MBB Public Markets I LLC Makes New Investment in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Key Points

• MBB Public Markets I LLC made a new investment of $304,000 in Monolithic Power Systems, purchasing 525 shares in the first quarter.
• Monolithic Power Systems reported $4.21 earnings per share for the last quarter, surpassing expectations of $4.12, with a revenue of $664.57 million.
• The company recently announced a quarterly dividend of $1.56 per share, resulting in an annualized yield of 0.7%.

MBB Public Markets I LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 525 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $304,000.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 1.7% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,920,669 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $3,433,870,000 after buying an additional 96,395 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,034,731 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,180,104,000 after acquiring an additional 506,430 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 7.5% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,249,335 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $724,589,000 after acquiring an additional 86,853 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 76,432.3% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 778,333 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $451,418,000 after purchasing an additional 777,316 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 629,566 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $365,136,000 after purchasing an additional 132,078 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.46% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 3,000 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $814.34, for a total transaction of $2,443,020.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 40,939 shares of the company's stock, valued at $33,338,265.26. The trade was a 6.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the company's 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 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. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 52,792 shares of company stock valued at $41,066,150. 3.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Performance

MPWR stock traded down $6.24 during trading on Friday, reaching $834.14. The company had a trading volume of 329,688 shares, compared to its average volume of 471,037. The company has a market cap of $39.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.13 and a beta of 1.23. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a twelve month low of $438.86 and a twelve month high of $954.00. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $794.18 and a 200-day simple moving average of $686.94.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.12 by $0.09. Monolithic Power Systems had a net margin of 73.17% and a return on equity of 19.14%. The business had revenue of $664.57 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $648.74 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $3.17 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems's revenue for the quarter was up 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders 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 yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems's payout ratio is currently 16.25%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $880.00 to $930.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. William Blair upgraded shares of Monolithic Power Systems to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $730.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Raymond James Financial restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $875.00 target price (up from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, KeyCorp lifted their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $940.00 to $950.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. One research 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 company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target 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.