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FY 2025 · Mkt capMarket cap $279.95B · View financials
Decision snapshot: MCHP stock price vs IBM: inconclusive — current versus $5.83 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at IBM's multiple
Implied fair value · at MCHP's multiple
Needs MCHP P/E.
Close Dec 31, 2025
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
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Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
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Trendline
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Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe MCHP can sustain materially higher earnings quality and multiple expansion than IBM despite only similar revenue growth, then avoid using IBM as a valuation anchor; otherwise, the data support a cautious or underweight stance on MCHP because its multiples and DCF range imply meaningful downside versus IBM-based fair value.
At $74.29, MCHP trades far above both its IBM-implied value of $5.83 and the entire IBM-implied range of $8.50 to $27.13, indicating a very large relative valuation disconnect. The gap is also stark on multiples, with MCHP at 337.7x P/E versus IBM at 26.5x, despite similar revenue growth and only slightly lower gross margin.
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