Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.04 EPS

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR - Get Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The semiconductor company reported $4.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.04, Briefing.com reports. Monolithic Power Systems had a net margin of 80.95% and a return on equity of 20.36%. The firm had revenue of $637.55 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $633.43 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.81 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 39.2% on a year-over-year basis. Monolithic Power Systems updated its Q2 2025 guidance to EPS.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

NASDAQ MPWR traded up $35.26 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $636.89. The company had a trading volume of 1,651,567 shares, compared to its average volume of 779,546. The firm's 50 day moving average is $570.60 and its 200 day moving average is $632.79. The company has a market capitalization of $30.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.32, a P/E/G ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 1.21. Monolithic Power Systems has a fifty-two week low of $438.86 and a fifty-two week high of $959.64.

Monolithic Power Systems Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st were issued a dividend of $1.56 per share. This is a positive change from Monolithic Power Systems's previous quarterly dividend of $1.25. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 31st. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.98%. Monolithic Power Systems's payout ratio is presently 16.97%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Monolithic Power Systems

In other Monolithic Power Systems news, EVP Maurice Sciammas sold 7,000 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $701.98, for a total transaction of $4,913,860.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 16,015 shares in the company, valued at $11,242,209.70. The trade was a 30.41 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 3.70% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Monolithic Power Systems stock. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) by 46.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 635 shares of the semiconductor company's stock after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the period. Brighton Jones LLC's holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $376,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MPWR has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Oppenheimer reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $800.00 price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, March 21st. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $1,100.00 to $880.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 17th. Raymond James reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $720.00 price target (down previously from $925.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $800.00 price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $615.00 to $700.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $779.83.

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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