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A very bullish call
Micron shares got a boost on Wednesday after DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria hiked his price target on the memory-chip maker to $3,000 from $2,100. That's not a tiny tune-up — it's the kind of upgrade that says, 'I think this thing can still run.'
Why investors care
Luria's new target implies roughly 190% upside from Micron's Wednesday trading level, which is a pretty loud way of saying the AI infrastructure boom could keep stuffing Micron's memory chips into everything from data centers to the broader compute stack. When analysts start talking about nearly tripling potential, traders tend to perk up.
The bigger backdrop
The stock was climbing even as the rest of the market dealt with higher oil prices and rising Treasury yields. That makes Micron's move look less like a broad-market bounce and more like a fresh confidence check on the company's AI story.
- DA Davidson raised its target to $3,000 from $2,100
- The new call implies about 190% upside from Wednesday's level
- The thesis centers on sustained AI infrastructure demand
Big picture: when memory demand gets tied to AI spending, Micron stops looking like a sleepy commodity chip name and starts acting like a levered AI trade.