Securian Asset Management Inc. Sells 81 Shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Securian Asset Management Inc. lessened its stake in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 3.1% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 2,497 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 81 shares during the period. Securian Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $1,826,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in MPWR. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,034,731 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $1,180,104,000 after buying an additional 506,430 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the 1st quarter valued at about $105,751,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 87.9% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 284,097 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $164,771,000 after purchasing an additional 132,880 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 629,566 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $365,136,000 after acquiring an additional 132,078 shares in the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 70.8% in the first quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 314,449 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $182,375,000 after acquiring an additional 130,394 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have issued reports on the company. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $875.00 price target (up previously from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $800.00 price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, August 1st. KeyCorp increased their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $950.00 to $1,050.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $930.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Finally, William Blair raised Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $945.00.

Insider Transactions at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $780.00, for a total value of $31,199,220.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 121,605 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $94,851,900. This trade represents a 24.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $900.00, for a total value of $1,260,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 878 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $790,200. The trade was a 61.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 82,542 shares of company stock valued at $70,973,777. 3.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 2.7%

Shares of NASDAQ MPWR opened at $1,001.40 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $898.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $753.97. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $438.86 and a 1-year high of $1,041.50. The firm has a market cap of $47.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.83 and a beta of 1.27.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.09. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The business had revenue of $664.57 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $648.74 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.17 earnings per share. Monolithic Power Systems’s revenue was up 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

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

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.