Woodward Diversified Capital LLC Makes New Investment in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Key Points

• Woodward Diversified Capital LLC has acquired 277 shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., valued at approximately $203,000, marking a new investment during the second quarter.
• Analysts from Citigroup, KeyCorp, and Wells Fargo have significantly increased their price targets for Monolithic Power Systems, indicating a strong bullish sentiment with the stock currently rated as a "Moderate Buy."
• Monolithic Power Systems announced a quarterly dividend of $1.56 per share, reflecting a 0.7% annual yield, with the payout scheduled for October 15th.

Woodward Diversified Capital LLC bought a new position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 277 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $203,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. WPG Advisers LLC bought a new position in Monolithic Power Systems in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $27,000. SouthState Corp purchased a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the first quarter worth $33,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL purchased a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the second quarter worth $36,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 146.4% during the first quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 69 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc boosted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 306.3% during the second quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 65 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $48,000 after buying an additional 49 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.46% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Citigroup reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $825.00 target price (up previously from $785.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Monday, August 4th. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $950.00 to $1,050.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $730.00 to $750.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Oppenheimer restated an "outperform" rating and set a $800.00 price target (up from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Finally, William Blair upgraded shares of Monolithic Power Systems to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $853.00.

Insider Activity

In related 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 owned 5,611 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,881,570. This trade represents a 3.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. 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 value of $13,268,669.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 144,494 shares in the company, valued at approximately $132,132,538.30. This represents a 9.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 65,702 shares of company stock valued at $53,834,480 in the last three months. 3.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:MPWR opened at $930.51 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $44.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.23, a P/E/G ratio of 3.41 and a beta of 1.27. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $438.86 and a 1-year high of $954.00. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $842.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $715.87.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.09. Monolithic Power Systems had a net margin of 73.17% and a return on equity of 19.14%. The firm had revenue of $664.57 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $648.74 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.17 EPS. The company's revenue 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 fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

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 paid a $1.56 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems's dividend payout ratio is 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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