Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR Shares Bought by Forsta AP Fonden

Forsta AP Fonden grew its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 32.5% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 26,900 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,600 shares during the period. Forsta AP Fonden’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $19,674,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 1.7% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,920,669 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,433,870,000 after purchasing an additional 96,395 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% in the first 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 in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 7.5% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,249,335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $724,589,000 after acquiring an additional 86,853 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% during 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 during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 335,986 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $194,865,000 after acquiring an additional 10,163 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Monolithic Power Systems news, EVP Maurice Sciammas sold 200 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $986.81, for a total transaction of $197,362.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,299 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,281,866.19. This trade represents a 13.34% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing 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 Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $1,024.43, for a total transaction of $3,073,290.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 74,332 shares in the company, valued at approximately $76,147,930.76. This represents a 3.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 43,443 shares of company stock worth $41,703,115. Insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Up 0.4%

NASDAQ:MPWR opened at $958.35 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $952.04 and its 200 day moving average price is $809.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $45.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.96, a PEG ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $438.86 and a 1-year high of $1,123.38.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.62 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $737.18 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $720.66 million. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $4.06 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were paid a $1.56 dividend. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 30th. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.93%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on MPWR shares. Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $950.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $1,250.00 to $1,300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Loop Capital upped their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, William Blair upgraded shares of Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,047.27.

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.