Insider Selling: Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) EVP Sells 1,300 Shares of Stock

Key Points

• Monolithic Power Systems' EVP, Saria Tseng, sold 1,300 shares of stock at an average price of $1,087.62, resulting in a transaction total of approximately $1.41 million, reducing her position by 1.02%.
• The company reported a 31.0% increase in revenue year-over-year, with an earnings per share (EPS) of $4.21 for the last quarter, surpassing analysts' estimates.
• Monolithic Power Systems also announced a $1.56 quarterly dividend, with a current dividend yield of 0.6% and a payout ratio of 16.25%.

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Get Free Report) EVP Saria Tseng sold 1,300 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,087.62, for a total transaction of $1,413,906.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 126,354 shares in the company, valued at approximately $137,425,137.48. This represents a 1.02% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Saria Tseng also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, October 16th, Saria Tseng sold 2,812 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,025.72, for a total transaction of $2,884,324.64.
• On Wednesday, October 15th, Saria Tseng sold 14,028 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,016.18, for a total value of $14,254,973.04.
• On Thursday, September 18th, Saria Tseng sold 14,510 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $914.45, for a total value of $13,268,669.50.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:MPWR traded up $4.11 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $1,074.91. The company's stock had a trading volume of 378,548 shares, compared to its average volume of 739,071. The stock has a market capitalization of $51.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.99, a PEG ratio of 3.73 and a beta of 1.27. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $902.60 and its 200 day simple moving average is $757.99. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $438.86 and a fifty-two week high of $1,091.91.

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

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th were paid a $1.56 dividend. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 30th. Monolithic Power Systems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.25%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on MPWR shares. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "hold (c+)" rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. William Blair upgraded shares of Monolithic Power Systems to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Wolfe Research set a $1,200.00 price objective on Monolithic Power Systems and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $930.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $800.00 target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, August 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and three 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 $963.18.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Monolithic Power Systems

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. True Wealth Design LLC boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 61.1% in the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 29 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 11 shares during the last quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 2,700.0% in the 3rd quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 28 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares during the last quarter. WPG Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the first quarter worth approximately $27,000. NewSquare Capital LLC raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 76.0% during the second quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 44 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 19 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SouthState Corp bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the first quarter worth approximately $33,000. Institutional investors own 93.46% 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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