Microchip Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP) price is hovering higher on Wednesday, March 27, jumping 2.04% above its previous close.
A look at today’s price movement shows that the recent level at last check reads $86.24. The company’s 5Y monthly beta was ticking 1.64 while its P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period read 20.56. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $94.30 and 52-week low of $68.75. The stock added 6.10% on its value in the past month.
Microchip Technology, Inc., which has a market valuation of $47.55 billion, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report May 02, 2024 – May 06, 2024. The company stock has a Forward Dividend ratio of 1.68, while the dividend yield is 1.91%. It is understandable that investor optimism is growing ahead of the company’s current quarter results.
Revisions to the company’s EPS highlights a short term direction of a stock’s price movement, which in the last 7 days came up with no upward and no downward reviews. On the technical perspective front, indicators give MCHP a short term outlook of 50% Buy on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 100% Buy.
The overview shows that MCHP’s price is at present -0.06% off the SMA20 and 2.02% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 51.97, with weekly volatility standing at 2.62%. The indicator jumps to 2.77% when calculated based on the past 30 days. Microchip Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP)’s beta value is holding at 1.65, while the average true range (ATR) indicator is currently reading 2.43.
An analysis of the Microchip Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 5.71 million. However, this figure increases on the past 10-day timeline to an average of 5.58 million.
Current records show that the company has 545.46M in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 2.11% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 92.97%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of Feb 29, 2024, stood at 20.28 million shares, which puts the short ratio at the time at 3.38. From this we can glean that short interest is 3.75% of company’s current outstanding shares. Notably, we see that shares short in February fall slightly given the previous month’s figure stood at 20.76 million. But the -2.42% downside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of today’s value, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.
