Carderock Capital Management Inc. Increases Stake in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Carderock Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 31.1% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,359 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,509 shares during the quarter. Carderock Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $3,688,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 76,432.3% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 778,333 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $451,418,000 after buying an additional 777,316 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% in the 1st 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 acquiring an additional 506,430 shares during the last quarter. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 18,567.3% during the 4th quarter. Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH now owns 200,487 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $118,628,000 after acquiring an additional 199,413 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems during the 1st quarter valued at about $105,751,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 87.9% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 284,097 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $164,771,000 after acquiring an additional 132,880 shares during the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Down 0.3%

NASDAQ:MPWR opened at $855.18 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $791.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is $684.28. The stock has a market cap of $40.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.20 and a beta of 1.23. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a twelve month low of $438.86 and a twelve month high of $954.00.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $664.57 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $648.74 million. Monolithic Power Systems had a net margin of 73.17% and a return on equity of 19.14%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 31.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.17 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, 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 was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 30th were issued a $1.56 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 30th. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 16.25%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have weighed in on the company. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $940.00 to $950.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $730.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $800.00 price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target 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. Finally, William Blair raised shares of Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $838.09.

Insider Buying and Selling at Monolithic Power Systems

In other Monolithic Power Systems news, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $780.00, for a total transaction of $31,199,220.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 121,605 shares in the company, valued at approximately $94,851,900. This represents a 24.75% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $870.00, for a total value of $167,910.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 5,611 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,881,570. This 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 52,792 shares of company stock valued at $41,066,150. 3.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.