2.97%, lifting its market value back to $1.02 trillion after a 5.63% drop on October 16 to $878.84. Memory peers rallied too, with SanDisk up 5.53% and SK Hynix up 4.67%, though the article suggests hedge fund repositioning rather than new conviction drove the bounce, and Micron still fell 8.49% for the week. Fiscal fourth-quarter revenue reached $54.23 billion, up 379.3%, with non-GAAP EPS of $33.42 beating the $31.35 consensus, and management guided fiscal first-quarter revenue to $61.5 billion. Micron says more than 75% of its 2027 output is already committed, while the stock sits about 28% below its 52-week high of $1,255.00 and trades at roughly 7x forward earnings.
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