Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.'s Q1 2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:MPWR)

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) - Analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report released on Sunday, April 7th. KeyCorp analyst J. Vinh expects that the semiconductor company will earn $2.57 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp currently has a "Overweight" rating and a $850.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Monolithic Power Systems' current full-year earnings is $10.21 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Monolithic Power Systems' Q2 2025 earnings at $3.26 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.83 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $13.99 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently commented on MPWR. Oppenheimer upped their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $600.00 to $700.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, February 2nd. Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $500.00 to $800.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 8th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $600.00 to $700.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 2nd. TD Cowen increased their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $650.00 to $800.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 8th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities increased their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $550.00 to $750.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 26th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $670.30.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

MPWR stock traded down $15.66 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $666.49. The company had a trading volume of 415,962 shares, compared to its average volume of 540,375. The company has a market capitalization of $32.43 billion, a PE ratio of 76.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.59 and a beta of 1.24. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $695.39 and a 200 day moving average of $594.17. Monolithic Power Systems has a 12 month low of $383.19 and a 12 month high of $778.15.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 7th. The semiconductor company reported $2.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.21 by ($0.17). The business had revenue of $454.01 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $452.13 million. Monolithic Power Systems had a net margin of 23.47% and a return on equity of 22.66%.

Monolithic Power Systems Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 29th will be issued a $1.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 27th. This represents a $5.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.75%. This is a boost from Monolithic Power Systems's previous quarterly dividend of $1.00. Monolithic Power Systems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 57.08%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Maurice Sciammas sold 11,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, April 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $681.83, for a total value of $7,500,130.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 130,744 shares in the company, valued at $89,145,181.52. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In other news, EVP Maurice Sciammas sold 11,000 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $681.83, for a total value of $7,500,130.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 130,744 shares in the company, valued at $89,145,181.52. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 2,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $603.26, for a total transaction of $1,508,150.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 84,768 shares in the company, valued at $51,137,143.68. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 56,077 shares of company stock valued at $36,760,689. Insiders own 3.20% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 140,338.5% during the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,023,797 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $362,025,000 after buying an additional 1,023,068 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 35.0% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,583,803 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,655,717,000 after buying an additional 929,009 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the 4th quarter worth approximately $362,477,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 20.8% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,192,561 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $1,383,024,000 after purchasing an additional 377,923 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 70.4% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 671,820 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $336,272,000 after purchasing an additional 277,563 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% of the company's stock.

About Monolithic Power Systems

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.