Stock price when the opinion was issued
Impacted not only by tariff rhetoric, but also because it's a very cyclical business. 12-month price target of $118.50, but with a lot of volatility in between. If you're underwater right now, write some calls; if it starts to approach the strike price, and you don't want to get called away, just roll the strike price up.
Hyper-cyclical earnings. Storage and memory chips, which are like a commodity and so you have big swings. Consensus is for earnings to grow over 400% this year, not because of innovation but because of the demand cycle. Go back 10 years and this name has generated a total compound return of 10%, which is less than the S&P. Beta is 1.9.
Stock had a boast last week with a strong earnings report. A solid stock and he likes this space. Big data has a promising future--AI demands more, better chips from makers like this. But he prefers the companies that make the equipment that produce these semi-conducting chips, like Applied Materials, AMAT. Nothing against MU though.