Micron Technology looks expensive on cyclical-earnings rules. Benjamin Graham warned that cyclical companies look cheapest at the peak of the cycle, when earnings are highest, and advised paying no more than 15 times the average earnings of the last three years. Setting forward earnings aside, Micron's average P/E over the last three years is 37.25. x.com 

Micron is too risky to own long term because memory is one of the most cyclical parts of the AI trade. Its margins are hard to forecast, so memory, like neoclouds, deserves a low multiple until it proves it can run a sustainable business through cycles, despite immense upside. Micron belongs in the too-hard pile: worth swing trading at opportune times, not holding long term or in real size. x.com  x.com 

Micron deserves 10-12x forward earnings rather than 6.2x, and its latest quarter only strengthened the bull case. Revenue reached $54.23B, up 379% year over year, and EPS $33.42, up 1,003%; next-quarter guidance is $62B revenue and $38.15 EPS versus estimates of $58B and $35.92. The market fears growth and demand could suddenly stop, but no one can time when or if that happens, whether in 1, 2, 3 or 5 years. It might not deserve 20x. x.com 

Micron is a cyclical, and cyclicals should never be bought at low P/Es and record earnings. x.com  x.com 

If Micron has only two years of decent forecasts, its limited visibility warrants a lower multiple, not a higher one. x.com 

Micron looks quite cheap despite pulling back after an incredible earnings report, as one of only seven US companies over $10B with a forward P/E under 10 and 25%+ two-year revenue growth. Micron and Sandisk are cyclical, but each expects about 100% revenue CAGR over the next two years. They may not deserve 30-40x forward P/Es, but assigning a single-digit P/E is crazy. x.com  x.com 

Micron sits firmly in the too-hard pile because there is no clear view of what its earnings will look like three to five years from now. Memory stocks are simply not a fit here, with no criticism of memory investors. x.com 

Micron's record run looks like the top of a cycle, with retail chasing narrative rather than inputs. It doubled from $500B to $1T in 48 trading days, the fastest ever, after an 850% gain in 12 months and a UBS target hike from $535 to $1,625. JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon named Micron as a sign of market exuberance, also flagging record-low credit spreads and possible 4% inflation. Earnings are growing, with a 0.07 PEG ratio, but stocks that double this fast get repriced violently when rotation comes. … Show more

Micron's valuation looks ridiculous given the street's eight-year EPS estimates, even with a projected 2028 earnings peak and subsequent decline. At under $900, it trades at 5.09 times this year's expected EPS of $176.55. If consensus plays out, 2027-34 EPS would total $921.56, more than the share price; if analysts are wrong about when EPS peaks, Micron would look even cheaper. x.com 

Micron faces a 'gravity' setup that will be very hard to break without forecasts and earnings beating expectations by 100%. During the dotcom bubble, Micron hit its 0.618 Fibonacci level as the yield curve uninverted, just as it is doing now: the 10-year/3-month spread is +117 bps, the 30-year yield is nearing 6.0%, HYG has broken its 50-period moving average and LQD looks set to fall toward 2008 lows. x.com  x.com