Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR Stake Lowered by Louisiana State Employees Retirement System

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System cut its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,500 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 100 shares during the quarter. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $1,828,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. BankPlus Trust Department grew its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 4.4% during the second quarter. BankPlus Trust Department now owns 1,254 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $917,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS boosted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 2.1% during the second quarter. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS now owns 17,100 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $12,529,000 after buying an additional 350 shares during the period. KPP Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 69.7% during the second quarter. KPP Advisory Services LLC now owns 998 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $730,000 after buying an additional 410 shares during the period. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 0.9% during the second quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 2,067 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,511,000 after buying an additional 19 shares during the period. Finally, Valley National Advisers Inc. boosted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 1.1% during the second quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 2,312 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $1,690,000 after buying an additional 26 shares during the period. 93.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $913.22, for a total transaction of $2,739,660.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 37,940 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,647,566.80. This represents a 7.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $870.00, for a total value of $167,910.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,611 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,881,570. This trade represents a 3.33% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 65,702 shares of company stock worth $53,834,480. 3.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MPWR has been the subject of several analyst reports. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $875.00 price objective (up from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Wednesday. Loop Capital boosted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $800.00 price objective (up from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $820.00 to $1,025.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $880.50.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

MPWR opened at $904.44 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $43.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 1.27. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $438.86 and a 1-year high of $990.25. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $867.96 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $730.45.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 firm had revenue of $664.57 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $648.74 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.17 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts expect that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be given a dividend of $1.56 per share. This represents a $6.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio is 16.25%.

Monolithic Power Systems 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.