Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR Shares Sold by Jump Financial LLC

Key Points

• Jump Financial LLC has significantly reduced its stake in Monolithic Power Systems, lowering its holdings by 63% to a total of 8,867 shares, valued at approximately $5.14 million.
• Monolithic Power Systems recently reported a 31% year-over-year increase in quarterly revenue, reaching $664.57 million, and exceeded EPS expectations with $4.21 against a consensus estimate of $4.12.
• Institutional investors now hold 93.46% of Monolithic Power Systems' stock, indicating a strong confidence in the company's performance among major investment firms.

Jump Financial LLC lessened its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) by 63.0% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 8,867 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 15,076 shares during the period. Jump Financial LLC's holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $5,143,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 3.2% in the 1st quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 638 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $370,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the period. Cromwell Holdings LLC raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 18.7% in the 1st quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC now owns 127 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $74,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the period. Burney Co. raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 2.2% in the 1st quarter. Burney Co. now owns 946 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $549,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the period. Horizon Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 3.3% in the 1st quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 688 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $399,000 after acquiring an additional 22 shares during the period. Finally, Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 2.9% in the 1st quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 897 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $520,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Monolithic Power Systems news, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $780.00, for a total transaction of $31,199,220.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 121,605 shares of the company's stock, valued at $94,851,900. This trade represents a 24.75% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 6,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $750.00, for a total transaction of $4,500,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 46,939 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $35,204,250. This represents a 11.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 49,792 shares of company stock valued at $38,623,130 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 2.6%

MPWR stock traded down $22.70 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $835.76. 568,918 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 581,778. The company has a market capitalization of $40.02 billion, a PE ratio of 21.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.11 and a beta of 1.23. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a twelve month low of $438.86 and a twelve month high of $959.64. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $772.40 and a 200 day simple moving average of $675.15.

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 for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.17 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 30th were issued a dividend of $1.56 per share. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 30th. Monolithic Power Systems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16.25%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Loop Capital raised their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $880.00 to $930.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $875.00 price target (up previously from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, August 1st. William Blair raised shares of Monolithic Power Systems to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $820.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating 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 two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Monolithic Power Systems currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $838.09.

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.