Microchip Technology Incorporated [NASDAQ: MCHP] gained 2.41% or 1.96 points to close at $83.24 with a heavy trading volume of 5799003 shares. The company report on March 14, 2023 that Microchip Expands its Secure Authentication IC Portfolio.
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It opened the trading session at $82.76, the shares rose to $83.71 and dropped to $81.83, the range by which the price of stock traded the whole day. The daily chart for MCHP points out that the company has recorded 23.46% gains over the past six months. However, it is still -53.21% lower than its most recent low trading price.
If we look at the average trading volume of 4.70M shares, MCHP reached to a volume of 5799003 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Microchip Technology Incorporated [MCHP]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for MCHP shares is $95.23 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on MCHP stock is a recommendation set at 2.20. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Credit Suisse have made an estimate for Microchip Technology Incorporated shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on November 16, 2022. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Stifel raised their target price from $70 to $75. The new note on the price target was released on June 28, 2022, representing the official price target for Microchip Technology Incorporated stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $79, while Goldman analysts kept a Neutral rating on MCHP stock. On February 04, 2022, analysts decreased their price target for MCHP shares from 85 to 80.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Microchip Technology Incorporated is set at 2.35, with the Price to Sales ratio for MCHP stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 5.78. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 7.24, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.52. Price to Free Cash Flow for MCHP in the course of the last twelve months was 18.39 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.00.
Trading performance analysis for MCHP stock
Microchip Technology Incorporated [MCHP] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.38. With this latest performance, MCHP shares gained by 0.77% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 23.46% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 20.57% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for MCHP stock in for the last two-week period is set at 55.44, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 56.00, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 55.60 for Microchip Technology Incorporated [MCHP]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 79.21, while it was recorded at 82.77 for the last single week of trading, and 69.88 for the last 200 days.
Microchip Technology Incorporated [MCHP]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Microchip Technology Incorporated [MCHP] shares currently have an operating margin of +27.55 and a Gross Margin at +51.72. Microchip Technology Incorporated’s Net Margin is presently recorded at +18.85.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 22.89, with Return on Assets sitting at 7.87.
Microchip Technology Incorporated’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.00 and a Current Ratio set at 1.80.
Microchip Technology Incorporated [MCHP]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for MCHP. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Microchip Technology Incorporated go to 13.80%.
An analysis of insider ownership at Microchip Technology Incorporated [MCHP]
There are presently around $41,445 million, or 93.30% of MCHP stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of MCHP stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 66,300,914, which is approximately 1.185% of the company’s market cap and around 2.09% of the total institutional ownership; BLACKROCK INC., holding 43,245,257 shares of the stock with an approximate value of $3.6 billion in MCHP stocks shares; and DODGE & COX, currently with $1.95 billion in MCHP stock with ownership of nearly -24.867% of the company’s market capitalization.
Positions in Microchip Technology Incorporated stocks held by institutional investors increased at the end of Thursday and at the time of the Thursday reporting period, where 571 institutional holders increased their position in Microchip Technology Incorporated [NASDAQ:MCHP] by around 26,473,841 shares. Additionally, 432 investors decreased positions by around 33,789,407 shares, while 151 investors held positions by with 437,631,936 shares. The mentioned changes placed institutional holdings at 497,895,184 shares, according to the latest SEC report filing. MCHP stock had 154 new institutional investments in for a total of 4,691,875 shares, while 65 institutional investors sold positions of 4,918,455 shares during the same period.