Insider Selling: Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) EVP Sells 27,966 Shares of Stock

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) EVP Maurice Sciammas sold 27,966 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $881.66, for a total transaction of $24,656,503.56. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 148,306 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $130,755,467.96. This trade represents a 15.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Maurice Sciammas also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Wednesday, November 19th, Maurice Sciammas sold 7,034 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $870.21, for a total transaction of $6,121,057.14.
• On Wednesday, November 5th, Maurice Sciammas sold 200 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $986.81, for a total transaction of $197,362.00.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 3.1%

MPWR stock traded down $27.46 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $857.19. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,051,067 shares, compared to its average volume of 741,955. The company’s 50 day moving average is $955.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $819.44. 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 $41.07 billion, a PE ratio of 22.32, a P/E/G ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of $737.18 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $720.66 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $4.06 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 18.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, 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 announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.93%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Monolithic Power Systems

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of MPWR. BLB&B Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of 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 during the period. Banco Santander S.A. purchased a new position in Monolithic Power Systems during the first quarter worth about $818,000. Level Four Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 9.7% in the 1st 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 during the last quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in 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 buying an additional 20,625 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 112,122 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $65,028,000 after buying an additional 3,379 shares during the period. 93.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $750.00 to $970.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $875.00 target price (up from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $950.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $820.00 to $1,025.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 29th. 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 MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems 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.