Kickstand Ventures LLC. Purchases 25 Shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Kickstand Ventures LLC. increased its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 5.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 480 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the quarter. Kickstand Ventures LLC.’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $351,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of MPWR. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% during the 1st 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 in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the 1st quarter worth approximately $105,751,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 87.9% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 284,097 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $164,771,000 after purchasing an additional 132,880 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 629,566 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $365,136,000 after purchasing an additional 132,078 shares in the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 70.8% during the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 314,449 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $182,375,000 after purchasing an additional 130,394 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have issued reports on MPWR. Loop Capital upped their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $800.00 price target (up previously from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $820.00 to $1,025.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, September 29th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $875.00 price target (up previously from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, KeyCorp upped their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $950.00 to $1,050.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $880.50.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Down 1.3%

MPWR opened at $918.83 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $44.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.93, a PEG ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 1.27. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 52-week low of $438.86 and a 52-week high of $954.81. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $846.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $718.53.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $664.57 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $648.74 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 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.17 earnings per share. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be issued a dividend of $1.56 per share. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 30th. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.25%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $780.00, for a total value of $31,199,220.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 121,605 shares in the company, valued at $94,851,900. This represents a 24.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Saria Tseng sold 14,510 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $914.45, for a total transaction of $13,268,669.50. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 144,494 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $132,132,538.30. This trade represents a 9.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 65,702 shares of company stock valued at $53,834,480. Insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

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.