---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000827054-26-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCHP"
cik: "0000827054"
company_name: "MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:42:28.525045+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Microchip Q3 FY2026 beats: net sales $1.186B, non-GAAP EPS $0.44; guides Q4 net sales $1.26B

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.06, non-GAAP EPS $0.44; net sales $1.186B (+15.6% YoY), above guidance of $1.185B.
- Non-GAAP gross margin rose to 60.5% (from 52% in Mar Q); operating margin 28.5%.
- March quarter net sales guidance midpoint $1.260B (+6.2% seq, +29.8% YoY).
- Returned $246.1M to shareholders via dividends; declared $0.455 per share.
- Management expects further gross margin expansion toward long-term target of 65%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000827054-26-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCHP
- cik: 0000827054
- company_name: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-05T23:59:59+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/827054/000082705426000008/0000827054-26-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/827054/000082705426000008/mchp-20260205.htm

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