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Microchip Technology Inc.
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<font> <font> Microchip Technology Provides Financial Guidance for First Quarter Fiscal 2010 </font>
<font> Tuesday, June 09, 2009 7:31:23 AM ET </font> </font> <> <font> Microchip Technology Incorporated ( MCHP ), a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today provided financial guidance for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 ending June 30, 2009. Net sales are expected to be up between 8 and 10 percent from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 ended March 31, 2009. In the quarter ending June 30, 2009, gross ...
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Bullish on MCHP ...
MCHP
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Microchip Technology Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of specialized semiconductor products for various embedded control applications. Its product portfolio comprises 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit PIC microcontrollers; and 16-bit dsPIC digital signal controllers, which features on-board flash memory technology. The company also provides development tools; analog and interface products that consist of power management, linear, mixed-signal, thermal management, and interface products; and memory products, which primarily include seria...
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Worse before better
MCHP
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There's no great short thesis on this company, as overall it's a pretty solid company. Just think it is overvalued vs the next couple years of expectations, and competition is always getting fiercer. Analog chips offer a buffer in downturns vs commodity chips, no doubt. But MCHP's end markets are among the worst you can have, automobiles, appliances, and other electronics. Not exactly a growth area to say the least. This companies revenues have been getting hit hard, and this should continue in the near and medium term. Perhaps some day it will be worth buying again, but there wil...
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From the Blogosphere
Company News for November 19, 2009 – Corporate Summary
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• Bank of America/Merrill (NYSE:BAC) downgraded a number of semiconductor companies, expecting a modest inventory correction, even as economies improve and demand for electronics rises. Four shares were downgraded to neutral, including Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN), Marvel Technology Group (NASDAQ:MRVL) and LSI Corp (NYSE:LSI). The form lowered Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ:MXIM), National Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM), Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) and Microchip Technology (NASDAQ:MCHP) to underperform <>• Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) rose 10.6% yesterday. Th<><><><><><><><>< /><><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
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Merrill Turns Cautious On Chips, Foundries; Many Downgrades; Stocks Swoon
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Bank of America/Merrill Lynch chip analyst Sumit Dhanda this morning turned cautious on semiconductor stocks, downgrading a slew of stocks; his colleague Daniel Heyler made a comparable on the foundries, lower ratings on a number of stocks. <>“We are downgrading our view on the sector given unfavorable indications from our cyclical framework,” he writes. “In particular, our industry model suggests that following a period of rapid replenishment of inventory and normalization of semi shipments to true consumption levels, inventories in the supply chain are approaching a level suggesting a modest<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< /><>< />< />...
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Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: ADBE, H, HAL, TOL, TROW, TSN ...
Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Analyst initiations  Analyst upgrades:
<> Citigroup upgraded FPL Group (FPL) to buy from hold on valuation and recommends buying the stock into the staff recommendation. The firm raised its target on shares to $58 from $55. Deutsche Bank upgraded Smithfield Foods (SFD) to buy from hold as it believes the company's fundamentals and export demand outlook are improving. The firm raised its target on shares to $20 from $12. <>Credit Suisse upgraded T. Rowe Price (TROW) to outperform from neutral and raised its target to $60 from...
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Notable Analyst Rating Changes 11/11: SMI, TOL, SFD, MCHP Upgraded; PCLN, SNV, RHIE, ADBE, SIGM, HUM Downgraded
UPGRADES:Bank of America upgrades Semi Manufacturing International (NYSE: SMI) from Underperform to Neutral. Wells Fargo Securities upgrades Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) Market Perform to Outperform with a $24-$26 valuation. Click Here for more color.Deutsche Bank upgrades Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD) from Hold to Buy and raised their price target from $12 to $20. Click Here for more color.Goldman Sachs upgraded Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) from Sell to Neutral. Click Here for more color.For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/UpgradesDOWNGRADES:Cre...
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Stock Market News for November 6, 2009 – Market News
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A drop in the number of newly laid-off workers and upbeat remarks from bellwether Cisco Systems injected confidence about an economic recovery ahead of this morning’s highly expected October jobs report, propelling the Dow average to its first close above 10,000 in two weeks. Cisco Systems’ (NASDAQ:CSCO) CEO John Chambers said he now sees a global economic recovery, fueling a rebound in the company’s sales this quarter. The Dow average jumped 203 points, or 2%, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ, riding high on Cisco’s forecast, bolted up 50 points or about 2.4%. <>All ten S&P 500 indust...
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Dividend News 10/25/08
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