J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG Has $641,000 Holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG lessened its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 27.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 876 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 336 shares during the quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $641,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. WPG Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $27,000. SouthState Corp acquired a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL acquired a new stake in Monolithic Power Systems during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Meeder Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 146.4% during the 1st quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 69 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the period. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc increased its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 306.3% during the 2nd quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 65 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $48,000 after purchasing an additional 49 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.46% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Monolithic Power Systems

In other news, Director Jeff Zhou sold 400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $850.00, for a total transaction of $340,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,804 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,933,400. This trade represents a 6.45% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Saria Tseng sold 14,510 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $914.45, for a total value of $13,268,669.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 144,494 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $132,132,538.30. This represents a 9.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 65,702 shares of company stock worth $53,834,480. 3.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have weighed in on the stock. William Blair raised shares of Monolithic Power Systems to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Loop Capital increased their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Citigroup increased their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $825.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $730.00 to $750.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $875.00 price target (up from $720.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Friday, August 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $880.50.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 1.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:MPWR opened at $918.83 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $846.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $718.53. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $438.86 and a 1-year high of $954.81. The stock has a market cap of $44.00 billion, a PE ratio of 23.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 1.27.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.09. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The business had revenue of $664.57 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $648.74 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.17 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 31.0% on a year-over-year basis. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.56 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 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%.

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.