Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHP) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Microchip Technology Inc. (MCHP) closed at $78.69 on 25 September 2026, up 5.4%. That leaves it up 7.4% over a week, up 6.3% over a month and up 19.5% over a year. That is 53% of the way up its 52 week range of $48.52 to $105.91. The median analyst price target of $117 sits 48.7% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
MCHP trades above both its 50 day average of $76.13 and its 200 day average of $78.61, the shape of an uptrend. The 50 day average sits below the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 2.17, a stock that moves a lot more than the market. It is 25.7% below its 52 week high and 62.2% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 8 firms recorded 9 actions on MCHP: 8 kept a view and 1 new initiation. Price targets: 5 lowered. The most recent targets from 13 firms run from $88 to $125, with a median of $117, 48.7% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2026 | BMO Capital | Initiates Coverage On Outperform | $95.00 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Reiterates Overweight | $125.00 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | UBS | Maintains Buy | $130.00 to $120.00 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Citigroup | Maintains Buy | $113.00 to $95.00 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains Hold | $105.00 to $90.00 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | Rosenblatt | Maintains Buy | $120.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 5 November 2026 for Q2 2027, with earnings per share expected at $0.91. The last report, on 6 August 2026 for Q1 2027, showed EPS of $0.76 against $0.68 expected, a beat of 11.8%, on revenue of $1.5 billion. Microchip Technology Inc. beat the EPS estimate in 7 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Microchip Technology Inc. shows revenue growth of 20.93%, a gross margin of 60.19%, an operating margin of 15.52% and a return on equity of 7.19%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 20.9% | 77th |
| Gross margin | 60.2% | 73rd |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 75th |
| Free cash flow margin | 21.7% | 84th |
| Return on equity | 7.2% | 58th |
| Return on assets | 3.3% | 72nd |
| Debt to equity | 0.83 | 72nd |
| Current ratio | 1.92 | 67th |
| Effective tax rate | 17.4% | 61st |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Microchip Technology Inc.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Electronic Equipment
- Headquarters
- Wilmington, Arizona
- Chief executive
- Ganesh Moorthy
- Employees
- 21,000
- Website
- microchip.com
Microchip Technology Incorporated develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor products for various embedded control applications in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The company offers general purpose 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers for automotive, industrial, computing, and computing, communications, and communications, lighting, power supplies, motor control, and motor control applications.
In the same sector
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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