Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) Receives $880.50 Consensus PT from Brokerages

Shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twelve research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, eight have issued a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $880.50.

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price target on shares of 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. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $730.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $950.00 to $1,050.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. William Blair upgraded shares of Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Finally, Loop Capital boosted their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd.

Insider Buying and Selling at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The shares were 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 directly owned 121,605 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $94,851,900. The trade was a 24.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Saria Tseng sold 14,510 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $914.45, for a total transaction of $13,268,669.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 144,494 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $132,132,538.30. This represents a 9.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 65,702 shares of company stock valued at $53,834,480. Insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Monolithic Power Systems

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. CCM Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the third quarter valued at $4,522,000. Sunflower Bank N.A. purchased a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the third quarter valued at $210,000. Lifestyle Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 13.7% during the third quarter. Lifestyle Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,917 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,765,000 after purchasing an additional 231 shares during the period. Zevenbergen Capital Investments LLC boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 76.0% during the third quarter. Zevenbergen Capital Investments LLC now owns 74,668 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $68,742,000 after purchasing an additional 32,240 shares during the period. Finally, Voya Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 57.5% in the third quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 359,312 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $330,797,000 after acquiring an additional 131,177 shares during the period. 93.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Performance

Shares of MPWR opened at $904.44 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $867.96 and its 200 day moving average is $731.35. Monolithic Power Systems has a fifty-two week low of $438.86 and a fifty-two week high of $990.25. The stock has a market capitalization of $43.31 billion, a PE ratio of 23.55, a P/E/G ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 1.27.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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 net margin of 73.17% and a return on equity of 19.14%. The company 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 business posted $3.17 earnings per share. Monolithic Power Systems’s quarterly revenue was up 31.0% on a year-over-year basis. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $1.56 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems’s payout ratio is 16.25%.

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.