After Mizuho Securities and Credit Suisse gave Microchip (NASDAQ: MCHP) a Buy rating last month, the company received another Buy, this time from KeyBanc. Analyst Weston Twigg maintained a Buy rating on Microchip today and set a price target of $85.00. The company’s shares closed last Monday at $68.99.
According to TipRanks.com, Twigg is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 21.4% and a 60.2% success rate. Twigg covers the Consumer Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as Applied Materials, MKS Instruments, and Lam Research.
Currently, the analyst consensus on Microchip is a Strong Buy with an average price target of $111.18, a 60.2% upside from current levels. In a report issued on March 16, SunTrust Robinson also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $90.00 price target.
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The company has a one-year high of $112.47 and a one-year low of $53.15. Currently, Microchip has an average volume of 4.09M.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 72 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of MCHP in relation to earlier this year.
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Microchip Technology, Inc. engages in the provision of semiconductor products. It operates through the Semiconductor Products and Technology Licensing segments. The Semiconductor Products segment involves in the designing, developing, manufacturing, and marketing microcontrollers, development tools and analog, interface, mixed signal, connectivity devices, and timing products. The Technology Licensing segment offers license fees and royalties associated with technology licenses for the use of SuperFlash embedded flash and Smartbits one time programmable technologies. The company was founded on February 14, 1989 and is headquartered in Chandler, AZ.
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