MCHP
Microchip Technology IncorporatedEvidence as of 2026-09-03Overview · Microchip Technology Incorporated
Microchip Technology Incorporated develops, manufactures, and sells smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The company offers general purpose 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers; 32-bit embedded mixed-signal microprocessors; and specialized microcontrollers for automotive, industrial, computing, communications, lighting, power supplies, motor control, human m…
Management team
- Ms. Ellen L. Barker · Senior VP & Chief Information OfficerFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Mitchel Obolsky · Senior Vice President of Networking and Data Center Business UnitsFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Michael A. Finley · Senior Vice President of Fab OperationsFind on LinkedIn
- Ms. Lauren A. Carr · Senior Vice President of Global Human ResourcesFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
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−0.1 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
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Editor's note
Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
The evidence balance is Mixed ( -0.1 of a possible +2; confidence high). Revenue, gross profit, operating income and net income all improved markedly in Q1 2027 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-07-28) versus the prior reported quarters: revenue rose to $ 1,484,700,000 from $ 1,186,000,000 in Q3 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-01-28) and $ 1,140,400,000 in Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-10-28); gross profit was $ 938,900,000; operating income was $ 336,800,000; and net income was $ 229,800,000 after several quarters of much smaller profits and a loss in the quarter ending 2025-06-30.
Market and valuation metrics remain mixed and show elevated risk. Beta is 2.15 and 30‑day annualized volatility is 62.3%, while P/FCF is 20.63 and EV/EBITDA is 33.06; trailing twelve‑month EPS produces a P/E of 196.65 and the implied perpetual FCF growth rate is 9.75%.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.
Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.
Revenue was $1,484,700,000 in fiscal Q1 2027 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo), up from $1,186,000,000 in fiscal Q3 2026 (2025-10-01 to 2025-12-31, 3mo) and $1,140,400,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30, 3mo).
XBRL companyfacts · 0000827054-26-000038Gross profit was $938,900,000 in fiscal Q1 2027 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo), compared with $706,900,000 in fiscal Q3 2026 (2025-10-01 to 2025-12-31, 3mo) and $637,900,000 in the prior quarter ending 2025-09-30.
XBRL companyfacts · 0000827054-26-000038Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
At the annual meeting held August 18, 2026, stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 12,000,000 (described in the 8-K filed August 19, 2026).
Current report · filed 2026-08-19At the annual meeting held August 18, 2026, the board nominees were elected with the following vote totals for 'For': Ellen L. Barker 386,259,649; Rick Cassidy 422,631,851; Matthew W. Chapman 416,114,792; Mitch Little 439,287,679; Victor Peng 425,984,561; Karen M. Rapp 396,537,228; Steve Sanghi 407,175,970 (reported in the 8-K filed August 19, 2026).
Current report · filed 2026-08-19Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
As of 2026-09-02, the computed beta vs SPY is 2.15 and the correlation vs SPY is 0.55.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-02Momentum is mixed as of 2026-09-02: 3-month momentum is -24.6% while 6-month momentum is +4.6% and 12-1 momentum is +24.8%; the 12-1 momentum ranks in the 61th percentile of the 547-stock research universe and 6-month momentum ranks in the 45th percentile.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-02weakened in debateReads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of 2026-09-02, Microchip (MCHP) is a holding in the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) at a weight of 0.08% of that fund.
ETF constituents · market dataThere is a cluster of Form 4 insider filings for MCHP with multiple filings dated 2026-08-19 and an additional filing dated 2026-08-26, totaling 16 Form 4 entries in the provided list.
Form 4 × 15 (90d window not enforced here)Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
A headline reports that Duvenhage Stephanus acquired 7,087 shares in Microchip Technology Inc.
News · kalkinemedia.com · 2026-09-01A headline states Microchip appointed Duvenhage Stephanus as Senior VP and notes he holds 7,087 shares.
News · kalkinemedia.com · 2026-08-31Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
James Eric Bjornholt (SENIOR CORPORATE VP AND CFO) reported a sale of 4,112 shares for "$310k" on 2026-08-25 under a stated 10b5-1 plan.
Form 4 · Bjornholt James Eric (SENIOR CORPORATE VP AND CFO) · $310k sold · 2026-08-25Multiple insiders (including the CEO and COO) reported dispositions on 2026-08-17: Steve Sanghi reported transactions totaling "$563k" (7,020 shares) in one filing and additional transactions of "$494k" (6,157 shares) and "$233k" (2,903 shares) across filings dated 2026-08-17.
Form 4 · Sanghi Steve (President, CEO and Chair of Bd) · $563k code M · 2026-08-17Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The market price used in this analysis is $72.76 as of 2026-09-02 and shares outstanding used are 543,008,691 (shares_cover) with diluted weighted average shares 550,500,000 as of 2026-06-30.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeFree cash flow on a trailing twelve‑month basis is $1,941,600,000 (FCF_ttm) and FCF per share is $3.527.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
The evidence set shows clear step-function improvement in the company’s recent quarterly operating performance: revenue, gross profit, operating income, and net income all rose materially in fiscal Q1 2027 versus the prior sequential quarters (fundamentals-0 through fundamentals-3). That improvement gives context to valuation metrics: while trailing P/E and EV/EBITDA look elevated on reported trailing earnings (valuation-3, valuation-4), trailing free cash flow is substantial (valuation-1) resulting in a more moderate P/FCF multiple (valuation-2), which indicates different valuation lenses tell different stories. Several market- and ownership‑level items that bears emphasize — elevated short‑term volatility (market-2) and director/officer dispositions (insider-1, insider-3) — are counterbalanced in the record by evidence of institutional buying (news-2, news-3), a dividend yield in the upper quartile of the research universe (market-5), and at least one insider sale explicitly reported under a 10b5-1 plan (insider-0). Taken together, the strongest supporting evidence is the recent, documented improvement in core profitability and cash flow; the strongest bearish points rely on backward-looking multiples and short‑term market noise, which the underlying operating data in the filings moderates in strength.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.33
41 surviving claims rest on 19 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 20% of them, and 98% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The evidence set is moderately robust: 41 surviving claims draw on 19 distinct sources, which gives some source diversity, but nearly all desk challenges (98%) survived debate — that high survival rate can indicate entrenched conclusions rather than aggressive falsification. The single heaviest analyst accounting for 20% of surviving claims signals a non-trivial concentration of analyst dependence, so treat the read as informative but somewhat fragile to fresh, high‑quality contradicting data.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 15th of 17 in Semiconductors (as of 2026-09-02).
90-day volatility ranks 12th of 17 in Semiconductors (as of 2026-09-02).
dividend yield ranks 1st of 17 in Semiconductors (as of 2026-09-02).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.
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What this was built from
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10 filings· 1 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+0.7 to the score
11 documents· 1 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes+0.0 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash−0.2 to the score
2 holdings records
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.0 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
11 filings· 2 cited
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot−1.0 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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Written by AI, checked against sources
The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.
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