
MU vs WDC/STX valuation makes no sense
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The market is completely mis-scaling the AI memory/storage basket.
From my broker screen today:
MU forward P/E: around 7
WDC forward P/E: around 40
STX forward P/E: around 38
All three are up massively YTD, but MU is still treated like an old-school cyclical memory stock, while WDC/STX get premium AI infrastructure multiples.
That makes no sense to me.
I’m not saying WDC or STX are bad. AI storage demand is real. But AI memory demand is just as real, and MU is directly exposed to the AI memory bottleneck through DRAM/HBM/data center memory.
So why is the market saying:
“MU = cyclical = discount”
but
“WDC/STX = AI infrastructure = premium multiple”?
This looks like lazy basket trading, not proper relative valuation.
If MU keeps delivering earnings and guidance, forward P/E around 7 while related AI storage names trade near 40 looks ridiculous.