Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) Posts Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.84 EPS

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The semiconductor company reported $3.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.01 by ($0.84), Zacks reports. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 22.49% and a net margin of 80.95%. Monolithic Power Systems updated its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

Monolithic Power Systems Price Performance

NASDAQ:MPWR opened at $720.25 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $615.56 and its 200-day moving average price is $755.86. The company has a market capitalization of $35.13 billion, a PE ratio of 19.59, a P/E/G ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 1.03. Monolithic Power Systems has a 1-year low of $546.71 and a 1-year high of $959.64.

Monolithic Power Systems Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $1.56 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 31st. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.87%. This is a positive change from Monolithic Power Systems’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.25. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 13.60%.

Insider Activity at Monolithic Power Systems

In related news, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $600.00, for a total value of $1,500,000.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 53,444 shares in the company, valued at $32,066,400. This represents a 4.47 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 3.70% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on MPWR shares. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $610.00 to $710.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday. Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $600.00 to $800.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. TD Cowen decreased their price target on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $1,100.00 to $975.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $700.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Oppenheimer decreased their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $900.00 to $800.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $866.17.

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.