Currently, there are 537.76M common shares owned by the public and among those 526.33M shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -7.77% and -13.29% over the past three months. MCHP shares are trading -6.80% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -39.13% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $50.21 and touched a high of $100.57 over the same period. MCHP has an average intraday trading volume of 9.73 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -7.79%, -6.24%, and -27.64% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Microchip Technology, Inc (NASDAQ: MCHP) shares accounts for 96.16% of the company’s 537.76M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $28.75B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.44. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 94.25, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $0.57. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 5.36% over the week and 4.87% over the month.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to decrease by -73.62%, and -3.64% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of -19.97% over the next five years, compared to 37.42% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the MCHP, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. TD Cowen stated their Hold rating for the stock in a research note on March 04, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $50-$60. B. Riley Securities coverage for the Microchip Technology, Inc (MCHP) stock in a research note released on January 24, 2025 offered a Buy rating with a price target of $85. BofA Securities was of a view on December 16, 2024 that the stock is Underperform, while TD Cowen gave the stock Hold rating on November 06, 2024, issuing a price target of $80- $70. Truist on their part issued Hold rating on September 23, 2024.
