AG2R LA Mondiale Gestion D Actifs Cuts Stock Position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

AG2R LA Mondiale Gestion D Actifs trimmed its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 3.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 1,975 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 76 shares during the quarter. AG2R LA Mondiale Gestion D Actifs’ holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $1,444,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 1.7% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,920,669 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,433,870,000 after acquiring an additional 96,395 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% in the first 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 purchasing an additional 506,430 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 7.5% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,249,335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $724,589,000 after purchasing an additional 86,853 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position 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 worth $365,136,000 after purchasing an additional 132,078 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 355,312 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $206,074,000 after purchasing an additional 5,390 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ MPWR opened at $1,074.91 on Friday. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 52 week low of $438.86 and a 52 week high of $1,091.91. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $907.57 and its 200 day moving average price is $764.39. The firm has a market cap of $51.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.99, a P/E/G ratio of 4.00 and a beta of 1.27.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.12 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $664.57 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $648.74 million. Monolithic Power Systems had a net margin of 73.17% and a return on equity of 19.14%. Monolithic Power Systems’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.17 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts expect 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 Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th were given a dividend of $1.56 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. Monolithic Power Systems’s payout ratio is currently 16.25%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $870.00, for a total value of $167,910.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,611 shares in the company, valued at $4,881,570. This represents a 3.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Saria Tseng sold 1,300 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,087.62, for a total value of $1,413,906.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 126,354 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $137,425,137.48. This represents a 1.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 83,842 shares of company stock valued at $72,387,683 in the last three months. Company insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MPWR has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $930.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $825.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Loop Capital increased 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. KeyCorp boosted their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $1,050.00 to $1,250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities restated a “neutral” rating and set a $800.00 price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, August 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $963.18.

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.