Belpointe Asset Management LLC Has $527,000 Stock Position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Belpointe Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 18.5% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 909 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the quarter. Belpointe Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $527,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. WPG Advisers LLC acquired a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. SouthState Corp bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the 1st quarter valued at $33,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 146.4% in the 1st quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 69 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Global Financial Private Client LLC increased its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 265.0% in the 1st quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 73 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 6,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $750.00, for a total value of $4,500,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 46,939 shares in the company, valued at approximately $35,204,250. This trade represents a 11.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Jeff Zhou sold 400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $850.00, for a total transaction of $340,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 5,804 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,933,400. This trade represents a 6.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 52,792 shares of company stock worth $41,066,150 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently commented on the stock. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $820.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating and issued a $825.00 price objective (up previously from $785.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Monday, August 4th. William Blair upgraded shares of Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $800.00 price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $730.00 to $750.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $838.09.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ MPWR opened at $834.14 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $39.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.72, a PEG ratio of 3.13 and a beta of 1.23. The business has a 50-day moving average of $794.18 and a 200-day moving average of $686.94. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $438.86 and a fifty-two week high of $954.00.

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. The company had revenue of $664.57 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $648.74 million. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.Monolithic Power Systems’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.17 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current 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 issued a $1.56 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.25%.

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.