Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. Trims Stock Holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Key Points

• Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. reduced its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. by 65.8% in Q2, leaving it with 6,834 shares valued at approximately $4.998 million.
• Insiders at Monolithic Power Systems sold 65,702 shares worth $53.8 million in the last quarter, indicating a notable decrease in their ownership.
• Monolithic Power Systems recently announced a quarterly dividend of $1.56 per share, with a dividend yield of 0.6% and a payout ratio of 16.25%.

Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. decreased its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) by 65.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,834 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after selling 13,125 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.'s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $4,998,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Wedmont Private Capital increased its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 1.3% in the second quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 1,068 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $802,000 after purchasing an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 3.2% during the first quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 638 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $370,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC grew its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Burney Co. grew its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 2.2% during the first quarter. Burney Co. now owns 946 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $549,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC grew its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 1.8% during the second quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 1,142 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $835,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $870.00, for a total value of $167,910.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,611 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,881,570. The trade was a 3.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Saria Tseng sold 14,510 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $914.45, for a total transaction of $13,268,669.50. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 144,494 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $132,132,538.30. The trade was a 9.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 65,702 shares of company stock worth $53,834,480. Corporate insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

Shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock opened at $968.10 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $46.36 billion, a PE ratio of 25.21, a PEG ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 1.27. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1 year low of $438.86 and a 1 year high of $986.63. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $850.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $721.93.

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

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on MPWR shares. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $880.00 to $930.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and set a $800.00 price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "hold (c+)" rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Saturday, September 27th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $875.00 price objective (up previously from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Loop Capital lifted their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Monolithic Power Systems currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $880.50.

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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