4,000 Shares in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR Bought by Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd

Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 4,000 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,926,000. Monolithic Power Systems makes up approximately 0.8% of Hel Ved Capital Management Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 29th biggest position.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 46.0% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 635 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $376,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. grew its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 7.7% during the 1st quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 3,447 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,999,000 after purchasing an additional 247 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 5.9% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 9,464 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,489,000 after purchasing an additional 526 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc raised its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 11.4% in the first quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 39,781 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $23,072,000 after buying an additional 4,058 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Finance LLC lifted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 4.0% during the first quarter. Empirical Finance LLC now owns 1,279 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $742,000 after buying an additional 49 shares during the period. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Monolithic Power Systems news, EVP Maurice Sciammas sold 3,976 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $895.23, for a total value of $3,559,434.48. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 144,330 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $129,208,545.90. This trade represents a 2.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Kuo Wei Herbert Chang sold 100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $896.97, for a total value of $89,697.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 426 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $382,109.22. This trade represents a 19.01% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 82,426 shares of company stock valued at $76,049,294 over the last quarter. Insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently issued reports on MPWR. Wolfe Research set a $1,200.00 target price on Monolithic Power Systems and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, October 31st. KeyCorp lifted 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. Citigroup upped 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 Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $750.00 to $970.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,047.27.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Up 1.8%

Monolithic Power Systems stock opened at $908.61 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $43.53 billion, a PE ratio of 23.66, a P/E/G ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 12 month low of $438.86 and a 12 month high of $1,123.38. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $958.87 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $827.78.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 firm had revenue of $737.18 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $720.66 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $4.06 EPS. 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, equities research analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were paid a dividend of $1.56 per share. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 30th. 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.