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 | ) | ||||
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