Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP) Updates Q3 Earnings Guidance

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Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP – Get Free Report) issued an update on its third quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.25-0.35 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.46. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.025-1.095 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.18 billion. Microchip Technology also updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.250-0.350 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. TD Cowen reduced their target price on shares of Microchip Technology from $80.00 to $70.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on Microchip Technology from $100.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Evercore ISI reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $95.00 target price (down previously from $101.00) on shares of Microchip Technology in a research note on Wednesday. Truist Financial downgraded Microchip Technology from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $89.00 to $80.00 in a report on Monday, September 23rd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $90.00 price objective on shares of Microchip Technology in a research report on Wednesday. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Microchip Technology currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $92.00.

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Microchip Technology Stock Performance

MCHP stock traded down $1.34 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $73.75. The company had a trading volume of 11,330,159 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,828,960. The firm has a market capitalization of $39.57 billion, a PE ratio of 29.50 and a beta of 1.53. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $77.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $85.12. Microchip Technology has a fifty-two week low of $71.76 and a fifty-two week high of $100.57. The company has a quick ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96.

Microchip Technology Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 6th. Investors of record on Friday, November 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.455 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $1.82 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.47%. This is a positive change from Microchip Technology’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. Microchip Technology’s payout ratio is currently 72.80%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO James Eric Bjornholt sold 2,154 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $81.50, for a total transaction of $175,551.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 33,257 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,710,445.50. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 2.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Microchip Technology Company Profile

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Microchip Technology Incorporated engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The company offers general purpose 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit mixed-signal microcontrollers; 32-bit embedded mixed-signal microprocessors; and specialized microcontrollers for automotive, industrial, computing, communications, lighting, power supplies, motor control, human machine interface, security, wired connectivity, and wireless connectivity applications.

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