Securian Asset Management Inc. Has $1.83 Million Stock Position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Securian Asset Management Inc. decreased its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,497 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 81 shares during the quarter. Securian Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $1,826,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in MPWR. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,034,731 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,180,104,000 after acquiring an additional 506,430 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the 1st quarter worth approximately $105,751,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 87.9% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 284,097 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $164,771,000 after acquiring an additional 132,880 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 629,566 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $365,136,000 after acquiring an additional 132,078 shares during the period. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 70.8% during the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 314,449 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $182,375,000 after acquiring an additional 130,394 shares during the period. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, EVP Saria Tseng sold 14,510 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $914.45, for a total transaction of $13,268,669.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 144,494 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $132,132,538.30. The trade was a 9.13% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $780.00, for a total value of $31,199,220.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 121,605 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $94,851,900. This trade represents a 24.75% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 82,542 shares of company stock worth $70,973,777 in the last three months. Insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Performance

NASDAQ:MPWR opened at $1,001.40 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $898.16 and a 200-day moving average price of $753.97. The company has a market cap of $47.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.08, a PEG ratio of 3.83 and a beta of 1.27. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $438.86 and a fifty-two week high of $1,041.50.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.12 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $664.57 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $648.74 million. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The company’s revenue was up 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.17 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Research 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 declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were issued a dividend of $1.56 per share. 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 0.6%. Monolithic Power Systems’s payout ratio is 16.25%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently issued reports on MPWR. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $750.00 to $970.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday. KeyCorp boosted their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $950.00 to $1,050.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 30th. Wolfe Research set a $1,200.00 price target on Monolithic Power Systems and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Loop Capital boosted their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. One 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems has an average 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.