DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Has $138.03 Million Holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale raised its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 0.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 190,443 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 398 shares during the quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale owned 0.40% of Monolithic Power Systems worth $138,027,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,034,731 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,180,104,000 after acquiring an additional 506,430 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the first quarter valued at approximately $105,751,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 87.9% during the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 284,097 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $164,771,000 after acquiring an additional 132,880 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 629,566 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $365,136,000 after acquiring an additional 132,078 shares in the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 70.8% during the first quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 314,449 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $182,375,000 after acquiring an additional 130,394 shares in the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 3,000 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $750.00, for a total value of $2,250,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 43,939 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $32,954,250. This trade represents a 6.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of the company’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 sale, the director directly owned 878 shares in the company, valued at approximately $790,200. This trade represents a 61.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 82,542 shares of company stock valued at $70,973,777. 3.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Up 2.7%

Shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock opened at $1,031.59 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $891.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $750.32. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 12-month low of $438.86 and a 12-month high of $1,041.50. The company has a market capitalization of $49.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 1.27.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.09. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The business had revenue of $664.57 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $648.74 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.17 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 31.0% on a year-over-year basis. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts predict that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were given 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 0.6%. Monolithic Power Systems’s payout ratio is currently 16.25%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently commented on MPWR. William Blair upgraded Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $750.00 to $970.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $800.00 price objective (up previously from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. Wolfe Research set a $1,200.00 price target on Monolithic Power Systems and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $800.00 price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $945.00.

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.