111 Capital Invests $202,000 in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Key Points

• 111 Capital invested $202,000 in Monolithic Power Systems by purchasing 276 shares in Q2, highlighting increased institutional interest in the semiconductor company.
• Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares for $1.26 million, representing a significant decrease in ownership, while EVP Saria Tseng sold 14,510 shares for over $13 million, indicating notable insider trading activity.
• Monolithic Power Systems announced a quarterly dividend of $1.56 to be paid on October 15th, showing its financial stability with a dividend yield of 0.7% and a payout ratio of 16.25%.

111 Capital purchased a new position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 276 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $202,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Wedmont Private Capital lifted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 1.3% in the second quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 1,068 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $802,000 after purchasing an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 3.2% in the first quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 638 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $370,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC lifted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 18.7% in the first quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC now owns 127 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $74,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Burney Co. lifted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 2.2% in the first quarter. Burney Co. now owns 946 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $549,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC lifted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 1.8% in the second quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 1,142 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $835,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Monolithic Power Systems news, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $900.00, for a total transaction of $1,260,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 878 shares in the company, valued at $790,200. The trade was a 61.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Saria Tseng sold 14,510 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $914.45, for a total transaction of $13,268,669.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 144,494 shares in the company, valued at $132,132,538.30. This represents a 9.13% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 65,702 shares of company stock valued at $53,834,480 in the last 90 days. 3.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 2.3%

Shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock opened at $945.49 on Wednesday. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $855.22 and its 200-day simple moving average is $723.48. The company has a market cap of $45.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.62, a PEG ratio of 3.61 and a beta of 1.27. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1 year low of $438.86 and a 1 year high of $986.63.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $664.57 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 quarterly revenue was up 31.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.17 earnings per share. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be paid a $1.56 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.25%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently commented on MPWR. KeyCorp increased their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $950.00 to $1,050.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $875.00 price target (up previously from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $730.00 to $750.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $880.00 to $930.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a $800.00 price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $880.50.

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.

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