Insider Selling: Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) EVP Sells 14,510 Shares of Stock

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) EVP Saria Tseng sold 14,510 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 144,494 shares in the company, valued at approximately $132,132,538.30. The trade was a 9.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 0.6%

MPWR opened at $908.45 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average is $819.81 and its 200-day moving average is $702.91. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $438.86 and a 1-year high of $954.00. The company has a market cap of $43.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.66, a PEG ratio of 3.41 and a beta of 1.23.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 EPS 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 business had revenue of $664.57 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $648.74 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.17 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16.25%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MPWR has been the topic of several recent research reports. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $800.00 target price (up from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $940.00 to $950.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $875.00 target price (up from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Loop Capital lifted their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Citigroup restated a “buy” rating and issued a $825.00 price target (up previously from $785.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Monday, August 4th. One equities research 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $838.09.

Institutional Trading of Monolithic Power Systems

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of MPWR. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 46.0% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 635 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $376,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Vident Advisory LLC raised its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 26.7% during the fourth quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 1,210 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $716,000 after buying an additional 255 shares during the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP acquired a new position in Monolithic Power Systems during the fourth quarter worth $1,578,000. Vise Technologies Inc. boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 103.4% during the 4th quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 535 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $317,000 after acquiring an additional 272 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio purchased a new position in Monolithic Power Systems during the 4th quarter worth $11,679,000. Institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

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.