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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
$111.85
$111.70
$75.71
$113.12
$9.60B1.45725,526 shsN/A
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
$127.16
-2.6%
$131.03
$116.56
$306.77
$13.64B1.482.86 million shs3.74 million shs
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$47.78
-0.3%
$47.94
$34.13
$100.57
$25.70B1.428.28 million shs8.20 million shs
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
$627.40
-1.5%
$570.60
$438.86
$959.64
$30.04B1.18779,719 shs628,950 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
0.00%0.00%0.00%+1.50%+37.29%
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
0.00%-7.98%+1.44%-21.92%-31.85%
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
0.00%+2.18%+32.27%-8.32%-47.56%
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
0.00%+9.11%+33.41%+1.29%-9.94%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
1.7173 of 5 stars
0.90.00.82.90.04.21.9
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
4.9311 of 5 stars
4.42.00.03.61.72.54.4
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
4.6442 of 5 stars
4.42.03.33.03.42.50.0
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
4.8451 of 5 stars
3.42.03.32.33.32.53.1
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
1.88
Reduce$100.83-9.85% Downside
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
2.84
Moderate Buy$223.8776.05% Upside
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
2.74
Moderate Buy$66.7939.79% Upside
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
2.83
Moderate Buy$779.8324.30% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ALTR, MPWR, MCHP, and FSLR Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/2/2025
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
Citigroup
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$615.00 ➝ $700.00
5/2/2025
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
Raymond James
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform$925.00 ➝ $720.00
5/2/2025
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
KeyCorp
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$850.00 ➝ $820.00
5/2/2025
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
Rosenblatt Securities
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Reiterated RatingNeutral ➝ Neutral$644.00 ➝ $644.00
5/2/2025
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
TD Cowen
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Boost Price TargetBuy$600.00 ➝ $675.00
5/2/2025
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
Needham & Company LLC
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$800.00 ➝ $800.00
5/1/2025
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
Truist Financial
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Reiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$245.00 ➝ $200.00
5/1/2025
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
Guggenheim
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$253.00 ➝ $202.00
5/1/2025
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
Glj Research
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UpgradeHold ➝ Buy$172.37 ➝ $172.37
4/30/2025
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
The Goldman Sachs Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$235.00 ➝ $204.00
4/30/2025
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
Wells Fargo & Company
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$191.00 ➝ $177.00
(Data available from 5/5/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
$665.79M14.41$1.24 per share90.15$10.07 per share11.11
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
$4.21B3.24$8.26 per share15.40$62.59 per share2.03
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$4.76B5.40$4.74 per share10.09$11.22 per share4.26
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
$2.39B12.59$8.79 per share71.38$64.49 per share9.73
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
$14.18M$0.17657.9486.7110.752.13%8.08%4.74%N/A
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
$830.78M$11.7610.956.240.1932.41%17.56%11.46%N/A
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$1.91B$0.5685.3249.77N/A6.49%12.62%5.08%5/8/2025 (Estimated)
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
$1.79B$37.6717.0637.822.6080.95%20.36%17.07%N/A

Latest ALTR, MPWR, MCHP, and FSLR Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/8/2025Q4 2025
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$0.10N/AN/AN/A$962.86 millionN/A
5/1/2025Q1 2025
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
$4.00$4.04+$0.04$2.79$633.43 million$637.55 million
4/29/2025Q1 2025
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
$2.50$1.95-$0.55$1.95$863.11 million$844.57 million
2/25/2025Q4 2024
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
$4.81$3.65-$1.16$3.65$1.48 billion$1.51 billion
2/20/2025Q4 2024
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
$0.51$0.36-$0.15$0.01$182.98 million$192.63 million
2/6/2025Q3 2025
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$0.28$0.13-$0.15-$0.10$1.05 billionN/A
2/6/2025Q4 2024
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
$4.01$3.17-$0.84$29.88$608.09 millionN/A
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
$0.720.64%N/A423.53%N/A
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
$1.823.81%+28.58%325.00%23 Years
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
$6.240.99%+27.72%16.56%8 Years

Latest ALTR, MPWR, MCHP, and FSLR Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
2/6/2025
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
quarterly$1.560.7%3/31/20253/31/20254/15/2025
2/6/2025
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
quarterly$0.45503.43%2/24/20252/24/20253/7/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
N/A
1.61
1.61
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
0.05
2.14
1.44
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
1.12
2.25
1.23
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
N/A
5.31
3.89

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
63.38%
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
92.08%
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
91.51%
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
93.46%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
21.75%
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
0.48%
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
2.10%
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
3.70%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Altair Engineering Inc. stock logo
ALTR
Altair Engineering
3,00085.80 million66.58 millionOptionable
First Solar, Inc. stock logo
FSLR
First Solar
4,800107.24 million106.44 millionOptionable
Microchip Technology Incorporated stock logo
MCHP
Microchip Technology
21,000537.82 million526.53 millionOptionable
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. stock logo
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems
3,25047.88 million46.98 millionOptionable

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Altair Engineering stock logo

Altair Engineering NASDAQ:ALTR

$111.85 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 03/26/2025

Altair Engineering Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of simulation and design, high-performance computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Software and Client Engineering Services. The Software segment offers solvers and optimization technology products, high-performance computing software applications and hardware products, modeling and visualization tools, data analytics and analysis products, and Internet of Things platform and analytics tools, as well as support and the complementary software products. This segment also provides software technologies in the areas of computational fluid dynamics and fatigue, manufacturing process simulation, and cost estimation for the applications in automotive, marine, motorcycle, aerospace, chemical, and architecture industries; and software-related services, such as consulting, implementation, and training services that focuses on the product design and development expertise and analysis from the component level up to complete product engineering at various stage of the lifecycle. The Client Engineering Services segment provides client engineering services. In addition, the company is involved in the development and sale of solid state lighting technology along with communication and control protocols based on its intellectual property for the direct replacement of fluorescent tubes with LED lighting. Its integrated suite of software optimizes design performance across various disciplines, including structures, motion, fluids, thermal management, electromagnetics, system modeling, and embedded systems. The company serves universities, government agencies, manufacturers, pharmaceutical firms, banking, financial services, and insurance, weather prediction agencies, and electronics design companies. Altair Engineering Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan.

First Solar stock logo

First Solar NASDAQ:FSLR

$127.16 -3.38 (-2.59%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$126.17 -0.99 (-0.78%)
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First Solar, Inc., a solar technology company, provides photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions in the United States, France, Japan, Chile, and internationally. The company manufactures and sells PV solar modules with a thin film semiconductor technology that provides a lower-carbon alternative to conventional crystalline silicon PV solar modules. It designs, manufactures, and sells cadmium telluride solar modules that converts sunlight into electricity. The company's residual business operations include project development activities, operations and maintenance services, and the sale of PV solar power systems to third-party customers. It serves developers and operators of systems, utilities, independent power producers, commercial and industrial companies, and other system owners. The company was formerly known as First Solar Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to First Solar, Inc. in 2006. First Solar, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.

Microchip Technology stock logo

Microchip Technology NASDAQ:MCHP

$47.78 -0.13 (-0.27%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$47.82 +0.05 (+0.09%)
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Microchip Technology Incorporated engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The company offers general purpose 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit mixed-signal microcontrollers; 32-bit embedded mixed-signal microprocessors; and specialized microcontrollers for automotive, industrial, computing, communications, lighting, power supplies, motor control, human machine interface, security, wired connectivity, and wireless connectivity applications. It also provides analog, interface, mixed signal, and timing products comprising power management, linear, mixed-signal, high-voltage, thermal management, discrete diodes, and metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETS), radio frequency (RF), drivers, safety, security, timing, USB, Ethernet, wireless, and other interface products; field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products; and application development tools that enable system designers to program microcontroller, FPGA, and microprocessor products for specific applications. In addition, the company offers serial electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, serial flash memories, parallel flash memories, serial static random access memories, and serial electrically erasable random access memories for the production of very small footprint devices; and licenses its SuperFlash embedded flash and non-volatile memory technologies to foundries, integrated device manufacturers, and design partners for use in the manufacture of microcontroller products, gate array, RF, analog, and neuromorphic compute products that require embedded non-volatile memory, as well as provides engineering services. Further, it offers wafer foundry and assembly, and test subcontracting manufacturing services; and timing systems products, application specific integrated circuits, and aerospace products. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.

Monolithic Power Systems stock logo

Monolithic Power Systems NASDAQ:MPWR

$627.40 -9.49 (-1.49%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$627.21 -0.19 (-0.03%)
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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. It offers lighting control ICs for backlighting that are used in systems, which provide the light source for LCD panels in computers and notebooks, monitors, car navigation systems, and televisions, as well as for general illumination products. The company sells its products through third-party distributors, value-added resellers, directly to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, electronic manufacturing service providers, and other end customers. It serves China, Taiwan, South Korea, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia, the United States, and internationally. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington.