Microchip Technologyvs.Western Digital
MCHP vs WDC · 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.
Western Digital is about 3.8× larger than Microchip Technology by market cap; Western Digital trades at the lower P/E (27.7 vs 209.2); year to date, Western Digital leads (+238.2% vs +39.0%).
Side by side
| MCHP | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $48.1B | $181B |
| Price | $88.59 | $582.59 |
| Today | +0.4% | +0.8% |
| Return YTD | +39.0% | +238.2% |
| Return 1Y | +18.0% | +795.5% |
| P/E | 209.2 | 27.7 |
| P/S | 10.2 | 15.3 |
| P/B | 7.5 | 18.7 |
Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
Microchip TechnologyMCHP
Microcontrollers, analog and FPGA chips for embedded systems in industrial and automotive.
Full MCHP profile →Western DigitalWDC
Manufacturer of hard drives for data centers. AI is creating record demand for massive, low-cost storage of training data.
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