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Micron Technology, Inc. Reports Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2025
Micron HBM revenue crosses $1 billion milestone in fiscal Q2
Strong execution and robust AI demand drives record data center DRAM revenue
BOISE, Idaho, March 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) today announced results for its second quarter of fiscal 2025, which ended February 27, 2025.
Fiscal Q2 2025 highlights
- Revenue of $8.05 billion versus $8.71 billion for the prior quarter and $5.82 billion for the same period last year
- GAAP net income of $1.58 billion, or $1.41 per diluted share
- Non-GAAP net income of $1.78 billion, or $1.56 per diluted share
- Operating cash flow of $3.94 billion versus $3.24 billion for the prior quarter and $1.22 billion for the same period last year
“Micron delivered fiscal Q2 EPS above guidance and data center revenue tripled from a year ago,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, Chairman, President and CEO of Micron Technology. “We are extending our technology leadership with the launch of our 1-gamma DRAM node. We expect record quarterly revenue in fiscal Q3, with DRAM and NAND demand growth in both data center and consumer-oriented markets, and we are on track for record revenue and significantly improved profitability in fiscal 2025.”
| Quarterly Financial Results | (in millions, except per share amounts)
| GAAP(1) | | Non-GAAP(2) | | FQ2-25 | FQ1-25 | FQ2-24 | | FQ2-25 | FQ1-25 | FQ2-24 | | Revenue | $ | 8,053 | | $ | 8,709 | | $ | 5,824 | | | $ | 8,053 | | $ | 8,709 | | $ | 5,824 | | | Gross margin | | 2,963 | | | 3,348 | | | 1,079 | | | | 3,053 | | | 3,441 | | | 1,163 | | | percent of revenue | | 36.8 | % | | 38.4 | % | | 18.5 | % | | | 37.9 | % | | 39.5 | % | | 20.0 | % | | Operating expenses | | 1,190 | | | 1,174 | | | 888 | | | | 1,046 | | | 1,047 | | | 959 | | | Operating income | | 1,773 | | | 2,174 | | | 191 | | | | 2,007 | | | 2,394 | | | 204 | | | percent of revenue | | 22.0 | % | | 25.0 | % | | 3.3 | % | | | 24.9 | % | | 27.5 | % | | 3.5 | % | | Net income | | 1,583 | | | 1,870 | | | 793 | | | | 1,783 | | | 2,037 | | | 476 | | | Diluted earnings per share | | 1.41 | | | 1.67 | | | 0.71 | | | | 1.56 | | | 1.79 | | | 0.42 | |
For the second quarter of 2025, investments in capital expenditures, net(2) were $3.09 billion and adjusted free cash flow(2) was $857 million. Micron ended the quarter with cash, marketable investments, and restricted cash of $9.60 billion. On March 20, 2025, Micron’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.115 per share, payable in cash on April 15, 2025, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 31, 2025.
Business Outlook
The following table presents Micron’s guidance for the third quarter of 2025:
| FQ3-25 | GAAP(1) Outlook | Non-GAAP(2) Outlook | | Revenue | $8.80 billion ± $200 million | $8.80 billion ± $200 million | | Gross margin | 35.5% ± 1.0% | 36.5% ± 1.0% | | Operating expenses | $1.27 billion ± $15 million | $1.13 billion ± $15 million | | Diluted earnings per share | $1.37 ± $0.10 | $1.57 ± $0.10 |
Further information regarding Micron’s business outlook is included in the prepared remarks and slides, which have been posted at investors.micron.com.
Investor Webcast
Micron will host a conference call on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time to discuss its second quarter financial results and provide forward-looking guidance for its third quarter. A live webcast of the call will be available online at investors.micron.com. A webcast replay will be available for one year after the call. For Investor Relations and other company updates, follow us on X @MicronTech.
About Micron Technology, Inc.
We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, manufacturing, and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and compute-intensive applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), visit micron.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding our technologies, demand for our products, our industry and our financial and operating results, including our guidance for the third quarter of 2025. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Please refer to the documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Form 10-K and our upcoming Form 10-Q. These documents contain and identify important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements. These certain factors can be found at investors.micron.com/risk-factor. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. We are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.
| (1) | GAAP represents U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. | | (2) | Non-GAAP represents GAAP excluding the impact of certain activities, which management excludes in analyzing our operating results and understanding trends in our earnings, adjusted free cash flow, and business outlook. Further information regarding Micron’s use of non-GAAP measures and reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP measures are included within this press release. |
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In millions, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited) | | | | | 2nd Qtr. | 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | Six months ended | | | February 27,
2025 | November 28,
2024 | February 29,
2024 | February 27,
2025 | February 29,
2024 | | Revenue | $ | 8,053 | | $ | 8,709 | | $ | 5,824 | | $ | 16,762 | | $ | 10,550 | | | Cost of goods sold | | 5,090 | | | 5,361 | | | 4,745 | | | 10,451 | | | 9,506 | | | Gross margin | | 2,963 | | | 3,348 | | | 1,079 | | | 6,311 | | | 1,044 | | | | | | | | | | Research and development | | 898 | | | 888 | | | 832 | | | 1,786 | | | 1,677 | | | Selling, general, and administrative | | 285 | | | 288 | | | 280 | | | 573 | | | 543 | | | Other operating (income) expense, net | | 7 | | | (2 | ) | | (224 | ) | | 5 | | | (239 | ) | | Operating income (loss) | | 1,773 | | | 2,174 | | | 191 | | | 3,947 | | | (937 | ) | | | | | | | | | Interest income | | 108 | | | 107 | | | 130 | | | 215 | | | 262 | | | Interest expense | | (112 | ) | | (118 | ) | | (144 | ) | | (230 | ) | | (276 | ) | | Other non-operating income (expense), net | | (11 | ) | | (11 | ) | | (7 | ) | | (22 | ) | | (34 | ) | | | | 1,758 | | | 2,152 | | | 170 | | | 3,910 | | | (985 | ) | | | | | | | | | Income tax (provision) benefit | | (177 | ) | | (283 | ) | | 622 | | | (460 | ) | | 549 | | | Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees | | 2 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | (5 | ) | | Net income (loss) | $ | 1,583 | | $ | 1,870 | | $ | 793 | | $ | 3,453 | | $ | (441 | ) | | | | | | | | | Earnings (loss) per share | | | | | | | Basic | $ | 1.42 | | $ | 1.68 | | $ | 0.72 | | $ | 3.10 | | $ | (0.40 | ) | | Diluted | | 1.41 | | | 1.67 | | | 0.71 | | | 3.08 | | | (0.40 | ) | | | | | | | | | Number of shares used in per share calculations | | | | | | | Basic | | 1,115 | | | 1,111 | | | 1,104 | | | 1,113 | | | 1,102 | | | Diluted | | 1,123 | | | 1,122 | | | 1,114 | | | 1,123 | | | 1,102 | |
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions)
(Unaudited) | | | | As of | February 27,
2025 | November 28,
2024 | August 29,
2024 | | Assets | | | | | Cash and equivalents | $ | 7,552 | | $ | 6,693 | | $ | 7,041 | | | Short-term investments | | 663 | | | 895 | | | 1,065 | | | Receivables | | 6,504 | | | 7,423 | | | 6,615 | | | Inventories | | 9,007 | | | 8,705 | | | 8,875 | | | Other current assets | | 963 | | | 777 | | | 776 | | | Total current assets | | 24,689 | | | 24,493 | | | 24,372 | | | Long-term marketable investments | | 1,375 | | | 1,156 | | | 1,046 | | | Property, plant, and equipment | | 42,528 | | | 41,476 | | | 39,749 | | | Operating lease right-of-use assets | | 637 | | | 622 | | | 645 | | | Intangible assets | | 423 | | | 419 | | | 416 | | | Deferred tax assets | | 552 | | | 474 | | | 520 | | | Goodwill | | 1,150 | | | 1,150 | | | 1,150 | | | Other noncurrent assets | | 1,699 | | | 1,671 | | | 1,518 | | | Total assets | $ | 73,053 | | $ | 71,461 | | $ | 69,416 | | | | | | | | Liabilities and equity | | | | | Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 6,176 | | $ | 7,126 | | $ | 7,299 | | | Current debt | | 504 | | | 533 | | | 431 | | | Other current liabilities | | 1,197 | | | 1,356 | | | 1,518 | | | Total current liabilities | | 7,877 | | | 9,015 | | | 9,248 | | | Long-term debt | | 13,851 | | | 13,252 | | | 12,966 | | | Noncurrent operating lease liabilities | | 599 | | | 588 | | | 610 | | | Noncurrent unearned government incentives | | 836 | | | 570 | | | 550 | | | Other noncurrent liabilities | | 1,257 | | | 1,239 | | | 911 | | | Total liabilities | | 24,420 | | | 24,664 | | | 24,285 | | | | | | | | Commitments and contingencies | | | | | | | | | | Shareholders’ equity | | | | | Common stock | | 126 | | | 126 | | | 125 | | | Additional capital | | 12,711 | | | 12,317 | | | 12,115 | | | Retained earnings | | 43,839 | | | 42,427 | | | 40,877 | | | Treasury stock | | (7,852 | ) | | (7,852 | ) | | (7,852 | ) | | Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | | (191 | ) | | (221 | ) | | (134 | ) | | Total equity | | 48,633 | | | 46,797 | | | 45,131 | | | Total liabilities and equity | $ | 73,053 | | $ | 71,461 | | $ | 69,416 | |
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
(Unaudited) | | | | Six months ended | February 27,
2025 | February 29,
2024 | | Cash flows from operating activities | | | | Net income (loss) | $ | 3,453 | | $ | (441 | ) | | Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: | | | | Depreciation expense and amortization of intangible assets | | 4,109 | | | 3,839 | | | Stock-based compensation | | 469 | | | 401 | | | Change in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | Receivables | | 338 | | | (1,759 | ) | | Inventories | | (132 | ) | | (57 | ) | | Other current assets | | (204 | ) | | (799 | ) | | Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | (714 | ) | | 573 | | | Other current liabilities | | (321 | ) | | 706 | | | Other | | 188 | | | 157 | | | Net cash provided by operating activities | | 7,186 | | | 2,620 | | | | | | | Cash flows from investing activities | | | | Expenditures for property, plant, and equipment | | (7,261 | ) | | (3,180 | ) | | Purchases of available-for-sale securities | | (816 | ) | | (465 | ) | | Proceeds from government incentives | | 1,028 | | | 234 | | | Proceeds from maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities | | 874 | | | 726 | | | Other | | (125 | ) | | (24 | ) | | Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities | | (6,300 | ) | | (2,709 | ) | | | | | | Cash flows from financing activities | | | | Repayments of debt | | (2,626 | ) | | (1,101 | ) | | Payments of dividends to shareholders | | (261 | ) | | (256 | ) | | Payments on equipment purchase contracts | | — | | | (82 | ) | | Proceeds from issuance of debt | | 2,682 | | | 999 | | | Other | | (121 | ) | | (18 | ) | | Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities | | (326 | ) | | (458 | ) | | | | | | Effect of changes in currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | | (49 | ) | | (8 | ) | | | | | | Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | | 511 | | | (555 | ) | | Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period | | 7,052 | | | 8,656 | | | Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period | $ | 7,563 | | $ | 8,101 | |
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES
(In millions, except per share amounts) | | | 2nd Qtr. | 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | | | February 27,
2025 | November 28,
2024 | February 29,
2024 | | GAAP gross margin | $ | 2,963 | | $ | 3,348 | | $ | 1,079 | | | Stock-based compensation | | 89 | | | 90 | | | 80 | | | Other | | 1 | | | 3 | | | 4 | | | Non-GAAP gross margin | $ | 3,053 | | $ | 3,441 | | $ | 1,163 | | | | | | | | GAAP operating expenses | $ | 1,190 | | $ | 1,174 | | $ | 888 | | | Stock-based compensation | | (144 | ) | | (127 | ) | | (129 | ) | | Patent cross-license agreement gain | | — | | | — | | | 200 | | | Non-GAAP operating expenses | $ | 1,046 | | $ | 1,047 | | $ | 959 | | | | | | | | GAAP operating income | $ | 1,773 | | $ | 2,174 | | $ | 191 | | | Stock-based compensation | | 233 | | | 217 | | | 209 | | | Patent cross-license agreement gain | | — | | | — | | | (200 | ) | | Other | | 1 | | | 3 | | | 4 | | | Non-GAAP operating income | $ | 2,007 | | $ | 2,394 | | $ | 204 | | | | | | | | GAAP net income | $ | 1,583 | | $ | 1,870 | | $ | 793 | | | Stock-based compensation | | 233 | | | 217 | | | 209 | | | Patent cross-license agreement gain | | — | | | — | | | (200 | ) | | Other | | 4 | | | — | | | 2 | | | Estimated tax effects of above and other tax adjustments | | (37 | ) | | (50 | ) | | (328 | ) | | Non-GAAP net income | $ | 1,783 | | $ | 2,037 | | $ | 476 | | | | | | | | GAAP weighted-average common shares outstanding - Diluted | | 1,123 | | | 1,122 | | | 1,114 | | | Adjustment for stock-based compensation | | 20 | | | 16 | | | 20 | | | Non-GAAP weighted-average common shares outstanding - Diluted | | 1,143 | | | 1,138 | | | 1,134 | | | | | | | | GAAP diluted earnings per share | $ | 1.41 | | $ | 1.67 | | $ | 0.71 | | | Effects of the above adjustments | | 0.15 | | | 0.12 | | | (0.29 | ) | | Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share | $ | 1.56 | | $ | 1.79 | | $ | 0.42 | |
| RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP MEASURES, Continued | | | | | 2nd Qtr. | 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | | | February 27,
2025 | November 28,
2024 | February 29,
2024 | | GAAP net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 3,942 | | $ | 3,244 | | $ | 1,219 | | | | | | | | Expenditures for property, plant, and equipment | | (4,055 | ) | | (3,206 | ) | | (1,384 | ) | | Payments on equipment purchase contracts | | — | | | — | | | (26 | ) | | Proceeds from sales of property, plant, and equipment | | 7 | | | 9 | | | 13 | | | Proceeds from government incentives | | 963 | | | 65 | | | 149 | | | Investments in capital expenditures, net | | (3,085 | ) | | (3,132 | ) | | (1,248 | ) | | Adjusted free cash flow | $ | 857 | | $ | 112 | | $ | (29 | ) |
The tables above reconcile GAAP to non-GAAP measures of gross margin, operating expenses, operating income, net income, diluted shares, diluted earnings per share, and adjusted free cash flow. The non-GAAP adjustments above may or may not be infrequent or nonrecurring in nature, but are a result of periodic or non-core operating activities. We believe this non-GAAP information is helpful in understanding trends and in analyzing our operating results and earnings. We are providing this information to investors to assist in performing analysis of our operating results. When evaluating performance and making decisions on how to allocate our resources, management uses this non-GAAP information and believes investors should have access to similar data when making their investment decisions. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures increase transparency by providing investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enabling enhanced comparison of our operating results between periods and with peer companies. The presentation of these adjusted amounts varies from amounts presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP and therefore may not be comparable to amounts reported by other companies. Our management excludes the following items as applicable in analyzing our operating results and understanding trends in our earnings:
- Stock-based compensation;
- Gains and losses from settlements;
- Restructure and asset impairments; and
- The estimated tax effects of above, non-cash changes in net deferred income taxes, assessments of tax exposures, certain tax matters related to prior fiscal periods, and significant changes in tax law. The divergence between our GAAP and non-GAAP income tax provision relates to the difference in our GAAP and non-GAAP estimated annual effective tax rates, which are computed separately.
Non-GAAP diluted shares are adjusted for the impact of additional shares resulting from the exclusion of stock-based compensation from non-GAAP income.
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