Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR Shares Acquired by Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) by 35.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 9,002 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after purchasing an additional 2,379 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC's holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $6,585,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of MPWR. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% during the first 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 purchasing an additional 506,430 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the first quarter worth approximately $105,751,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 87.9% during the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 284,097 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $164,771,000 after purchasing an additional 132,880 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% during the first 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 last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 70.8% during the first quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 314,449 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $182,375,000 after purchasing an additional 130,394 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on 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. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $820.00 to $1,025.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, September 29th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a "neutral" rating and issued a $800.00 price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Stifel Nicolaus increased 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. Finally, Loop Capital increased their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $880.50.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $900.00, for a total transaction of $1,260,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 878 shares in the company, valued at approximately $790,200. This trade represents a 61.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Jeff Zhou sold 400 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $850.00, for a total value of $340,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,804 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,933,400. This represents a 6.45% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 65,702 shares of company stock valued at $53,834,480. Company insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Up 8.5%

Shares of MPWR stock opened at $981.67 on Tuesday. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $438.86 and a fifty-two week high of $990.67. The stock has a market cap of $47.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.56, a P/E/G ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 1.27. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $870.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $734.16.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of $664.57 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $648.74 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $3.17 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 31.0% on a year-over-year basis. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, 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 company 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 $1.56 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. Monolithic Power Systems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.

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