With 1.11 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.88 million shares. During the session, the Semiconductors company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $644.77 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $609.66. The 52-week range on MPWR shows that it touched its highest point at $959.64 and its lowest point at $546.71 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $833.92. With its current market cap of 30.66 billion, MPWR has annualized dividend of $5.00 while the current yield stands at 0.78%. MPWR paid its most recent dividend on 1735603200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1743379200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.19.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MPWR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 10.15%, but this was down by -8.48% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.70% while six-month performance fell -28.49%. The stock lost -9.54% in the past year, while it has gained 8.27% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MPWR yields 36.77 with Next year EPS estimates of 20.08. For the next quarter, that number is 3.94. This implies an EPS growth rate of 18.58% for this year and 19.95% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 18.48% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 72.75%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 47.82 million MPWR shares are outstanding with a float of 45.92 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 2.6 million, which was 544.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Michael R. Hsing as the firm’s Founder, Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. Theodore Bernie Blegen CPA serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.99672997 of MPWR’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, MPWR reported revenue of $621665000.0 and operating income of $163307000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $173130000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MPWR since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With MPWR analysts setting a high price target of 1100.0 and a low target of 710.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 823.81. Based on these targets, MPWR could surge 71.7% to reach the target high and rise by 10.83% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 28.59% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $14.03665 being high and $13.9868 being low. For MPWR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $14.00674. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $4.13 and the low estimate is $3.87. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $3.99.
