Short interest on MU sees a significant increase on 2025-05-30

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Micron Technology Inc shares valued at $436,630 were sold by MEHROTRA SANJAY on Jun 09 ’25. At $110.88 per share, MEHROTRA SANJAY sold 3,938 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 387,175 shares worth approximately $44.98 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, MEHROTRA SANJAY sold 3,562 shares, netting a total of over 393,459 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $110.46 each, the insider now holds 391,113 shares.

Before that, Deboer Scott J had sold 20,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,200,000, the EVP, CTO and Products Officer traded Micron Technology Inc shares for $110.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 20,000 shares, worth approximately $21.65 million.

As published in a research note from China Renaissance on March 26, 2025, Micron Technology Inc [MU] has been rated down from a Buy to a Hold and the price target has been revised to $84. Analysts at TD Cowen resumed the stock at ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of December 19, 2024, Needham has reiterated its “Buy” rating for MU. Earlier on December 19, 2024, BofA Securities downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for MU stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing MU Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Micron Technology Inc [NASDAQ: MU] rose 0.13% to $116.18. The stock’s lowest price that day was $113.52, but it reached a high of $116.4783 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 9.30%. Over the course of the year, Micron Technology Inc shares have jumped approximately 38.05%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Micron Technology Inc (MU)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 80.36 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Micron Technology Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Micron Technology Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 3.25 million shares to 32.1 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 28.85 million shares. A jump of 10.12% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.79 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.79.

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In terms of Micron Technology Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 125 in the next 12 months, up nearly 7.73% from the previous closing price of $116.03. Analysts anticipate Micron Technology Inc stock to reach 140 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 112. In spite of this, 32 analysts ranked Micron Technology Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 28, 2024, China Renaissance assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $148.

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