Micron forecasts Q2 revenue of $18.7B, up 132% YoY, with HBM sold out for 2026. New Applied Materials partnership aims to accelerate AI memory development. Micron Technology is on the verge of a potentially record-breaking quarter, with a newly announced partnership providing additional momentum. The memory chip manufacturer is scheduled to release its quarterly results on March 18, with market ex...
Micron forecasts Q2 revenue of $18.7B, up 132% YoY, with HBM sold out for 2026. New Applied Materials partnership aims to accelerate AI memory development. Micron Technology is on the verge of a potentially record-breaking quarter, with a newly announced partnership providing additional momentum. The memory chip manufacturer is scheduled to release its quarterly results on March 18, with market expectations running high. Anticipated Financial Milestones The company’s management has provided robust guidance for its second fiscal quarter of 2026. Revenue is projected to reach $18.7 billion, which would represent a staggering 132% increase compared to the same period last year. Earnings per share are forecast to surge to $8.42, a significant jump from $1.56 in the prior-year quarter. This follows an already impressive first quarter, where Micron reported revenue of $13.64 billion. This performance was largely driven by the cloud memory segment, which saw its sales double year-over-year. Net profit for Q1 stood at $5.24 billion. Strategic Alliance Accelerates Development A key recent development is a strategic collaboration with Applied Materials, designed to accelerate the creation of high-performance memory solutions for artificial intelligence applications. The partnership will focus on Advanced DRAM, High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM), and NAND flash memory. The two firms plan to deploy joint research and development teams to pioneer new materials, process technologies, and chip architectures. This announcement directly addresses investor concerns regarding Micron's ability to scale production rapidly enough to meet exploding AI-driven demand. The market responded positively, with the company's shares advancing approximately five percent on the news. High-Bandwidth Memory: A Secured Growth Trajectory High-Bandwidth Memory stands out as a primary growth engine. Management has stated that its entire HBM production capacity for calendar year 2026, including the next-generatio...
Aluminum edged higher as traders assessed how long the Iran war might continue to disrupt global flows of the industrial metal. Prices rose above $3,400 a ton, just below the four-year peak hit on Monday. That came after the conflict forced productions cuts in the Middle East, which accounts for about 9% of global output. The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively shut, preventing shipments of raw m...
Aluminum edged higher as traders assessed how long the Iran war might continue to disrupt global flows of the industrial metal. Prices rose above $3,400 a ton, just below the four-year peak hit on Monday. That came after the conflict forced productions cuts in the Middle East, which accounts for about 9% of global output. The Strait of Hormuz remains effectively shut, preventing shipments of raw materials into the region and of exports of the finished product. Commodities markets have fluctuated this week as the Trump administration sent mixed messages on the duration of the conflict. On Tuesday, US officials signaled military operations were escalating against Iran and there was little chance of diplomatic talks, throwing cold water on President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the conflict could be resolved soon. Rallying aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange have boosted the premium over the metal on the Shanghai Futures Exchange to the highest since April 2022, which could lure more exports from China, the top supplier, and ease tightness in the global market. Chinese aluminum exports have been resilient this year due to rising demand from emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence, energy storage and solar panels, said Zhang Meng, general manager of Shandong Aize Business Information Consulting Co. March shipments could rise more than 5% from a year ago, he added. In a further indication of stress in the market, orders to withdraw stockpiles from the LME’s warehouse network surged the most since May 2024, driven by requests in Malaysia. Aluminum rose 0.7% to $3,431.50 a ton on the LME as of 10:47 a.m. in Singapore. The metal gained 1.2% to 25,165 yuan ($3,663.67) a ton in Shanghai. Other base metals were flat or lower, with tin down 1.3% to $49,775 a ton. Iron ore futures advanced 0.5% to $104.25 per ton in Singapore.