Creative Planning Grows Position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Creative Planning grew its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 42.8% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 14,590 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,374 shares during the period. Creative Planning’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $10,671,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 1.7% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,920,669 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,433,870,000 after purchasing an additional 96,395 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 33.1% in the first 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 buying an additional 506,430 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 7.5% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,249,335 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $724,589,000 after acquiring an additional 86,853 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 26.5% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 629,566 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $365,136,000 after acquiring an additional 132,078 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 6.1% in the 2nd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 485,388 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $355,003,000 after acquiring an additional 27,837 shares during the period. 93.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently issued reports on MPWR. Wolfe Research set a $1,200.00 price objective on Monolithic Power Systems and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $820.00 to $1,025.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, September 29th. Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Loop Capital raised their target price 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. Finally, William Blair upgraded shares of Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $1,047.27.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Performance

Monolithic Power Systems stock opened at $856.96 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $955.28 and a two-hundred day moving average of $818.98. The company has a market capitalization of $41.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.32, 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 issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.73 earnings per share (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 the consensus estimate of $720.66 million. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The business’s revenue was up 18.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $4.06 earnings per share. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared 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 dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 30th. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 15.93%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Monolithic Power Systems

In other Monolithic Power Systems news, EVP Maurice Sciammas sold 200 shares of Monolithic Power Systems 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 completion of 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 accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $900.00, for a total value of $1,260,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 878 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $790,200. This trade represents a 61.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 43,443 shares of company stock valued at $41,703,115. Corporate insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

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.