Quantitative Investment Management LLC Cuts Stake in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Key Points

• Quantitative Investment Management LLC reduced its stake in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. by 50.7%, leaving it with 2,398 shares worth approximately $1.39 million.
• Insider transactions included EVP Deming Xiao selling 39,999 shares for $31.2 million, representing a 24.75% decrease in his position.
• The company reported positive quarterly earnings with an EPS of $4.21, surpassing estimates, and set a Q3 2025 earnings guidance that reflects strong revenue growth.

Quantitative Investment Management LLC reduced its stake in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) by 50.7% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,398 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 2,468 shares during the period. Quantitative Investment Management LLC's holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $1,390,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 3.2% in the first quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 638 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $370,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 18.7% during the first quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC now owns 127 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Burney Co. increased its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 2.2% in the first quarter. Burney Co. now owns 946 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $549,000 after buying an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Horizon Investments LLC increased its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 3.3% in the first quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 688 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $399,000 after buying an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC increased its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 2.9% in the first quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 897 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $520,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the firm'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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 121,605 shares of the company's stock, valued at $94,851,900. This trade represents a 24.75% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Jeff Zhou sold 400 shares of the firm'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 value of $340,000.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 5,804 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,933,400. This represents a 6.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 49,599 shares of company stock valued at $38,455,220 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

NASDAQ MPWR opened at $844.00 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $40.42 billion, a PE ratio of 21.98, a P/E/G ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 1.18. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $756.82 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $670.08. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $438.86 and a 1-year high of $959.64.

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

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 30th were paid a $1.56 dividend. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 30th. Monolithic Power Systems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.25%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

MPWR has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Oppenheimer reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $800.00 target price (up previously from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $875.00 target price (up previously from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price 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. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a $800.00 target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on 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 given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Monolithic Power Systems presently has an average 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.

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