Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) Director Sells $87,397.00 in Stock

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) Director Kuo Wei Herbert Chang sold 100 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $873.97, for a total value of $87,397.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 526 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $459,708.22. This represents a 15.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

Monolithic Power Systems stock traded up $24.75 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $897.10. 239,538 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 739,850. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $956.97 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $824.09. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $438.86 and a fifty-two week high of $1,123.38. The stock has a market cap of $42.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.34, a P/E/G ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33.

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

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.93%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on MPWR. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $875.00 price objective (up previously from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. William Blair raised Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $930.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $750.00 to $970.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,047.27.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Monolithic Power Systems

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. BLB&B Advisors LLC increased its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 9.1% during the 2nd quarter. BLB&B Advisors LLC now owns 9,205 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $6,732,000 after purchasing an additional 768 shares in the last quarter. Banco Santander S.A. acquired a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the first quarter worth $818,000. Level Four Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 9.7% during the first quarter. Level Four Advisory Services LLC now owns 9,332 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,413,000 after buying an additional 823 shares in the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 26.3% in the 1st quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 99,173 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $57,518,000 after acquiring an additional 20,625 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 112,122 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $65,028,000 after acquiring an additional 3,379 shares in the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.