Duncan Williams Asset Management LLC Acquires New Holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Duncan Williams Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 480 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock, valued at approximately $351,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of MPWR. Vantage Investment Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 8.6% in the 2nd quarter. Vantage Investment Partners LLC now owns 47,536 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $34,767,000 after purchasing an additional 3,768 shares during the last quarter. Kickstand Ventures LLC. raised its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 5.5% during the second quarter. Kickstand Ventures LLC. now owns 480 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $351,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the second quarter worth about $248,000. 111 Capital bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the 2nd quarter worth about $202,000. Finally, Corundum Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the 2nd quarter worth about $203,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Up 5.4%

Shares of MPWR stock opened at $968.10 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $46.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 1.27. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1 year low of $438.86 and a 1 year high of $986.63. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $850.80 and its 200 day simple moving average is $721.93.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.09. Monolithic Power Systems had a net margin of 73.17% and a return on equity of 19.14%. The company had revenue of $664.57 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $648.74 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.17 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 31.0% on a year-over-year basis. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate 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 will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.56 per share. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. Monolithic Power Systems’s payout ratio is currently 16.25%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MPWR has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Oppenheimer reissued 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. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $825.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of 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. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Saturday, September 27th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $880.00 to $930.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $880.50.

Insider Transactions at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the business’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 value of $31,199,220.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 121,605 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $94,851,900. The trade was a 24.75% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $900.00, for a total value of $1,260,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 878 shares in the company, valued at approximately $790,200. This trade represents a 61.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 65,702 shares of company stock valued at $53,834,480. 3.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.