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MU (Micron Technology) Degree of Operating Leverage : -3.96 (As of Feb. 2025)


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What is Micron Technology Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. Micron Technology's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was -3.96. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

The industry rank for Micron Technology's Degree of Operating Leverage or its related term are showing as below:

MU's Degree of Operating Leverage is ranked better than
83.3% of 994 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.025 vs MU: -3.96

Micron Technology Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Micron Technology's Degree of Operating Leverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Micron Technology Degree of Operating Leverage Chart

Micron Technology Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Degree of Operating Leverage
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Micron Technology Quarterly Data
May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24 Nov24 Feb25
Degree of Operating Leverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.53 -2.84 -2.18 -2.29 -3.96

Competitive Comparison of Micron Technology's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Micron Technology's Degree of Operating Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Operating Leverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Micron Technology's Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Micron Technology's Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Micron Technology's Degree of Operating Leverage falls into.


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Micron Technology Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

Micron Technology's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage=% Change in EBIT**/% Change in Revenue
=( 6651 (Feb. 2025) / -3672 (Feb. 2024) - 1 )/( 31323 (Feb. 2025) / 18312 (Feb. 2024) - 1 )
=-2.8113/0.7105
=-3.96***

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

** TTM data of EBIT and Revenue was used to calculate Degree of Operating Leverage.
*** Please be aware that the Degree of Operating Leverage calculations are based on company-level data using the primary share class. The calculated data provided is for demonstration purposes and may slightly differ from the results displayed in the title due to potential variations caused by currency exchange rate differences throughout the year.


Micron Technology  (NAS:MU) Degree of Operating Leverage Explanation

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) is a leverage ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company’s operting income, also referred to as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), to fluctuations in its Revenue. DOL is a method used to quantify a company’s operating risk. This risk is related to the company's structure of variable costs and fixed costs. Since the fixed costs do not allow the company to adjust the operating costs, the operating risk rises with a higher fixed-to-variable costs proportion.

A high Degree of Operating Leverage indicates that the company’s fixed costs exceed its variable costs. By increasing the sales, the company can earn more profits. In addition, the company must be able to maintain relatively high sales to cover all fixed costs.

Be Aware

The use of operating leverage varies across different industries and business sectors, and the application of Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) should be adjusted accordingly.


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Micron Technology Business Description

Address
8000 South Federal Way, Post Office Box 6, Boise, ID, USA, 83716-9632
Micron is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world, specializing in memory and storage chips. Its primary revenue stream comes from dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, and it also has minority exposure to not-and or NAND, flash chips. Micron serves a global customer base, selling chips into data centers, mobile phones, consumer electronics, and industrial and automotive applications. The firm is vertically integrated.
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