Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR Stock Holdings Lifted by Level Four Advisory Services LLC

Key Points

• Level Four Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in Monolithic Power Systems, acquiring an additional 823 shares, raising its total to 9,332 shares valued at approximately $5.41 million.
• Monolithic Power Systems reported quarterly earnings of $4.21 per share, exceeding analyst expectations, alongside a revenue of $664.57 million, a 31% increase year-over-year.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $1.56 per share, resulting in an annualized dividend yield of 0.8% and a payout ratio of 16.25%.

Level Four Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) by 9.7% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,332 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after acquiring an additional 823 shares during the period. Level Four Advisory Services LLC's holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $5,413,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Monolithic Power Systems in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. SouthState Corp acquired a new position in Monolithic Power Systems in the first quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. boosted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 637.5% in the fourth quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 59 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares during the period. Meeder Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 146.4% in the first quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 69 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the period. Finally, Global Financial Private Client LLC boosted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 265.0% in the first quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 73 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the period. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Jeff Zhou sold 400 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $850.00, for a total transaction of $340,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,804 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,933,400. The trade was a 6.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $780.00, for a total value of $31,199,220.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 121,605 shares in the company, valued at approximately $94,851,900. The trade was a 24.75% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 49,599 shares of company stock valued at $38,455,220 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MPWR has been the subject of a number of research reports. Rosenblatt Securities restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $800.00 target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $880.00 to $930.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. William Blair upgraded Monolithic Power Systems to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Oppenheimer reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $800.00 price objective (up from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $730.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $838.09.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ MPWR traded up $23.26 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $844.00. 548,822 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 689,001. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $756.82 and its 200-day moving average price is $670.02. The firm has a market cap of $40.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.98, a PEG ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 1.18. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a twelve month low of $438.86 and a twelve month high of $959.64.

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

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

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

Monolithic Power Systems 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.