---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000827054-22-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCHP"
cik: "0000827054"
company_name: "MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T22:44:28.665368+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Microchip Q4 net sales $1.844B record; EPS beat guidance; dividend up 9%

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1.844B record, up 4.9% sequentially and 25.7% YoY, above midpoint guidance of $1.819B.
- GAAP EPS $0.77 diluted; Non-GAAP EPS $1.35 diluted, both above guidance ranges ($0.66-$0.68 and $1.22-$1.28).
- Record GAAP gross margin 66.2%, Non-GAAP 66.6%; record operating income $549.5M GAAP, $824.9M Non-GAAP.
- Record quarterly dividend $0.276/share, up 9.1% sequentially and 33.7% YoY; paid down $205.9M debt in Q4.
- Repurchased $259.6M (3.6M shares) in Q4 under $4.0B buyback program; FY2022 net sales record $6.821B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000827054-22-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCHP
- cik: 0000827054
- company_name: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827054/000082705422000076/0000827054-22-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827054/000082705422000076/mchp-20220509.htm

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