Kathmere Capital Management LLC Takes $285,000 Position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Key Points

• Kathmere Capital Management LLC has acquired a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems, with a purchase of 390 shares valued at approximately $285,000.
• Several hedge funds, including Vanguard Group Inc. and Price T Rowe Associates, have increased their holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, reflecting a growing interest among institutional investors.
• Monolithic Power Systems recently reported $4.21 EPS, exceeding analysts' expectations, and announced a quarterly dividend of $1.56 per share to be paid on October 15th.

Kathmere Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 390 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $285,000.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 1.7% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,920,669 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $3,433,870,000 after acquiring an additional 96,395 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,034,731 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $1,180,104,000 after acquiring an additional 506,430 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 7.5% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,249,335 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $724,589,000 after acquiring an additional 86,853 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 629,566 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $365,136,000 after acquiring an additional 132,078 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 1.5% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 355,312 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $206,074,000 after acquiring an additional 5,390 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.46% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Monolithic Power Systems

In related news, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $870.00, for a total value of $167,910.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,611 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,881,570. This trade represents a 3.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $780.00, for a total value of $31,199,220.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 121,605 shares in the company, valued at approximately $94,851,900. This represents a 24.75% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 68,702 shares of company stock valued at $55,594,820 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MPWR has been the topic of several recent research reports. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $820.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Citigroup restated a "buy" rating and set a $825.00 target price (up previously from $785.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Monday, August 4th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $880.00 to $930.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $730.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Oppenheimer restated an "outperform" rating and set a $800.00 target price (up previously from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. 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. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $838.09.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

NASDAQ MPWR opened at $887.55 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $42.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.11, a P/E/G ratio of 3.31 and a beta of 1.23. The stock's 50-day moving average is $826.61 and its 200-day moving average is $709.05. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a one year low of $438.86 and a one year high of $954.00.

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

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

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

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.

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