Micron Earnings Face High Expectations as Its Stock Keeps Rising

Micron shares have soared nearly 65% to start the year, among the best performers in the S&P 500 Index, after jumping 239% in 2025. The biggest US maker of memory chips is benefiting from heavy spending on artificial intelligence computing that’s driving demand for memory and storage components, as are high-flying peers Sandisk Corp. and Western Digital Corp.