If You'd Invested $100 in Micron 10 Years Ago, Here's How Much You'd Have Today

For the longest time, Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) seemed like any other member of the highly cyclical semiconductor industry. Boom times of high demand for, and low supply of, computer memory, mostly for personal computers, would cause companies to overbuild production capacity, flood the market with chips, crash prices -- and bust Micron stock.From the early 2000s to the late 2010s, investors grew accustomed to this cycle, learning not to get too excited during the boom times and to worry about the inevitable bust. Micron stock traded mostly in a tight range from $5 to $15. And yet, over the past 10 years, Micron stock has taken off like a rocket, growing more than 1,300%. If you'd invested $100 in Micron stock a year ago, you'd have more than $1,434 today.So what changed? From 2018 to approximately 2024, Micron stock experienced a continuous series of higher highs and higher lows, until finally, in 2025, the stock surged dramatically higher.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool