Generali Investments Management Co LLC Invests $629,000 in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Generali Investments Management Co LLC purchased a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 861 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $629,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of MPWR. Wedmont Private Capital raised its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 1.3% during the second quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 1,068 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $802,000 after buying an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Gilbert & Cook Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Gilbert & Cook Inc. now owns 655 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $479,000 after acquiring an additional 15 shares during the last quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 2,067 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,511,000 after acquiring an additional 19 shares during the last quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 76.0% during the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 44 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Burney Co. lifted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 2.2% during the first quarter. Burney Co. now owns 946 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $549,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is currently 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 firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $900.00, for a total transaction of $1,260,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 878 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $790,200. This trade represents a 61.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $913.22, for a total transaction of $2,739,660.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 37,940 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,647,566.80. This represents a 7.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 43,443 shares of company stock worth $41,703,115 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on MPWR. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $750.00 to $970.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $950.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Wolfe Research set a $1,200.00 target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price 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. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,047.27.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ MPWR opened at $920.19 on Friday. 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 $44.08 billion, a PE ratio of 23.96, a P/E/G ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $954.65 and a 200-day simple moving average of $813.80.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last announced its earnings results 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. 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $720.66 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $4.06 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

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

Monolithic Power Systems 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.