First Hawaiian Bank Has $2.64 Million Stock Holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Key Points

• First Hawaiian Bank increased its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 52.4%, owning a total of 4,556 shares valued at approximately $2.64 million as of its latest SEC filing.
• Monolithic Power Systems reported $4.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the last quarter, exceeding analyst estimates, with a year-over-year revenue increase of 31.0%.
• The company has recently declared a quarterly dividend of $1.56, which reflects an annualized yield of 0.7% based on a payout ratio of 16.25%.

First Hawaiian Bank raised its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) by 52.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 4,556 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 1,566 shares during the period. First Hawaiian Bank's holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $2,642,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Monolithic Power Systems news, Director Jeff Zhou sold 400 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $850.00, for a total value of $340,000.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 5,804 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,933,400. The trade was a 6.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 121,605 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $94,851,900. This trade represents a 24.75% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 52,792 shares of company stock valued at $41,066,150 over the last three months. Company insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently issued reports on MPWR. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $730.00 to $750.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Raymond James Financial reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $875.00 price target (up previously from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $800.00 price objective (up previously from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $940.00 to $950.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $820.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $838.09.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:MPWR traded up $37.50 during trading on Thursday, reaching $915.16. The company had a trading volume of 305,155 shares, compared to its average volume of 766,639. The firm's fifty day moving average is $800.80 and its 200 day moving average is $691.61. The firm has a market capitalization of $43.83 billion, a PE ratio of 23.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.19 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.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.12 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $664.57 million for 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 business's revenue for the quarter was up 31.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.17 earnings per share. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts predict that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.56 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a 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.