AOSL
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited
AOSL's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
MU
Micron Technology, Inc.
MU has the edge over AOSL overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger valuation.
AOSL Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Strong |
AOSL's balance sheet is currently strong, and its revenue is stable, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure.
MU Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
MU's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
AOSL PE Valuation
AOSL has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
MU PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 4.6x | $798 | — |
| Cheap | 10x | $777 | -2.7% |
| Current | 11x | $798 | — |
| Fair | 22x | $1,646 | +106% |
| Expensive | 32x | $2,404 | +201% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
MU's PE is in its cheap range at 11x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 4.6x next year's earnings.
AOSL Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect AOSL's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
MU Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Broad | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect strong earnings and revenue growth for MU, with profitability improving.
AOSL Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.54 | +$1.74 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.41 | +$1.89 |
| Q1 2026 | -$3.59 | -$2.81 |
| Q4 2025 | -$3.50 | -$2.70 |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.28 | -$2.61 |
| Q2 2025 | -$3.30 | -$2.91 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.78 | -$0.49 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.80 | -$0.22 |
AOSL lost $1.54 per share over the past year, a smaller loss than the year before.
MU Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $174.95 | +135% |
| Q3 2026 | $74.33 | +879% |
| Q2 2026 | $44.17 | +693% |
| Q1 2026 | $21.18 | +405% |
| Q4 2025 | $10.52 | +201% |
| Q3 2025 | $7.59 | +984% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.57 | +$6.99 |
| Q1 2025 | $4.19 | +$7.64 |
| Q4 2024 | $3.49 | +$9.77 |
MU has the edge over AOSL on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
AOSL Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $177.8M | -2.6% |
| Q2 2026 | $170.4M | -3.5% |
| Q1 2026 | $163.8M | -0.5% |
| Q4 2025 | $162.3M | -6.3% |
| Q3 2025 | $182.5M | +0.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $176.5M | +9.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $164.6M | +9.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $173.2M | +4.8% |
AOSL's revenue grew through 2023 and has held roughly level since: $178M last quarter, down 2.6% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -5.1% | -2.6 points |
| Q2 2026 | -6.5% | +0.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | -8.6% | -2.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | -8.4% | -4.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | -2.5% | -2.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | -6.6% | -5.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | -6.5% | +0.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | -3.4% | -2.7 points |
AOSL's operating margin was −5.1% last quarter, down 2.6 points from the same quarter a year ago.
MU Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $54.2B | +379% |
| Q2 2026 | $41.5B | +346% |
| Q1 2026 | $23.9B | +196% |
| Q4 2025 | $13.6B | +57% |
| Q3 2025 | $11.3B | +46% |
| Q2 2025 | $9.3B | +37% |
| Q1 2025 | $8.1B | +38% |
| Q4 2024 | $8.7B | +84% |
MU has the edge over AOSL on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 81% | +48 points |
| Q2 2026 | 80% | +57 points |
| Q1 2026 | 68% | +46 points |
| Q4 2025 | 45% | +20 points |
| Q3 2025 | 32% | +13 points |
| Q2 2025 | 23% | +13 points |
| Q1 2025 | 22% | +19 points |
| Q4 2024 | 25% | +49 points |
MU has the edge over AOSL on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
AOSL Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$3.6M | -955% |
| Q2 2026 | -$24.9M | -$7.8M |
| Q1 2026 | -$20.5M | -$19.4M |
| Q4 2025 | -$23.1M | -450% |
| Q3 2025 | $420K | -90% |
| Q2 2025 | -$17.2M | -$17M |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.1M | -105% |
| Q4 2024 | $6.6M | +$39.6M |
AOSL has burned cash in six of the last eight quarters: −$72M over the past year, against −$11M the year before.
MU Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $32.9B | +45543% |
| Q2 2026 | $17.6B | +951% |
| Q1 2026 | $5.5B | +$5.6B |
| Q4 2025 | $3B | +7853% |
| Q3 2025 | $72M | -75% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.7B | +322% |
| Q1 2025 | -$113M | +$52M |
| Q4 2024 | $38M | +$433M |
MU has the edge over AOSL on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
AOSL Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +1.1% | +335K shares |
| 1 year | +0.8% | +250K shares |
| 3 years | +1.7% | +500K shares |
| 5 years | +9.6% | +2.6M shares |
| Available history | +23% | +5.6M shares |
AOSL has the edge over MU on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $4.2M |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q2 2023 | $10.8M |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | — |
| Q4 2019 | — |
MU Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.2% | -2M shares |
| 1 year | +1.6% | +18M shares |
| 3 years | +4.6% | +50M shares |
| 5 years | +0.2% | +2M shares |
| Available history | +1.2% | +14M shares |
MU has 1.1B diluted shares, up 1.6% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | $350M |
| Q4 2025 | $300M |
| Q3 2024 | $300M |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
MU has spent almost nothing on buybacks in the past year.
AOSL Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -17.4x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -12.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -12.9x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -8.8x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -7.4x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -3.7x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -4.0x | Net Cash |
AOSL has the edge over MU on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
MU Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -0.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.5x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 0.6x | Very low |
MU has more cash than debt.
AOSL Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 52.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 35.8 | Neutral |
AOSL's weekly RSI is 53 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 36 (neutral).
MU Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 47.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 26.9 | Neutral |
MU's weekly RSI is 47 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 27 (neutral).
AOSL PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | AOSL | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 28x | — |
AOSL has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
MU PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | MU | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 11x | 28x | 61% below |
| PE % | 18 | 35 | 17 pts below |
MU is trading at 11x earnings, a 61% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
AOSL Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $25.9 | 18% above |
| 20 week MA | $28.5 | 7.2% above |
| 50 week MA | $28.9 | 5.6% above |
| 100 week MA | $28.2 | 8.2% above |
| 200 week MA | $28.9 | 5.6% above |
AOSL has the edge over MU on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
MU Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $914.5 | 13% below |
| 20 week MA | $931.0 | 14% below |
| 50 week MA | $685.9 | 16% above |
| 100 week MA | $405.4 | 97% above |
| 200 week MA | $246.0 | 225% above |
MU has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8- and 20-week averages, but 225% above its 200-week average.
AOSL Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $13.7 | $23.4 | +72% |
| 2021 | $23.4 | $55.3 | +136% |
| 2022 | $55.3 | $28.7 | -48% |
| 2023 | $28.7 | $26.1 | -9.3% |
| 2024 | $26.1 | $38.4 | +47% |
| 2025 | $38.4 | $20.1 | -47% |
| 2026 YTD | $20.1 | $30.5 | +52% |
AOSL's yearly returns have swung widely, from +136% in 2021 to −48% in 2022. It's up 52% so far in 2026.
MU Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $54.0 | $70.6 | +31% |
| 2021 | $70.6 | $94.4 | +34% |
| 2022 | $94.4 | $50.2 | -47% |
| 2023 | $50.2 | $85.3 | +70% |
| 2024 | $85.3 | $88.6 | +3.9% |
| 2025 | $88.6 | $284.8 | +221% |
| 2026 YTD | $284.8 | $798.4 | +180% |
MU has the edge over AOSL on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.