Microchip Technology, Inc (NASDAQ:MCHP) has a beta value of 1.46 and has seen 16.39 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $21.21B, closed the last trade at $39.43 per share which meant it gained $0.87 on the day or 2.26% during that session. The MCHP stock price is -155.06% off its 52-week high price of $100.57 and 13.47% above the 52-week low of $34.12. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 17.24 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 12.11 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Microchip Technology, Inc (MCHP) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.73. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 1 rate it as Overweight. 5 out of 14 have rated it as a Hold, with 8 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.1.
Microchip Technology, Inc (NASDAQ:MCHP) trade information
Sporting 2.26% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the MCHP stock price touched $39.43 or saw a rise of 2.18%. Year-to-date, Microchip Technology, Inc shares have moved -31.25%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 1.86%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Microchip Technology, Inc (NASDAQ:MCHP) have changed -22.69%. Short interest in the company has seen 31.24 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.87.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $85, which means that the shares’ value could jump 53.61% from current levels. The projected low price target is $58.0 while the price target rests at a high of $95.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -140.93% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -47.1% from current levels.
Microchip Technology, Inc (MCHP) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -48.04% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -42.31%.
19 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 960.76M for the current quarter. 18 have an estimated revenue figure of 990.77M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 1.33B and 1.24B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -27.53% for the current quarter and -42.31% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 37.42% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -73.61% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -20.46%.
MCHP Dividends
Microchip Technology, Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-05 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.82 at a share yield of 4.61%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 1.65%.
Microchip Technology, Inc (NASDAQ:MCHP)’s Major holders
Insiders own 2.10% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 99.29% with a share float percentage of 101.42%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Microchip Technology, Inc having a total of 1534.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 68.03 million shares worth more than $6.22 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 12.6749% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 45.69 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $4.18 billion and represent 8.513% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 3.13% shares in the company for having 16.81 shares of worth $662.96 million while later fund manager owns 14.54 shares of worth $573.31 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.70% of company’s outstanding stock.
