Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. Raises Position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. raised its position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 24.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,424 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 277 shares during the period. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $1,045,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in MPWR. WPG Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the first quarter worth approximately $27,000. NewSquare Capital LLC lifted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 76.0% in the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 44 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. SouthState Corp purchased a new position in Monolithic Power Systems in the 1st quarter valued at $33,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL acquired a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems during the 2nd quarter worth $36,000. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 146.4% during the first quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 69 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, EVP Maurice Sciammas sold 200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $986.81, for a total value of $197,362.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,299 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,281,866.19. The trade was a 13.34% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $870.00, for a total transaction of $167,910.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 5,611 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,881,570. This represents a 3.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 43,443 shares of company stock valued at $41,703,115. 3.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Performance

Shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock opened at $897.01 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $955.30 and a 200 day moving average of $817.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.36, a PEG ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $438.86 and a fifty-two week high of $1,123.38.

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

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently weighed in on MPWR. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $750.00 to $970.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Loop Capital increased their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $930.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $875.00 target price (up from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Wolfe Research set a $1,200.00 price target on Monolithic Power Systems and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Monolithic Power Systems presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target 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.