Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR Shares Sold by Cwm LLC

Cwm LLC lowered its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) by 28.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,732 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 702 shares during the period. Cwm LLC's holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $1,267,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in 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 valued at $1,180,104,000 after purchasing an additional 506,430 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in Monolithic Power Systems in the first quarter valued at $105,751,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its holdings 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. increased its position 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 in the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. grew its position 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 acquiring an additional 130,394 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% of the company's stock.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Up 2.7%

Shares of MPWR stock opened at $1,031.59 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $49.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 1.27. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $891.60 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $750.32. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $438.86 and a fifty-two week high of $1,041.50.

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 (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $648.74 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.17 EPS. 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, equities analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were given a $1.56 dividend. This represents a $6.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 30th. Monolithic Power Systems's dividend payout ratio is presently 16.25%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have weighed in on MPWR shares. Loop Capital lifted their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $820.00 to $1,025.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, September 29th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $875.00 target price (up from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $825.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c+)" rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $945.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Monolithic Power Systems 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 transaction of $167,910.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 5,611 shares in the company, valued at $4,881,570. The trade was a 3.33% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Saria Tseng sold 2,812 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,025.72, for a total transaction of $2,884,324.64. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 127,654 shares in the company, valued at $130,937,260.88. This trade represents a 2.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 82,542 shares of company stock worth $70,973,777 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock.

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.

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