Business Outlook
The following table presents Micron’s guidance for the first quarter of 2024:
| FQ1-24 | GAAP (1) Outlook | Non-GAAP (2) Outlook |
| Revenue | $4.40 billion ± $200 million | $4.40 billion ± $200 million |
| Gross margin | (6.0%) ± 2.0% | (4.0%) ± 2.0% |
| Operating expenses | $1.01 billion ± $15 million | $900 million ± $15 million |
| Diluted earnings (loss) per share | ($1.24) ± $0.07 | ($1.07) ± $0.07 |
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 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time to discuss its fourth quarter financial results and provide forward-looking guidance for its first 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 @MicronTech on Twitter at twitter.com/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, and 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 and 5G 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 industry, our strategic position, and our financial and operating results. 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 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 micron.com/certainfactors. 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. |
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In millions, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
| 4th Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | Year Ended | ||||||||||||
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August 31,
2023 |
June 1,
2023 |
September 1,
2022 |
August 31,
2023 |
September 1,
2022 | |||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 4,010 | $ | 3,752 | $ | 6,643 | $ | 15,540 | $ | 30,758 | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | 4,445 | 4,420 | 4,021 | 16,956 | 16,860 | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | (435 | ) | (668 | ) | 2,622 | (1,416 | ) | 13,898 | |||||||
| Research and development | 719 | 758 | 839 | 3,114 | 3,116 | ||||||||||
| Selling, general, and administrative | 219 | 219 | 280 | 920 | 1,066 | ||||||||||
| Restructure and asset impairments | 4 | 68 | 5 | 171 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Other operating (income) expense, net | 95 | 48 | (23 | ) | 124 | (34 | ) | ||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | (1,472 | ) | (1,761 | ) | 1,521 | (5,745 | ) | 9,702 | |||||||
| Interest income | 134 | 127 | 54 | 468 | 96 | ||||||||||
| Interest expense | (129 | ) | (119 | ) | (45 | ) | (388 | ) | (189 | ) | |||||
| Other non-operating income (expense), net | 9 | — | 23 | 7 | (38 | ) | |||||||||
| (1,458 | ) | (1,753 | ) | 1,553 | (5,658 | ) | 9,571 | ||||||||
| Income tax (provision) benefit | 24 | (139 | ) | (56 | ) | (177 | ) | (888 | ) | ||||||
| Equity in net income (loss) of equity method investees | 4 | (4 | ) | (5 | ) | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (1,430 | ) | $ | (1,896 | ) | $ | 1,492 | $ | (5,833 | ) | $ | 8,687 | ||
| Earnings (loss) per share | |||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | (1.31 | ) | $ | (1.73 | ) | $ | 1.36 | $ | (5.34 | ) | $ | 7.81 | ||
| Diluted | (1.31 | ) | (1.73 | ) | 1.35 | (5.34 | ) | 7.75 | |||||||
| Number of shares used in per share calculations | |||||||||||||||
| Basic | 1,095 | 1,094 | 1,097 | 1,093 | 1,112 | ||||||||||
| Diluted | 1,095 | 1,094 | 1,106 | 1,093 | 1,122 | ||||||||||
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