Micron Technology Inc. (MU): Today's Featured Electronics Winner

Micron Technology (MU) pushed the Electronics industry higher today making it today's featured electronics winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.2%. By the end of trading, Micron Technology rose 25 cents (3.8%) to $6.82 on average volume. Throughout the day, 42.9 million shares of Micron Technology exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 29.6 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $6.67-$6.98 after having opened the day at $6.70 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $6.57. Other companies within the Electronics industry that increased today were: Cepheid (CPHD), up 13.3%, Cascade Microtech (CSCD), up 10.1%, Sypris Solutions (SYPR), up 8.8%, and Tower Semiconductor (TSEM), up 8.6%.

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Micron Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and marketing of semiconductor devices worldwide. Micron Technology has a market cap of $6.44 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 0.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 20 analysts that rate Micron Technology a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Micron Technology as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity.

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On the negative front, Nortech Systems Incorporated (NSYS), down 15%, Nexxus Lighting (NEXS), down 9.5%, Digital Power Corporation (DPW), down 9%, and Sevcon (SEV), down 7.7%, were all laggards within the electronics industry with Mellanox Technologies (MLNX) being today's electronics industry laggard.

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