MU
Micron Technology, Inc.
MU's fundamentals are strong and it looks cheap: trading at 11x earnings, about half its usual 22x. Analysts expect strong earnings growth.
POET
POET Technologies Inc.
There isn't enough reported data to score POET yet.
MU Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
MU's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently strong.
POET Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
POET's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
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.
POET PE Valuation
POET has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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.
POET Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses steady | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect POET's revenue to grow, with its earnings and profitability holding steady. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
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 POET on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
POET Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$0.71 | +$0.04 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.85 | -$0.17 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.69 | +$0.19 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.65 | -$0.06 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.75 | -$0.23 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.68 | -$0.19 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.88 | -$0.38 |
| Q3 2024 | -$0.59 | -$0.05 |
POET is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $0.71 per share over the past year, against $0.88 at its worst in late 2024.
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 POET 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 POET on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
POET Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $569.9K | +112% |
| Q1 2026 | $503.4K | +202% |
| Q4 2025 | $341.2K | +1075% |
| Q3 2025 | $298.4K | +7999% |
| Q1 2025 | $166.8K | +1823% |
| Q4 2024 | $29K | -73% |
| Q1 2024 | $8.7K | -95% |
| Q4 2023 | $107.6K | -46% |
POET's revenue has grown year over year for six quarters in a row: $569,925 last quarter, up 112% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -3543% | -281 points |
| Q1 2026 | -3550% | +2169 points |
| Q4 2025 | -2817% | +36594 points |
| Q3 2025 | -3202% | +179880 points |
| Q2 2025 | -3262% | N/A |
| Q1 2025 | -5719% | +53055 points |
| Q4 2024 | -39411% | N/A |
| Q3 2024 | -183082% | N/A |
POET's operating margin was −3543% last quarter, down 281 points from the same quarter a year ago.
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 POET on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
POET Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$15.2M | -$5.3M |
| Q1 2026 | -$11.2M | -$1.7M |
| Q4 2025 | -$10.9M | +$1.8M |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.2M | +$3.4M |
| Q2 2025 | -$9.9M | -$3.5M |
| Q1 2025 | -$9.5M | -$4.8M |
| Q4 2024 | -$12.7M | -$9.7M |
| Q3 2024 | -$6.5M | -$1.4M |
POET has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$40M over the past year, against −$39M the year before.
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 the edge over POET on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| 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.
POET Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +10% | +14.8M shares |
| 1 year | +100% | +81.3M shares |
| 3 years | +301% | +122M shares |
| 5 years | +370% | +128M shares |
| Available history | +463% | +134M shares |
POET has 162M diluted shares, up 100% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
POET hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
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.
POET Net Leverage
POET's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
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).
POET Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 39.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 14.3 | Oversold |
POET's weekly RSI is 39 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 14 (oversold).
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.
POET PE vs Technology Sector
POET has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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 the edge over POET on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
POET Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $6.11 | 15% below |
| 20 week MA | $7.26 | 28% below |
| 50 week MA | $7.94 | 34% below |
| 100 week MA | $6.52 | 20% below |
| 200 week MA | $4.77 | 9.2% above |
POET has fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 9.2% above its 200-week average.
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 POET on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
POET Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2.70 | $6.10 | +126% |
| 2021 | $6.10 | $6.90 | +13% |
| 2022 | $6.90 | $2.97 | -57% |
| 2023 | $2.97 | $0.94 | -68% |
| 2024 | $0.94 | $6.96 | +640% |
| 2025 | $6.96 | $6.81 | -2.2% |
| 2026 YTD | $6.81 | $5.21 | -23% |
POET's yearly returns have swung widely, from +640% in 2024 to −68% in 2023. It's down 23% so far in 2026.