Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) EVP Maurice Sciammas Sells 200 Shares of Stock

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) EVP Maurice Sciammas sold 200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $986.81, for a total value of $197,362.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,299 shares in the company, valued at $1,281,866.19. This represents a 13.34% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 4.2%

Shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock opened at $958.07 on Friday. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 12 month low of $438.86 and a 12 month high of $1,123.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $45.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $941.54 and its 200 day simple moving average is $795.65.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its quarterly 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 company had revenue of $737.18 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $720.66 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $4.06 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems’s revenue was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts predict that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

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

Institutional Trading of Monolithic Power Systems

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Riverstone Advisors LLC lifted its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 11.7% during the third quarter. Riverstone Advisors LLC now owns 668 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $615,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Naviter Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $234,000. Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. purchased a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems in the third quarter valued at $502,000. Assetmark Inc. boosted its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 21,191 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $19,510,000 after purchasing an additional 610 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Public Sector Pension Investment Board boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 34,587 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $31,842,000 after acquiring an additional 556 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on MPWR shares. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $800.00 target price (up from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. Loop Capital boosted their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. William Blair raised Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $820.00 to $1,025.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $950.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, October 31st. One research 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,047.27.

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.