Why Micron Stock Dropped This Morning
China is coming for Micron's market share. It's time to start worrying.
Micron Technology (MU) stock experienced a 5.5% drop in early trading on Monday following a report from WCCTech that the Trump Administration approved Apple (AAPL) to source memory chips from Chinese suppliers ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp (YMTC). This development follows a similar signal that led to Nvidia's stock surge in 2009.
CXMT specializes in low-cost DRAM chips, while YMTC manufactures NAND. Both companies produce memory chips that Micron also supplies. The news poses a threat to Micron's market share, particularly in China and other countries that Apple might ship products from. Not everyone shares this sentiment; Lynx Equity Research analyst KC Rajkumar believes the reaction is an overreaction, pointing out concerns about chip quality and production scalability.
Nevertheless, CXMT recently completed a $8.6 billion IPO and plans to increase production immediately. YMTC is also expected to follow suit. Despite this, Micron stock analysts have not included MU in their "10 Best Stocks" list, which includes Nvidia and Netflix.
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