Earnest Partners LLC Buys 108 Shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Earnest Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 0.1% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 203,119 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 108 shares during the quarter. Earnest Partners LLC’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $117,805,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC bought a new position in Monolithic Power Systems in the fourth quarter valued at about $29,000. SouthState Corp bought a new position in Monolithic Power Systems in the first quarter valued at about $33,000. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. raised its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 637.5% in the fourth quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 59 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. raised its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 146.4% in the first quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 69 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Global Financial Private Client LLC raised its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 265.0% in the first quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 73 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have commented on MPWR. 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 research report on Friday, August 1st. Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $820.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $825.00 target price (up from $785.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $800.00 target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, William Blair raised Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $838.09.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Up 1.5%

Shares of MPWR stock opened at $850.64 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $40.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.15, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 1.18. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $762.64 and a 200-day moving average of $672.15. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $438.86 and a 1-year high of $959.64.

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

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Monday, June 30th were paid a dividend of $1.56 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 30th. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16.25%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $780.00, for a total transaction of $31,199,220.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 121,605 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $94,851,900. This trade represents a 24.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Jeff Zhou sold 400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $850.00, for a total value of $340,000.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 5,804 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,933,400. This represents a 6.45% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 49,599 shares of company stock valued at $38,455,220 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Monolithic Power Systems Company 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.