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Micron Technology$MU · filed: grew revenue 256% in FY2026 to $133.2BSound shipTrillion Score 472Fall Risk MediumNext year $169.5B–$725.7B sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What Micron Technology filed
Grew revenue 256% in FY2026 to $133.2 billion, operating margin 74.6% against a 2.4% median for semiconductors & related devices, equity 70.6% of assets, and dividend per share up 1 year running. Every figure links to the filing it came from on Micron Technology’s card. Sound ship: one warning sign. Trillion Score 472, #64 of 107 in its field; Fall Risk Medium (how it is measured).
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2026-09-03 between $169.5B and $725.7B, an 80% range sealed on 9 Oct 2026 · receipt #8096ac · graded in public by the revenue in Micron Technology’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
Micron's **$250B** US bet is less about memory markets than about locking sub-**4%** real capital costs through federal partnerships competitors cannot replicate.
$250 billion
through 2035
$100 billion
in state and federal incentives under the CHIPS Act
$12 billion
through 2032
$6.1 billion
in direct CHIPS Act grants
Micron Technology has increased its US capital commitment to more than $250 billion through 2035, marking the first concrete pour at its New York semiconductor fabrication plant this week. The figure represents a material escalation from prior guidance and positions Micron as the largest single private infrastructure investor in American semiconductor manufacturing over the next decade.
The New York facility, anchored by $100 billion in state and federal incentives under the CHIPS Act, broke ground in ceremonial terms eighteen months ago. Concrete pouring signals vertical construction begins within sixty days. Micron expects initial production from the Clay, New York site in late 2028, with full four-fab buildout extending through 2034. The complex will house leading-edge DRAM and emerging high-bandwidth memory architectures, targeting AI accelerator and data center applications where domestic supply remains constrained.
The $250 billion figure matters less for its nominal scale than for its timing. Micron disclosed the increase concurrent with Samsung and SK Hynix reporting softer-than-expected capex guidance for calendar 2027, citing inventory digestion in consumer and mobile segments. Memory markets remain cyclical, but Micron's commitment suggests the company expects sustained premium pricing for advanced nodes tied to enterprise and sovereign buyers willing to pay for supply-chain locality. The New York project enjoys contract-based federal offtake agreements worth an estimated $12 billion through 2032, de-risking early-phase volume.
Allocators should note the capital structure Micron assembles around this expansion. The company has secured $6.1 billion in direct CHIPS Act grants, $75 billion in New York state tax abatements over twenty years, and access to Treasury Department loan facilities at sub-commercial rates. This public-private blend compresses Micron's effective cost of capital for the project to an estimated 3.8% real, well below the 6.2% weighted average the company pays on its existing debt stack. If Micron maintains operational discipline, the spread finances incremental margin that competitors building in Asia cannot match, even at lower nominal capex.
Watch three near-term signals. First, Micron's April 2026 earnings call, where management will clarify fab utilization ramp timelines and whether any New York production pulls forward into 2027. Second, Intel's Ohio campus progress reports due in May—parallel delays there would validate Micron's execution advantage and pull forward federal funding tranches. Third, any TSMC commentary on Arizona Fab 21 yields; if Taiwan-based fabs continue hitting technical snags on US soil, Micron's memory-focused approach gains credibility with sovereign procurement offices.
The concrete pour is not symbolic. It locks Micron into a construction timeline that survives election cycles and allows the company to hire 2,400 tradespeople under apprenticeship contracts that vest over thirty-six months. The labor commitment matters as much as the dollar figure—skilled trades shortages, not equipment lead times, now gate most US semiconductor expansions.
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Track April earnings for fab utilization clarity; sovereign procurement tailwinds justify patient three-year hold on MU equity or converts.
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Watch Intel Ohio progress as timing delta; Micron's memory focus vs logic may prove structurally easier to execute domestically.
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Adding 200 bps to semiconductor equipment exposure via AMAT, LRCX on thesis that Micron's discipline validates broader domestic buildout sustainability.
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