Shares of Micron Technology (MU) have skyrocketed more than 200% year-to-date, driven by explosive demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and the company’s leadership in high-bandwidth memory and data-center storage solutions.
At the same time, the tight industry-wide memory supply has significantly improved pricing power across the sector. Combined with Micron’s strong operational execution, those trends have driven a sharp improvement in profitability and helped power the stock’s massive rally.