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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (46406)	6/17/1999 3:00:00 PM
From: phbolton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 53903

Tad's comments on his downgrade: Micron Technology hit by downgrade By Cecily Fraser, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 1:55 PM ET Jun 17, 1999 Movers & Shakers Earnings HeadlinesBOISE, Idaho (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Micron Technology fell Thursday after Needham & Co. cut its rating on the chipmaker to "avoid" from "hold," saying the current stock price is unwarranted. Updated: 6/17/99 2:29:20 PM ETShares of the Boise, Idaho-based company (MU: news, msgs), which makes computer memory chips, fell 1 3/8 to 45 1/16 in recent trading. Analyst Tad La Fountain said investors have displayed "unwarranted enthusiasm" for Micron. "We believe the semiconductor industry is in the beginning stages of a multiple-year cyclical advance, and that the DRAM segment eventually will be a typically strong participant in the upswing," said La Fountain. However, he said Micron's attempts to improve profitability have led to an oversupply of chips. The analyst is projecting a 12-cent-per-share loss for the third quarter, assuming a $5.17 average selling price for a key 64-megabit memory chip. "This assumption is looking less and less likely," he said. La Fountain said that his fiscal 1999 estimate calling for a loss of 24 cents a share should be viewed as "an increasingly optimistic figure." The figure is based on an assumption revenue will be $3.8 billion for the year. The analyst also slashed his fiscal 2000 revenue estimates to $4.7 billion from $5.6 billion. "The reduced revenue assumption leads to profit pressure in the first half and a year that barely finishes above breakeven," he said.