Savant Capital LLC Raises Position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Savant Capital LLC grew its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 48.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,094 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after acquiring an additional 682 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $1,532,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. NewSquare Capital LLC grew its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 76.0% during the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 44 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 19 shares in the last quarter. WPG Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems in the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL purchased a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the 2nd quarter valued at about $36,000. SouthState Corp acquired a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the first quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc increased its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 306.3% during the second quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 65 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 49 shares during the period. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $870.00, for a total value of $167,910.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 5,611 shares in the company, valued at $4,881,570. The trade was a 3.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $913.22, for a total value of $2,739,660.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 37,940 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $34,647,566.80. The trade was a 7.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 43,443 shares of company stock valued at $41,703,115 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Monolithic Power Systems Stock Down 2.2%

MPWR opened at $954.71 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $45.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 52 week low of $438.86 and a 52 week high of $1,123.38. The business’s 50 day moving average is $949.42 and its two-hundred day moving average is $808.04.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.62 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $737.18 million during 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 company’s revenue was up 18.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $4.06 earnings per share. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts expect that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were paid a $1.56 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems’s payout ratio is currently 15.93%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $800.00 price objective (up from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. KeyCorp increased their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $1,250.00 to $1,300.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, October 31st. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $930.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 17th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $875.00 price objective (up from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Friday, August 1st. One equities 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,047.27.

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.