We recently published a list of 12 Cheap AI Stocks to Buy in 2025. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) stands against other cheap AI stocks to buy in 2025.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) was a buzzword around Wall Street for most of 2024. AI has shown immense promise but comes with significant risks. Big AI players are dominating the broader market, but there will be opportunities for other companies to explore as the AI market continues to expand. For instance, the new administration is keen on technological advancement, and recently, President Donald Trump announced a $500 billion AI initiative, a joint venture known as Stargate between OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle.
However, DeepSeek’s introduction shocked the U.S. companies after it released a new AI model, a much better alternative to GPT-4. DeepSeek claims to have designed the AI model in just two months and at around under $6 million using Nvidia’s less-advanced H800 chips, as reported by Reuters on January 27. Since the news broke out, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares have plunged over 16%, wiping away $600 billion in market capitalization, the biggest one-day loss in U.S. history.
Moor Insights & Strategy founder, CEO, and chief analyst Patrick Moorhead, speaking to Market Domination, shared his views on DeepSeek. Moorhead was impressed by the efficiency of DeepSeek’s AI. He pointed out that the Chinese have used different techniques compared to American developers, where they were able to parse or train maybe 5% of the data, which is a 95% reduction.
However, Moorhead also addressed the U.S. market drop as an “overreaction.” “I think the market overall should be going crazy because [this is the] uplift of what we were looking for [from AI],” said Moorhead. He added that the investors’ focus should be on the progress in inference.
It might be a good time to invest in AI stocks, especially cheap AI stocks during the market’s overreaction.
Our Methodology
To determine the list of cheap AI stocks, we went through various news articles and stock analyses. We shortlisted the AI stocks with the minimum analyst upside of 30%, as of January 27. Cheap, in the context of this article, means stocks that Wall Street analysts believe are undervalued and will surge to higher share prices. We have ranked the cheap AI stocks to buy based on their popularity among hedge funds, as of Q3 2024, in ascending order.
Why do we care about what hedge funds do? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 275% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 150 percentage points (see more details here).
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Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU)
Analyst Upside (as of January 27): 59.15%
No. of Hedge Fund Holders: 107
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) designs, develops, manufactures, and sells memory and storage products internationally. Some of the top customers of Micron include Apple, Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Samsung. In early 2024, the company started mass production of HBM chips for NVIDIA’s AI graphics processing units, expanding its position in the AI market.
Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) experienced a robust AI demand in 2024 and anticipates higher revenue, improved profitability, and positive FCF in FY2025. In Q1 FY2025, the company posted revenue of $8.71 billion, posting record revenue with a year-over-year increase of a remarkable 84%. The company’s data center revenue soared over 400% from a year ago and 40% quarter-over-quarter, reaching a record level of data center revenue. In addition to that, Micron received a $6.1 billion agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce under the CHIPS and Science Act to support advanced DRAM manufacturing.
Delaware Ivy Core Equity Fund stated the following regarding Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) in its Q3 2024 investor letter:
“Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) – Fundamentals here also appear solid though concern about global demand for handsets and PCs drove the shares down during the quarter. We expect Micron to be a significant beneficiary of growth in AI demand as an investment in new data centers is extremely memory (semiconductor) intensive.”
Overall, MU ranks 5th on our list of cheap AI stocks to buy in 2025. While we acknowledge the potential of MU to grow, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than MU but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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