Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) Announces $1.56 Quarterly Dividend

Key Points

• Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of $1.56 per share, to be paid on October 15th to shareholders of record as of September 30th, representing an annual yield of 0.7%.
• The company has a payout ratio of 31.5%, indicating that its dividend is well-supported by earnings, with earnings expected to increase, allowing the continued coverage of its annual dividend of $6.24.
• Monolithic Power Systems reported a strong earnings performance, with EPS of $4.21 for the last quarter, surpassing estimates, and a year-over-year revenue growth of 31.0%.

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 11th, RTT News reports. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of 1.56 per share by the semiconductor company on Wednesday, October 15th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%.

Monolithic Power Systems has a payout ratio of 31.5% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities analysts expect Monolithic Power Systems to earn $16.59 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $6.24 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 37.6%.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

NASDAQ MPWR traded down $14.80 during trading on Thursday, reaching $840.38. The company's stock had a trading volume of 576,030 shares, compared to its average volume of 778,318. The stock has a market capitalization of $40.25 billion, a PE ratio of 21.88, a P/E/G ratio of 3.20 and a beta of 1.23. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $791.05 and a 200 day moving average of $684.28. Monolithic Power Systems has a one year low of $438.86 and a one year high of $954.00.

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. The firm had revenue of $664.57 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $648.74 million. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The company's revenue was up 31.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.17 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Research analysts expect that Monolithic Power Systems will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of the firm'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 transaction of $167,910.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 5,611 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,881,570. This trade represents a 3.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 3,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $814.34, for a total transaction of $2,443,020.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 40,939 shares of the company's stock, valued at $33,338,265.26. This represents a 6.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 52,792 shares of company stock worth $41,066,150 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Osaic Holdings Inc. lifted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 26.4% during the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 7,233 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $5,105,000 after purchasing an additional 1,511 shares during the last quarter. American Trust acquired a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems during the second quarter valued at approximately $279,000. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC lifted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 14.6% during the second quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 3,753 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $2,745,000 after purchasing an additional 477 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 8.3% during the second quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 2,963 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $2,171,000 after purchasing an additional 226 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC lifted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 7.6% during the second quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 840 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $597,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. 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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