Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: NTGR stock price vs MCHP: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at MCHP's multiple
Needs MCHP P/S.
Implied fair value · at NTGR's multiple
Needs NTGR P/S.
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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
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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.
NETGEAR, Inc. · implied price per share
Latest annual free cash flow must be positive to qualify the filing-backed baseline.
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC · 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 NTGR can sustainably re-rate toward MCHP-like multiples without sacrificing its current margin profile, then consider NTGR because the headline P/S-based upside is large; otherwise, treat the stock as a low-multiple value trap since NTGR’s negative margins, negative ROIC, and high net debt/EBITDA do not support an MCHP-style valuation.
The stated P/S-based implied price of $252.85 versus NTGR’s current price of $25.20 suggests a very large valuation gap, but this is driven by applying MCHP’s much richer sales multiple to NTGR. In absolute trading terms, NTGR is already near the top of its historical band at $22.68-$27.72, which argues the market is not pricing it as deeply discounted as the headline upside implies.
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