The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Microchip Technology, Inc (NASDAQ: MCHP)

Microchip Technology, Inc (NASDAQ:MCHP) currently has a daily average trading volume of 6.71M but it saw 4723368 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 33.03B USD, the company’s current market price of $61.50 came falling about -0.03 while comparing to the previous closing price of $61.52. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $100.57 and as low as $57.96. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $60.681 while lowest mark touched by it was $62.04.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Microchip Technology, Inc (MCHP) gives us an average price of $64.64, while its current price level is -38.85% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 6.11% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $71.03 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $83.07. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.18% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.86%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 38.05 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the TD Cowen which reiterated the stock as “Hold” in its note to investors issued on November 06, 2024, recommending a price target of between $80 and $70 for it. Truist downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Hold” from “Buy” on September 23, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $89-$80. Piper Sandler issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $90 and $100.

Over the week, MCHP’s stock price is moving 5.58% up while it is -8.62% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -31.80% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -31.08%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in January, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.29 while estimate for next year EPS is 1.61. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $1.08B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $4.56B and seeing the company making $5.47B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $1.05B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Microchip Technology, Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 537.01M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 7.27% and return on equity (ROE) at 11.80%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 42.89 while having a 25.01 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.48. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 5.26 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 6.01. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.85% on average.