MCHPP Dividend Calculator
Microchip Technology Incorporated yields 7.21%, comfortably above the 2.81% median across US dividend payers. That puts MCHPP in the range where the income is the main reason to hold it, and where the durability of the payment does most of the work in any long-run figure.
MCHPP paid $3.75 per share over the last twelve months on a quarterly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
MCHPP
Microchip Technology Incorporated
7.21%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in MCHPP pays you
$720.60
per year
- Paid each quarter
- $180.15
- Monthly average
- $60.05
- Shares bought
- 192.16
- Payments a year
- 4
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$7,206.00
Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.
MCHPP dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 7.21%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $72.06 | $18.01 | $6.00 |
| $5,000 | $360.30 | $90.07 | $30.02 |
| $10,000 | $720.60 | $180.15 | $60.05 |
| $25,000 | $1,801.50 | $450.37 | $150.12 |
| $50,000 | $3,603.00 | $900.75 | $300.25 |
| $100,000 | $7,206.00 | $1,801.50 | $600.50 |
MCHPP with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in MCHPP, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.
- After 10 years
- $20,425
- After 20 years
- $41,719
- After 30 years
- $85,212
$17,206 taking the income as cash
$24,412 taking the income as cash
$31,618 taking the income as cash
What makes up MCHPP's 7.21% yield
MCHPP paid $3.75 per share over the last twelve months against a share price of $52.04, which is where the 7.21% comes from. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure — they do not recur, and including them would overstate every projection below.
Yields at this level usually have a structural explanation rather than a mispricing: the company is organised to distribute income rather than retain it. Worth checking how MCHPP's current yield compares with its own history, since a sharp recent rise more often reflects a falling price than a raised payment.
Technology dividends are usually a recent and secondary use of cash — buybacks and reinvestment normally take priority — so yields are low even where the cash generation behind them is very large. The payout ratio here is often well below the level that would constrain a raise.
When MCHPP pays, and what that changes
MCHPP pays quarterly, the standard schedule for US-listed payers, so the "per payment" column is one quarter of the annual figure and the "monthly average" column is a smoothed figure rather than a description of when cash arrives — nothing is paid in eight months of the year.
Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. MCHPP's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
Is MCHPP's dividend covered by earnings?
No payout ratio is on file for MCHPP, so the one direct check on whether the dividend is funded from earnings is unavailable here. Every figure above is arithmetic on the current yield and none of it constitutes evidence that the payment is covered.
The figures hold the dividend flat, and that assumption carries more weight for MCHPP than it would for a lower-yielding holding. There is no established record of consecutive annual increases here, and at this yield a modest reduction in the payment changes the ten-year figure substantially.
MCHPP dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in MCHPP pay in dividends?
- At MCHPP's current yield of 7.21%, $10,000 pays about $720.60 a year — roughly $180.15 per payment, paid quarterly, or $60.05 a month averaged out.
- What would MCHPP be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in MCHPP would grow to about $20,425 after 10 years, against $17,206 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
- How often does MCHPP pay dividends?
- MCHPP pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is MCHPP's dividend guaranteed?
- No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check MCHPP's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Why is MCHPP's dividend yield so high?
- MCHPP yields 7.21% against a 2.81% median across US dividend payers. A yield is a ratio, so it rises either because the payment went up or because the share price came down — and the figure alone does not say which. Yields this far above the market among ordinary operating companies are unusual and often reflect what the market expects rather than what has been announced.
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Microchip Technology Incorporated is a common stock trading at $52.04 per share, paying quarterly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.