What happened to Micron stock on Wednesday, November 11
Micron Technology (MU) closed at $811.30 on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, up 11.9% from Tuesday's close of $725.11. The day's range was $763.05 to $827.58. On Thursday it closed at $798.44, down 1.6%. The figures are daily closing prices from Nasdaq and Yahoo Finance, which agree. This piece covers closes through Thursday, November 12; later sessions are not included.
The jump followed a hard month. Between October 12 and Tuesday's close the stock fell about 27%, from $989.04 to $725.11 (Yahoo Finance and Nasdaq closes). After Thursday's close it is still about 36% below its 52-week high of $1,255, and about 22% above its November 5 close of $656.39.
Reported reason 1: CoreWeave raised its forecast
CoreWeave rents out AI computing power and buys the hardware to run it. After Tuesday's close it raised its 2026 revenue forecast to $13.0 to $13.3 billion, from $12.4 to $13.2 billion, and reported a backlog of $132.5 billion. Backlog means signed contracts that have not been delivered yet. It also guided 2026 capital spending to $37 to $39 billion. The numbers are in CoreWeave's results release filed with the SEC.
Reports give this reason for the link to a memory maker: AI servers need memory chips, and memory is what Micron sells. Benzinga and Yahoo Finance both report that CoreWeave has long-term supply deals with Micron, and that Micron says more than 75% of its fiscal 2027 output is already committed. Reports say chip stocks had fallen in the days before on fears that AI spending was slowing (Yahoo Finance, Benzinga). CoreWeave's forecast pointed the other way.
Reported reason 2: Micron is one of seven buyers in Anthropic's $26 billion placement
Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, updated its IPO filing on Tuesday. CNBC, Bloomberg and the Economic Times report that seven companies agreed to buy $26 billion of its Class N stock in a private placement at the IPO price: AMD, Broadcom, Google, Micron, Microsoft, Nvidia and TSMC. A private placement is a sale of shares directly to chosen buyers, outside the public offering.
Micron's share is about $1 billion, according to GuruFocus and MLQ.ai, both citing the filing. That is roughly 0.1% of Micron's market value of about $0.9 trillion, so the stake is small. Analysts quoted in the reports read it as a large AI customer tying its chip suppliers to its own growth. The IPO is planned at $70 to $78 a share, with trading expected on November 19, per CNBC and Benzinga.
The warning: one good day does not undo the month
- The stock is volatile. A 27% fall in a month followed by a 12% jump in one session is the same risk seen from two sides.
- CoreWeave carries heavy debt. Its own release shows $846 million of net interest expense in the quarter against $207 million of operating income. If lenders pull back, orders for hardware can slow.
- Memory prices turn fast. Yahoo Finance reports that Kioxia, a rival, warned that price increases for NAND storage chips are slowing.
- Not every analyst is a buyer. Goldman Sachs analyst James Schneider kept a Neutral rating and a $1,250 target on Tuesday, per Benzinga and TipRanks.
What the charts say
Micron's 200-day average closing price is $763.89 and its 50-day average is $947.37 (our calculation from Yahoo Finance and Nasdaq daily closes, which give the same figures). At Thursday's $798.44 the stock is about 4.5% above the long average and about 16% below the short one. A moving average is the mean of the last 50 or 200 closing prices; chart traders watch whether a price holds above it.
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What analysts say
| Source | Consensus | Ratings | Average 12-month target | High / low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TipRanks | Strong Buy | 29 analysts: 28 Buy, 1 Hold, 0 Sell | $1,624.42 | Not shown |
| Nasdaq (analyst data from Zacks) | Buy | 27 analysts with a target: 26 Buy, 1 Hold, 0 Sell | $1,624.42 | $3,000 / $1,200 |
The two pages count different sets of analysts but show the same average target, more than double Thursday's close. Nasdaq's quote page also lists a separate one-year target of $1,500, so the figure depends on the data vendor. A target is an analyst's estimate of where the stock could trade in 12 months. It is not a promise, and targets are often cut after a stock falls.
The last report was strong. For the quarter that ended in early September (fiscal fourth quarter 2026), Micron reported revenue of $54.23 billion, against $11.32 billion a year earlier, and adjusted earnings of $33.42 a share, per its own results release.
What to watch next
- The next close versus Thursday's $798.44. It shows whether Wednesday's jump held.
- $763.89 and $947.37. The 200-day and 50-day averages are the levels chart traders will name.
- November 18 and 19. Anthropic's IPO is expected to price, then trade (CNBC, Benzinga). Anthropic's debut is the next event the AI trade will be measured against.
- Mid to late December. Micron's next earnings report is not confirmed: Nasdaq estimates December 16 and TipRanks lists December 23. Memory pricing is the number to listen for.
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Sources
Prices, ranges, market value and moving averages: Nasdaq and Yahoo Finance daily closes through November 12, 2026, read November 13, 2026. CoreWeave: third-quarter 2026 results release, filed with the SEC on November 10, 2026; Benzinga; Yahoo Finance. Anthropic placement: CNBC (November 10), Bloomberg, Economic Times, GuruFocus via Yahoo Finance, MLQ.ai. Micron results: Micron investor relations release and SEC filing for fiscal fourth quarter 2026. Analyst data: TipRanks MU forecast page and Nasdaq analyst pages, read November 13, 2026. Goldman Sachs target: Benzinga and TipRanks. Earnings dates: Nasdaq and TipRanks. Economies.com stocks analysis page and FxNewsToday.ae.