Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR Shares Sold by Plato Investment Management Ltd

Plato Investment Management Ltd trimmed its stake in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 54.4% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 1,702 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 2,030 shares during the quarter. Plato Investment Management Ltd’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $1,240,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in MPWR. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,034,731 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,180,104,000 after acquiring an additional 506,430 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the first quarter worth $105,751,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 87.9% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 284,097 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $164,771,000 after acquiring an additional 132,880 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 629,566 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $365,136,000 after acquiring an additional 132,078 shares during the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 70.8% in the first quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 314,449 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $182,375,000 after acquiring an additional 130,394 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Monolithic Power Systems

In other Monolithic Power Systems news, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $900.00, for a total transaction of $1,260,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 878 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $790,200. The trade was a 61.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $870.00, for a total value of $167,910.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 5,611 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,881,570. This trade represents a 3.33% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 40,843 shares of company stock worth $38,938,463 in the last three months. 3.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 7.6%

MPWR stock opened at $1,005.00 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $931.40 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $786.63. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 12-month low of $438.86 and a 12-month high of $1,123.38. The company has a market cap of $48.13 billion, a PE ratio of 26.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.27.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.62 by $0.11. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The firm had revenue of $737.18 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $720.66 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $4.06 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 18.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were given a dividend of $1.56 per share. This represents a $6.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 30th. Monolithic Power Systems’s payout ratio is 16.25%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MPWR has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $950.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $750.00 to $970.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $875.00 price objective (up previously from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, August 1st. William Blair raised Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $930.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,033.64.

Monolithic Power Systems Company Profile

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc engages in the design, development, marketing, and sale of semiconductor-based power electronics solutions for the storage and computing, automotive, enterprise data, consumer, communications, and industrial markets. The company provides direct current (DC) to DC integrated circuits (ICs) that are used to convert and control voltages of various electronic systems, such as cloud-based CPU servers, server artificial intelligence applications, storage applications, commercial notebooks, digital cockpit, power sources, home appliances, 4G and 5G infrastructure, and satellite communications applications.