The next leg up for memory stocks is buybacks, get in NOW before the companies start buying ahead of you (Save this)
$400 Billion in free cash flow is expected from Micron alone through 2028
Sk Hynix just said: "We are actively considering additional shareholder return measures to enhance shareholder value, with the details to be finalized and announced during the third quarter."
And they are likely try to get ahead of Micron who will do the same, but cannot legally repurchase shares until December 9, 2026 (a CHIPS Act condition attached to its grants)
These buybacks will be large becuase of how proftible these companies are and the interesting thing is that these memory companies already have inventory sold out into 2030, which means guaranteed buybacks for years
Look at the table I shared, every major memory supplier has shared how much of its output is locked under long-term agreements:
Micron: roughly 50% of revenue targeted, 16 supply agreements, five year terms through 2030, take-or-pay, around $100 billion of RPO at minimum prices, plus $22 billion of deposits and commitments with $18 billion already in cash
SanDisk: over 50% of FY27 bits and about two thirds of FY28, $93.9 billion of minimum revenue at the floor, RPO going from $59.8 billion to $91.1 billion
Samsung: 60 to 70% of capacity, rolling five plus one year deals, 25% of advance payments already collected, price floors set
SK hynix: around 10 customers concluded, roughly five year terms
Half of memory output is now sold years in advance at contracted floors, but here is the part the market isn't pricing in yet imo
When demand is locked and prices have floors, you stop getting big earnings surprises, bc we know what's happening years out. So the upside now starts coming from what management does with its cash, and as I said above, that cash is huge!
Free cash flow more than tripled in the last quarter from most of the memory companies and UBS models over $400 billion of free cash flow from Micron through 2028 and says that at current prices the company could retire more than 40% of its own shares!
Meanwhile the stock is 30% off its high at <6x forwarding earnings, with 29 of 30 analysts giving a buy on an average target of $1,560.
$MU won't be sitting in the $800s for much longer
The analysts at Milk Road PRO were early to Micron, buying in the low $100s and we've been buying the dip on Micron and other memory stocks recently too. You can track 5 analysts research and real-time portfolios inside PRO.
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Good luck out there!