Assessing @Micron 's (MU) Post-Earnings Stock at 52-Week High Micron (MU) 4th Quarter Earnings: What To Expect Micron (MU) Earnings: What To Expect Referenced Stocks MU 89% Rate It Micron Technology, Inc., Reports Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2018 By GlobeNewswire, December 19, 2017, 04:00:00 PM EDT Vote up AAA Robust revenue and profitability growth supported by focused execution on strategic priorities BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- @Micron Technology, Inc., (NASDAQ:MU) today announced results of operations for its first quarter of fiscal 2018, which ended November 30, 2017. Fiscal Q1 2018 Highlights Revenues of $6.80 billion, 71 percent higher compared with the same period last year GAAP net income of $2.68 billion, or $2.19 per diluted share Non-GAAP net income of $2.99 billion, or $2.45 per diluted share Operating cash flow of $3.64 billion, 220 percent higher compared with the same period last year "Micron's strong results were driven by double-digit sequential revenue growth in mobile, server and SSD applications, with expanded gross margins and improved profitability," said Micron President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra. "We are making solid progress on our strategic priorities to drive cost competitiveness, deploy high value solutions and strengthen our balance sheet. We believe these actions will position Micron to benefit from the broad demand trends ahead of us."
Revenues for the first quarter of 2018 were 11 percent higher compared to the fourth quarter of 2017, reflecting increased demand for our mobile, server, and SSD products. Our overall consolidated gross margin of 55.1 percent for the first quarter of 2018 was higher compared to 50.7 percent for the fourth quarter of 2017 and reflects margin expansion for both DRAM and Trade NAND products supported by ongoing strength in the pricing environment and a favorable product mix.
Investments in capital expenditures, net of amounts funded by partners, were $1.92 billion for the first quarter of 2018. During the quarter, we raised $1.36 billion from an equity offering and repurchased or converted $2.36 billion principal amount of our debt, lowering our total face value debt to $9.34 billion exiting the quarter. We ended the first quarter with cash, marketable investments, and restricted cash of $6.61 billion.
We will host a conference call on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. MT to discuss our financial results. The call, audio, and slides will be available online at investors.micron.com. A webcast replay will be available on our website until December 19, 2018. A taped audio replay of the conference call will also be available at 1-404-537-3406 or 1-855-859-2056 (conference number: 2696628) beginning at 5:30 p.m. MT, Tuesday, December 19, 2017 and continuing through Tuesday, December 26, 2017. For Investor Relations and other company updates, follow @MicronTech on Twitter at twitter.com/MicronTech.
We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. Through our global brands - Micron®, Crucial®, and Ballistix® - our broad portfolio of high-performance memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, NOR Flash, and 3D XPoint™ memory, is transforming how the world uses information to enrich life. Backed by nearly 40 years of technology leadership, our memory and storage solutions enable disruptive trends, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomous vehicles in key market segments like cloud, data center, networking, and mobile. Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit micron.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the industry and our strategic position and financial 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, specifically our most recent Form 10-K. 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 www.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 after the date of this release to conform these statements to actual results.
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