Arm Holdingsvs.Microchip Technology
ARM vs MCHP · both in Chips & accelerators, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Designs and builds the processors, accelerators and memory that train and run AI.
Arm Holdings is about 6.8× larger than Microchip Technology by market cap; Microchip Technology trades at the lower P/E (89.8 vs 278.1); year to date, Arm Holdings leads (+118.4% vs +16.5%).
Side by side
| ARM | MCHP | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $290B | $42.9B |
| Price | $241.56 | $73.50 |
| Today | +1.2% | −1.0% |
| Return YTD | +118.4% | +16.5% |
| Return 1Y | +73.1% | +7.3% |
| P/E | 278.1 | 89.8 |
| P/S | 56.3 | 8.4 |
| P/B | 33.6 | 6.7 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
Arm HoldingsARM
Licensing, not manufacturing: the CPU architectures and instruction sets (Cortex, Neoverse) that nearly every mobile and server chip is built around come from Arm, which takes a royalty on each chip produced.
Full ARM profile →Microchip TechnologyMCHP
The microcontroller is the anchor product; analog and FPGA parts fill out the range for embedded designs in industry and cars.
Full MCHP profile →More ARM & MCHP comparisons
Other head-to-heads in the Chips & accelerators segment.