Mizuho lifted MU's price target to $82 from $72
The shares of
Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) are up
1.2% at $68.59 at last check, on the heels of a price-target hike from Mizuho to $82 from $72. Prior to this bull note, the equity had been
pulling back from another rejection at its $73 level, which also acted as resistance in late July. The 50-day moving average contained the negative price action, though, helping the shares maintain a 37.7% year-to-date lead.
The brokerage bunch leans overwhelmingly bullish on MU, with 21 of the 26 firms in question calling it a "buy" or better. Plus, the 12-month consensus target price of $77.74 is a 12.8% premium to current levels.
The options pits echo that optimism. Over at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), the security sports a 10-day call/put volume ratio that sits of 1.96 in the 91st percentile of readings from the past year. This means calls have been getting picked up at much quicker-than-usual clip of late.