Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI Has $681,000 Holdings in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI increased its stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR) by 36.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 931 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 250 shares during the quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s holdings in Monolithic Power Systems were worth $681,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. WPG Advisers LLC bought a new position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems during the first quarter valued at $27,000. NewSquare Capital LLC increased its position in shares of 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. SouthState Corp bought a new position in Monolithic Power Systems during the 1st quarter valued at about $33,000. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL bought a new position in Monolithic Power Systems during the 2nd quarter valued at about $36,000. Finally, Meeder Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in Monolithic Power Systems by 146.4% in the first quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 69 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. 93.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Monolithic Power Systems news, Director Jeff Zhou sold 193 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $870.00, for a total transaction of $167,910.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,611 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,881,570. This represents a 3.33% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Carintia Martinez sold 1,400 shares of Monolithic Power Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $900.00, for a total transaction of $1,260,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 878 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $790,200. This represents a 61.46% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 43,443 shares of company stock valued at $41,703,115 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 3.40% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently weighed in on MPWR shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $930.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed 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. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $1,100.00 to $1,250.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Loop Capital increased their target price on Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $1,047.27.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 4.5%

Shares of MPWR stock opened at $856.96 on Wednesday. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 1 year low of $438.86 and a 1 year high of $1,123.38. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $955.28 and its 200-day moving average is $818.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $41.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.32, a PEG ratio of 4.08 and a beta of 1.33.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The semiconductor company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.62 by $0.11. Monolithic Power Systems had a net margin of 73.17% and a return on equity of 19.14%. The business had revenue of $737.18 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $720.66 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $4.06 earnings per share. Monolithic Power Systems’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research 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 company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th were paid a dividend of $1.56 per share. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 30th. Monolithic Power Systems’s dividend 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.