Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) have received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the fourteen research firms that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, ten have assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $1,047.2727.

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $950.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $800.00 price objective (up from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $875.00 price objective (up from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Friday, August 1st. Wolfe Research set a $1,200.00 price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of 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.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Down 0.1%

Monolithic Power Systems stock opened at $1,003.93 on Tuesday. Monolithic Power Systems has a 52 week low of $438.86 and a 52 week high of $1,123.38. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $934.73 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $790.01. The stock has a market cap of $48.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.14, a P/E/G ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.27.

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

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were given a dividend of $1.56 per share. This represents a $6.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 30th. Monolithic Power Systems’s payout ratio is 15.93%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Jeff Zhou sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the director directly owned 5,804 shares in the company, valued at $4,933,400. The trade was a 6.45% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $900.00, for a total transaction of $1,260,000.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 878 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $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 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Monolithic Power Systems

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in MPWR. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 46.0% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 635 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $376,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 52.6% during the first quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 653 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $379,000 after acquiring an additional 225 shares during the last quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the first quarter valued at about $204,000. IFM Investors Pty Ltd raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 6.2% during the first quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd now owns 9,534 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,530,000 after acquiring an additional 559 shares during the last quarter. Finally, World Investment Advisors raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 4.2% during the first quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 4,028 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $2,336,000 after acquiring an additional 163 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.