Kuo Wei Herbert Chang Sells 100 Shares of Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) Stock

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) Director Kuo Wei Herbert Chang sold 100 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $896.97, for a total value of $89,697.00. Following the sale, the director owned 426 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $382,109.22. This trade represents a 19.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Kuo Wei Herbert Chang also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, November 21st, Kuo Wei Herbert Chang sold 100 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $873.97, for a total transaction of $87,397.00.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Up 1.8%

MPWR traded up $15.64 on Tuesday, reaching $908.61. 558,714 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 743,175. The company has a market cap of $43.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a one year low of $438.86 and a one year high of $1,123.38. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $957.84 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $825.88.

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

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th were paid a $1.56 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio is 15.93%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Monolithic Power Systems

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of MPWR. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the third quarter worth $6,083,000. WBI Investments LLC purchased a new position in Monolithic Power Systems during the 3rd quarter worth $1,443,000. Danske Bank A S acquired a new position in Monolithic Power Systems during the 3rd quarter valued at about $31,355,000. Advisory Services Network LLC raised its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 15.1% in the third quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 967 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $890,000 after buying an additional 127 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morningstar Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems in the third quarter worth about $468,000. 93.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $1,100.00 to $1,250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $950.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. KeyCorp upped their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $1,250.00 to $1,300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. TD Cowen increased their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $1,100.00 to $1,250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. 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.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,047.27.

About Monolithic Power Systems

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.