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Micron’s rally got a new cheerleader
Micron has already spent the year acting like it found the cheat code for the AI trade, but Bank of America basically just said: not so fast, the party might still have room to run. Analyst Vivek Arya boosted the stock’s 12-month price target to $1,500 from $950 — a pretty loud way of saying he still likes the setup even after the stock has gone vertical.
The memory business is suddenly the cool kid
The logic here is pretty straightforward: AI demand isn’t the problem anymore. The bottleneck is the unglamorous stuff that makes the whole machine work — memory, chips, and power. That’s why BofA is talking up high-bandwidth memory as one of the most important ingredients in AI infrastructure, and why Micron sits in the middle of the conversation like the kid who brought the only snacks.
Arya also argued that memory supply should stay tight for years, with long-term deals giving Micron more pricing visibility and less of the boom-bust drama that usually comes with the sector. In other words, this is not your grandpa’s memory cycle, where everyone overbuilds and then cries into the DRAM.
Why investors should care
The stock had already been chopped around hard as memory names sold off globally, with Micron falling about 11% on Tuesday even as the new target landed. But the bigger takeaway is this: if BofA is right, Micron isn’t just riding an AI wave — it’s selling the picks and shovels for the next phase of the buildout.
Big picture: when Wall Street starts treating memory like a strategic AI input instead of a sleepy commodity, the valuation script can change fast.