Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super Sells 12,659 Shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Key Points

• Aware Super Pty Ltd significantly reduced its stake in Monolithic Power Systems, selling 12,659 shares, which represents a 52.4% cut, leaving them with 11,505 shares valued at $8.4 million.
• Despite the sale by Aware Super, other institutional investors have increased their holdings, with 93.46% of the stock now owned by institutions and hedge funds.
• Monolithic Power Systems reported a 31.0% year-over-year revenue increase in its last quarterly earnings, with adjusted EPS surpassing analysts' expectations.

Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super cut its stake in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) by 52.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 11,505 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 12,659 shares during the period. Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super's holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $8,415,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Wedmont Private Capital increased its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 1.3% during the second quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 1,068 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $802,000 after buying an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. raised its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 0.9% in the second quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 2,067 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,511,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares during the last quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 3.2% during the first quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 638 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $370,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 18.7% during the first quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC now owns 127 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Burney Co. grew its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 2.2% during the first quarter. Burney Co. now owns 946 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $549,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $900.00, for a total value of $1,260,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 878 shares in the company, valued at $790,200. This represents a 61.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $870.00, for a total transaction of $167,910.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,611 shares in the company, valued at $4,881,570. The trade was a 3.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 65,702 shares of company stock worth $53,834,480 in the last ninety days. 3.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a "neutral" rating and issued a $800.00 price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $880.00 to $930.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. KeyCorp lifted their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $950.00 to $1,050.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c+)" rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC raised their target price on 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. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Monolithic Power Systems has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $909.55.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Up 4.1%

Shares of NASDAQ MPWR opened at $1,007.93 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $48.27 billion, a PE ratio of 26.25, a P/E/G ratio of 3.61 and a beta of 1.27. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a twelve month low of $438.86 and a twelve month high of $1,016.96. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $878.34 and a 200 day simple moving average of $737.66.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $4.12 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $664.57 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $648.74 million. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The business's revenue was up 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.17 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th were given a $1.56 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. Monolithic Power Systems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 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.

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