12 semiconductor stocks bucking the downcycle trend

Semiconductor stocks have been great outperformers over long periods, but their movement this year underscores how cyclical the industry can be. Here is a look behind the numbers that are driving down...

Rising Pressure on Profits Darkens Outlook for Tech Shares

Micron Technology is among the companies that have warned about softening PC demand. Courtesy Micron Text size In early summer, I wrote a Tech Trader column previewing the June quarter earnings season...

Why a Bearish Money Manager Likes Gambling Stocks and Is Ready to Dump Apple

Dan Niles thinks the stock market is headed lower. Maybe a lot lower. A Stanford University–trained electrical engineer who once worked at the old minicomputer giant Digital Equipment, Niles has focus...

Chip stocks could plunge another 25% as ‘we are entering the worst semiconductor downturn in a decade,’ analyst says

After a rough few months for semiconductor stocks, one Wall Street analyst expects the pain to continue and predicted Tuesday that “we are entering the worst semiconductor downturn in a decade.” In a ...

U.S. Companies on Pace to Bring Home Record Number of Overseas Jobs

U.S. companies are bringing workforces and supply chains home at a historic pace. American companies are on pace to reshore, or return to the U.S., nearly 350,000 jobs this year, according to a report...

The Chips Are Down…Lam And Micron Are Buys

President Joe Biden speaks during an event to support legislation that would encourage domestic … [+] manufacturing and strengthen supply chains for computer chips in the South Court Auditorium ...

Chip stocks tanked as pandemic demand for electronics slumped, but there are still some winners

After two years of unprecedented chip sales and demand related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a long-feared reversal has struck the semiconductor industry, but some markets are still performing strongly — ...

Intel and 8 Other Chip Stocks That Look Like Bargains Now

Text size Nvidia now expects July quarter revenue to be $6.7 billion, up only 3% from the year-ago period. The company had previously forecast $8.1 billion in revenue. Dreamstime These are troubling t...

Nvidia, Tesla, Disney: Stocks That Defined the Week

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9 Chip Stocks That Look Like Buys

Text size Nvidia now expects July quarter revenue to be $6.7 billion, up only 3% from the year-ago period. The company had previously forecast $8.1 billion in revenue. Dreamstime These are troubling t...

Intel, Micron, and 3 Other Stocks With Direct Exposure to Taiwan

China has launched military drills near Taiwan in response to a visit to the self-ruled island by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Here: a large screen in Beijing shows a news broadcast about China...

Micron Stock Is Slipping. Morgan Stanley Turned Bearish.

Text size Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore downgraded Micron to Underweight from Equal Weight. Dreamstime Micron Technology stock is lower Friday after Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore issued a ...

Senate Votes on Chips Act Today. What It Means for Intel and Other Stocks.

Text size The Senate votes Tuesday on a bill that would authorize more than $50 billion in subsidies and tax credits for U.S. chip makers. Tim Herman/Intel Corporation Semiconductor stocks rose Tuesda...

Chip Investment Decisions Await Congressional Action on $52 Billion Funding Bill

Political wrangling in Congress over government funding for the semiconductor industry is leaving tens of billions of dollars of potential factory projects hanging in limbo and could dent the ambition...

Micron’s Woes Are Trouble for Nvidia and These 5 Other Stocks

Text size A technician inspects a semiconductor wafer. Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg News last week that Micron Technology expects weak Chinese demand for semiconductors to hit its quarterly results means a ran...

Biden Dropping China Tariffs Could Be Good News for Tech Stocks

If President Joe Biden rolls back tariffs on Chinese exports, it could have bigger implications than the impact on inflation. The U.S. is considering dropping the levies started by Donald Trump in 201...

General Mills and Micron Raised Their Dividends. Banks Will Soon, Too.

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images General Mills and Micron Technology declared dividend increases this week, and various large banks announced plans for their disbursements. General Mills (ticker...

Micron’s Weak Outlook Crushes Chip Stocks. There’s More Trouble Coming for Tech.

Text size Dreamstime Almost every analyst on Wall Street knew that the memory chip company Micron Technology was likely to provide quarterly guidance below previous Street estimates. And that’s exactl...

There may be another shoe to drop after Micron’s big outlook miss

Micron Technology Inc. delivered an outlook that fell far short of the consensus view, prompting questions about how the memory market will fare in a downturn. The company expects August-quarter reven...

Opinion: The chip boom likely over, as Micron says it’s in a ‘downturn’

The semiconductor boom of the past two years appears to be ending. Memory-chip maker Micron Technology Inc. MU, -1.32% gave a downbeat forecast for its next fiscal quarter Thursday, predicting a massi...

Micron Issues Muted Sales Forecast On Demand Weakness

Memory-chip maker Micron Technology issued a subdued revenue outlook, spooking investors even as it reported a strong rise in earnings for its latest quarter. “Recently, the industry demand environmen...

Wall Street’s favorite stock sector has potential upside of 43% as we enter the second half of 2022

At the midpoint of 2022, investors are looking at a remarkable change in stock valuations. The S&P 500 SPX has declined 20%, but the benchmark index’s forward price-to-earnings valuation has falle...

Micron earnings to provide more clues as to whether chip boom has passed

Micron Technology Inc.’s earnings on Thursday will provide a much-anticipated clue into a problem that has worried Wall Street all year about the chip industry: Whether customers have been hoarding ch...

Should You Buy Micron Technology Ahead of Earnings?

By BRUCE KAMICH Jun 27, 2022 | 12:20 PM EDT Stocks quotes in this article: MU Micron Technology ( MU) made a high back in December and then has traded lower into June. The shares are trading below the...

Micron Technology Stock Slumps After Getting Downgraded Again

Text size Micron was downgraded earlier this month by Piper Sandler. Dreamstime Micron Technology stock was sliding Monday after the memory chip provider got its second downgrade in less than two week...

Micron Stock Slumps After Downgrade. Why the Analyst Fears the Consumer.

Text size Dreamstime Micron Technology stock was slumping Friday after the memory chip manufacturer received the first Sell-equivalent rating since February. Piper Sandler analyst Harsh Kumar downgrad...

Micron, Netflix, and 5 Other Beaten-Up Tech Stocks That Could Be Bargains

Text size Meta Platforms’ advertising business has faced challenges from TikTok and Apple’s privacy changes. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg This year has been brutal for U.S. stocks, but that...

7 Beaten-Up Tech Stocks That Could Be Bargains

Text size Meta Platforms’ advertising business has faced challenges from TikTok and Apple’s privacy changes. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg This year has been brutal for U.S. stocks, but that...

Chevron, Micron and 18 More Stocks Goldman Recommends to Ride Out the Storm

Text size Qualcomm is one of the 20 stocks on Goldman Sachs’ ‘margin of safety’ list. Pau Barrena /AFP via Getty Images Exxon Mobil , Qualcomm , Micron and Chevron are just some of t...

2 Tech Stocks That Now Look Impossibly Cheap

Text size Memory chips from Micron Technology are increasingly vital in the cloud, as well as in the automotive, industrial, and networking markets. Jeremy Erickson/Bloomberg Historically, companies l...

Micron sued for alleged patent infringement

BOISE, Idaho — Bell Semiconductor has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against computer chip maker Micron Technology. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court contends that Boise, Idaho-b...

Inflation is raging, but these 16 companies have pricing power

Decades of deflationary forces that helped feed booming prices for U.S. stocks are over, at least for now. But some companies are countering the trend, by a combination of holding down expenses and ra...