298 Shares in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR Purchased by Hutchens & Kramer Investment Management Group LLC

Hutchens & Kramer Investment Management Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund acquired 298 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $223,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of MPWR. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 506,430 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the 1st quarter valued at about $105,751,000. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 87.9% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 284,097 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $164,771,000 after acquiring an additional 132,880 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% in the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 629,566 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $365,136,000 after acquiring an additional 132,078 shares in the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 70.8% in the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 314,449 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $182,375,000 after acquiring an additional 130,394 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have weighed in on MPWR. Citigroup raised their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $825.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $820.00 to $1,025.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $950.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $800.00 price objective (up from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. Finally, KeyCorp raised their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $1,250.00 to $1,300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $1,033.64.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 3,000 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $814.34, for a total value of $2,443,020.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 40,939 shares in the company, valued at approximately $33,338,265.26. This trade represents a 6.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the director owned 878 shares in the company, valued at approximately $790,200. This represents a 61.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 40,843 shares of company stock valued at $38,938,463 in the last 90 days. 3.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

MPWR opened at $1,005.00 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $931.40 and its 200 day simple moving average is $786.63. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1 year low of $438.86 and a 1 year high of $1,123.38. The firm has a market cap of $48.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.17, a PEG ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.27.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.62 by $0.11. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The business had revenue of $737.18 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $720.66 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $4.06 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th were given a dividend of $1.56 per share. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date 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.