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Microchip Technology Incorporated earnings call
Buzzberg read
Bookings strong: April best in nearly four years
Microchip reported a strong beat and provided a robust outlook, signaling a broad-based recovery across all end markets. The company highlighted a significant inflection in its data center business, including design wins for its Gen 6 PCIe switches, and its entry into the retimer market. Management emphasized the completion of the inventory correction cycle and is now seeing strong bookings, restocking by distributors, and customer re-engagement. Revenue of $1.311B beat guidance and grew 10.6% sequentially; June quarter guidance expects another 11% sequential growth.
Buzzberg read Bookings strong: April best in nearly four years Microchip reported a strong beat and provided a robust outlook, signaling a broad-based recovery across all end markets. The company highlighted a significant inflection in its data center business, including design wins for its Gen 6 PCIe switches, and its entry into the retimer market. Management emphasized the completion of the inventory correction cycle and is now seeing strong bookings, restocking by distributors, and customer re-engagement. Revenue of $1.311B beat guidance and grew 10.6% sequentially; June quarter guidance expects another 11% sequential growth. Read full analysisCollapse analysis
Microchip reported a strong beat and provided a robust outlook, signaling a broad-based recovery across all end markets. The company highlighted a significant inflection in its data center business, including design wins for its Gen 6 PCIe switches, and its entry into the retimer market. Management emphasized the completion of the inventory correction cycle and is now seeing strong bookings, restocking by distributors, and customer re-engagement. Revenue of $1.311B beat guidance and grew 10.6% sequentially; June quarter guidance expects another 11% sequential growth.
- Bookings were significantly stronger in Q4 with a book-to-bill above 1.0, and April was the largest booking month in nearly four years.
- Distribution inventory has corrected to below normal levels, and distributors are starting to place large restocking orders.
- Data center business is a major growth driver, with several design wins for Gen 6 PCIe switches and the new entry into the PCIe retimer market.
Revenue$1.3112B+11% QoQ
EPS$0.57+30% QoQ
Gross margin60.98%Reported
Operating margin16.1%Reported
6 grounded callouts
What matters now
The highest-signal changes from the call.
Inventory
Inventory down to 185 days from 266, target 130-150
Margins
Gross margin near target ex-underutilization charges
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Data Center
PCIe Gen 6 switch secures six design wins
Data Center
Entering PCIe retimer market, displacing competitor
Supply
Lead times extending broadly, expedites up
Reported period
Actuals
| Metric | Reported | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.3112B | +11% QoQ |
| EPS | $0.57 | +30% QoQ |
| Gross margin | 60.98% | Reported |
| Operating margin | 16.1% | Reported |
| Free cash flow | $0.2428B | -24% QoQ |
| Capex | $0.0142B | Reported |
Forward-looking
Forward guidance
| Metric | Period | Range | Midpoint | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capex | FY2027 | $0.1B | $0.1B | Guided |
| EPS | FY2027 Q1 | $0.67–$0.71 | $0.69 | Guided |
| Gross margin | FY2027 Q1 | 62.25%–63.25% | 62.75% | Guided |
| Operating margin | FY2027 Q1 | 33%–34.5% | 33.75% | Guided |
| Revenue | FY2027 Q1 | $1.55B–$1.57B | $1.56B | Guided |
AI, capex & demand read
Management read
Upbeat
Management expressed strong confidence in the recovery, citing robust bookings, an above-1 book-to-bill, and April being the largest booking month in nearly four years, along with multiple design wins and positive forward guidance.
Management AI read
Management highlighted strong momentum in data center-driven AI demand, citing design wins for PCIe Gen 6 switches, memory controllers, and storage controllers, plus entry into the retimer market. They noted that AI inference and agentic AI workloads are increasing demand for persistent data access and PCIe-based components, positioning the company for growth.
Investment and capacity
Capital expenditures are expected to be roughly $100 million for fiscal year 2027, primarily maintenance capital. The company is increasing internal factory utilization and adding some test capacity for data center and FPGA products, but generally has sufficient in-house capacity.
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Supply chain
Supply chain
Steve Sange
Lead times are extending beyond 4-8 weeks and are expected to broaden across many products, with significant constraints on substrates, subcontracting capacity, and foundry nodes. — Signals a broader industry supply chain tightening that could give pricing power to suppliers and impact manufacturing equipment demand.
Evidence
“We are continuing to see lead times increase on many of our products. We're running into challenges on certain kinds of substrates and subcontracting capacity, and also foundry constraints on multiple nodes.”
Supply chain
Steve Sange
Memory manufacturers are shifting capacity up the stack (DRAM to NAND to NOR to EEPROM), causing shortages and price increases at the bottom of the memory hierarchy, creating an opportunity for Microchip's EEPROM business. — Suggests a trickle-down effect in memory markets, with capacity reallocation leading to price hikes and supply squeezes in legacy memory segments.
Evidence
“So what some of the NAND flash manufacturers have done is shifted some of that capacity to DRAM. And then the lower end of the NAND flash capacity, some of the NOR flash manufacturers have moved into NAND flash. So the NOR flash got”
Supply chain
Steve Sange
Competitors are raising prices post-cycle, which is pushing customers towards Microchip as it maintains price stability, helping it regain market share and repair relationships. — Highlights a competitive dynamic where Microchip's pricing strategy is a key differentiator, potentially at the expense of competitors who are raising prices.
Evidence
“And now what's happening is we are seeing our competitors hurt them with large price increases and all that. So they're even coming more to us. And since we haven't increased the prices, we're gaining share.”
External signals
Supply-chain alpha · 3returns since call
Lead times are extending beyond 4-8 weeks and are expected to broaden across many products, with significant constraints on substrates, subcontracting capacity, and foundry nodes.
Memory manufacturers are shifting capacity up the stack (DRAM to NAND to NOR to EEPROM), causing shortages and price increases at the bottom of the memory hierarchy, creating an opportunity for Microchip's EEPROM business.
Evidence
“So what some of the NAND flash manufacturers have done is shifted some of that capacity to DRAM. And then the lower end of the NAND flash capacity, some of the NOR flash manufacturers have moved into NAND flash. So the NOR flash got constr…”
Competitors are raising prices post-cycle, which is pushing customers towards Microchip as it maintains price stability, helping it regain market share and repair relationships.
Methodology & coverage
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