Quadrant Capital Group LLC Acquires 347 Shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Quadrant Capital Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 33.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,398 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 347 shares during the quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $1,022,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 46.0% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 635 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $376,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 5.9% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 9,464 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $5,489,000 after purchasing an additional 526 shares during the period. Baker Avenue Asset Management LP bought a new position in Monolithic Power Systems in the first quarter worth $279,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 10.7% during the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 10,456 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $6,064,000 after acquiring an additional 1,012 shares during the period. Finally, Banco Santander S.A. bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems in the 1st quarter worth approximately $818,000. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Monolithic Power Systems

In related news, EVP Saria Tseng sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $926.47, for a total transaction of $18,529,400.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 187,331 shares in the company, valued at approximately $173,556,551.57. This represents a 9.65% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Maurice Sciammas sold 27,966 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $881.66, for a total value of $24,656,503.56. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 148,306 shares in the company, valued at approximately $130,755,467.96. This represents a 15.87% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 102,426 shares of company stock worth $94,578,694 over the last quarter. Insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on MPWR. Wolfe Research set a $1,200.00 price target on Monolithic Power Systems and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 14th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $750.00 to $970.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $1,100.00 to $1,250.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC raised their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $820.00 to $1,025.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,047.27.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

MPWR stock opened at $926.60 on Monday. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1-year low of $438.86 and a 1-year high of $1,123.38. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $960.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $831.97. The company has a market capitalization of $44.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.13, a PEG ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.62 by $0.11. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The firm had revenue of $737.18 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $720.66 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $4.06 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 18.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were given a dividend of $1.56 per share. 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 15.93%.

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.