MPWR

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. ·Nasdaq Global Select·Technology
1,425.18 live · 2026-08-12 15:59
66.2%
Brown Bear Score
75.3%
Business Conviction Score
57.9%
Position Health Score
31.6%
Chase Risk
Daily closes

Daily closes · 1Y (252 sessions) · +69.5% · range 820.74–1,689.89

The Businesswhat the company reports

Business & cash flow

FCF / assets 15.9%
OCF / assets 20.0%
FCF / revenue 30.0%
Gross margin 55.2%
ROIC 19.1%
Forward P/E 41.0

FCF/assets and OCF/assets are the cash-flow measures Brown Bear's own testing found to survive; FCF/revenue is shown alongside for context. Assets are from the latest annual filing (FY2025).

Price vs Earnings growth

Forward EPS growth has outpaced trailing price return by +39.2pp

Confidence 95.0/100

Takeaway Earnings growth is outpacing price — consistent with the stock not yet fully reflecting its improving forward estimates.

Reported earnings

Next report 2026-10-28 after the close · consensus EPS 7.73

Q1 23 revenue: 451.06mQ1 23 net income: 109.80mQ1 23 EPS: 2.26Q2 23 revenue: 441.13mQ2 23 net income: 99.50mQ2 23 EPS: 2.04Q2 23Q3 23 revenue: 474.87mQ3 23 net income: 121.16mQ3 23 EPS: 2.48Q1 24 revenue: 457.88mQ1 24 net income: 92.54mQ1 24 EPS: 1.89Q1 24Q2 24 revenue: 507.43mQ2 24 net income: 100.37mQ2 24 EPS: 2.05Q3 24 revenue: 620.12mQ3 24 net income: 144.43mQ3 24 EPS: 2.95Q3 24Q4 24 revenue: 621.66mQ4 24 net income: 1.45bnQ4 24 EPS: 29.68Q1 25 revenue: 637.55mQ1 25 net income: 133.79mQ1 25 EPS: 2.79Q1 25Q2 25 revenue: 664.57mQ2 25 net income: 133.73mQ2 25 EPS: 2.78Q3 25 revenue: 737.18mQ3 25 net income: 178.27mQ3 25 EPS: 3.71Q3 25Q4 25 revenue: 751.15mQ4 25 net income: 175.69mQ4 25 EPS: 3.64Q1 26 revenue: 804.18mQ1 26 net income: 193.23mQ1 26 EPS: 3.92Q1 26

Revenue Net incomeEPS (GAAP) (1.89–29.68, own scale) Derived Q4

12 quarters to Q1 26. Revenue and net income share one scale, so the gap between them is the margin. The line is GAAP EPS — it spans every quarter shown, where the reported figure only goes back as far as the consensus feed does.

Quarter endingRevenueYoY Net incomeEPS (GAAP) EPS reportedvs consensus Filed
2026-03-31 804.18m +26.1% 193.23m 3.92 5.10 +2.1% 2026-05-04
2025-12-31 (derived) 751.15m +20.8% 175.69m 3.64 4.79 -0.6% 2026-02-27
2025-09-30 737.18m +18.9% 178.27m 3.71 4.73 -0.0% 2025-11-05
2025-06-30 664.57m +31.0% 133.73m 2.78 2025-08-04

Earnings response

Typical move around a filing ±2.0%
On an ordinary two days ±2.7% — filings move it 0.7× as much
Direction 8 up, 4 down over 12 filings
Revenue change and price reaction, by quarter
Q2 22 revenue +57.2% year on yearQ2 22 filed 2022-08-05: price +0.9%Q3 22 revenue +53.1% year on yearQ3 22 filed 2022-11-09: price +8.6%Q3 22Q1 23 revenue +19.4% year on yearQ1 23 filed 2023-05-05: price -8.8%Q2 23 revenue -4.3% year on yearQ2 23 filed 2023-08-04: price +1.7%Q2 23Q3 23 revenue -4.1% year on yearQ3 23 filed 2023-11-08: price -2.1%Q1 24 revenue +1.5% year on yearQ1 24 filed 2024-05-03: price +2.8%Q1 24Q2 24 revenue +15.0% year on yearQ2 24 filed 2024-08-02: price -1.8%Q3 24 revenue +30.6% year on yearQ3 24 filed 2024-11-06: price +1.6%Q3 24Q1 25 revenue +39.2% year on yearQ1 25 filed 2025-05-05: price -2.2%Q2 25 revenue +31.0% year on yearQ2 25 filed 2025-08-04: price +2.2%Q2 25Q3 25 revenue +18.9% year on yearQ3 25 filed 2025-11-05: price +0.0%Q1 26 revenue +26.1% year on yearQ1 26 filed 2026-05-04: price +0.3%Q1 26

Revenue up year on year Revenue down Price move around the filing separate scales — a crossing means nothing

Quarter endingFiledRevenue YoY Move around filingNext 20 sessions vs SPY
2026-03-31 2026-05-04 +26.1% +0.3% +2.2%
2025-09-30 2025-11-05 +18.9% +0.0% -1.8%
2025-06-30 2025-08-04 +31.0% +2.2% +0.6%
2025-03-31 2025-05-05 +39.2% -2.2% +4.9%

Share count

Diluted shares over time

Diluted shares Return since the previous filing

Direction Growing — shares issued
Diluted shares 49.2M as at 2026-03-31
Change over 1 year +2.6%
Change over 3 years +1.2%
Public float $24.70bn as at 2025-06-30 (10-K)

The Pricewhat the chart is doingTop ↑

Price Levels

StrategyAt Support Zone
Reference band 1,394.86 — 1,437.12
Protective stop 1,226.26 (Atr, 13.4% risk)
Support 1,408.95 (2 touches, 1.1% away)
Resistance 1,624.78 (14.0% away)

Takeaway The shares are nearer the floor than the ceiling: about 1.1% above 1,408.95, a price buyers have stepped in at before, and 14.0% below 1,624.78, where sellers have turned up before. That floor has held 2 times, which is how it was spotted. If someone bought at today's price and sold if it dropped through the level below, they would be about 13.4% out of pocket. That is all this figure means — an illustration of the risk, not a price to sell at.

Levels are computed from price structure. They describe where the engine locates support and extension — they are not targets, and not advice.

Ichimoku Cloud (Adaptive)

Daily cloudPrice ABOVE the cloud | periods 6/17/34 (65% of classic 9/26/52)
LinesTenkan/Kijun BEAR | cloud twist BULL (fresh up, 0d ago)
Cloud eventFresh up breakout 1d ago
Cloud thickness4% percentile (thin — little structure to fight through)
Chikou spanAbove price from 26 periods ago
Weekly cloudPrice ABOVE the weekly cloud (context only, not scored)

Takeaway The stock is trading above its cloud — a shaded band drawn from several of its own moving averages, currently 1,399.61 to 1,405.74. Being above it means the medium-term picture is pointing upwards, and that band is the first place the stock has recent support if it slips back. Its shorter-term averages point the other way, so this is a mixed reading rather than a clear one.

Trailing returns

21 days +3.5%
63 days -10.9%
126 days +24.8%
252 days +78.7%
Below 252d high15.7%

Trend context

PositionFar above trend
ExtensionExtremely extended
Trend slopeFlat
Direction of travelHolding its deviation

Takeaway Extreme upside extension above Kalman fair trend; entry risk is elevated.

Volatility

State In a squeeze
Current band width14.2% of price
Recent tightest12.8% (4 sessions ago, narrower than 84.0% of its history)
Expansion since1.11×
Band 1,257.19 — 1,449.30

Takeaway Lately this share price has been swinging around inside a range roughly 14% wide, and it recently went unusually quiet — calmer than it has been 84% of the time. When a stock goes quiet like this, its next move tends to look big by comparison. But quiet says nothing about which way it will go: Brown Bear tested calm-before-a-move as a reason to buy, and it did not work.

Historical trends

0255075100Share price 1,248.76–1,426.032026-07-032026-08-12
Position Health Business Conviction Share price

History begins when the site started recording, not when the company listed, so a short line means a short record and nothing more.

Who's Tradingthe flow behind the priceTop ↑

Insider activity

ActivityInsider selling
Buy filings0
Sell filings23
Shares sold22,760
Value sold$33.4m
Latest sell2026-08-05
FiledInsiderSharesValue
2026-08-05 Sold DEAN ROBERT W IIInterim CFO 105 $141,148
2026-08-03 Sold Sciammas MauriceEVP, WW Sales & Marketing 30 $40,318

Open-market Form 4 purchases and sales over the last 75 days, read from SEC EDGAR Form 4. Grants, option exercises, gifts and shares withheld for tax are excluded — they are compensation mechanics, not a decision to buy or sell. Reported Form 4 activity. Brown Bear tested insider cluster-buying as a return signal and rejected it as era-unstable; shown as fact, not signal.

Volume confirmation

Volume-price trend Above its signal line
Confirmation Moderate

No absorption or distribution event in the recent window.

Takeaway More shares change hands on the days this stock rises than on the days it falls. That is what you would expect to see if the rise is being driven by real buying rather than drifting up on a thin market.

Options Positioning

No binary-event flag

MPWR: no binary-event flag. Near IV 58%, far IV 63% (ratio 0.93), implied move 7.3%.

Implied volatility 58% near (9d) · 63% far (100d)
Term structure 0.93× near/far
Historical volatility 55%
Implied vs historical 1.06×
Implied move ±7.3% by 2026-08-21
Implied move vs ATR 0.46×
Skew Flat (0.98×)
Call wall 1,580.00 (+10.9% away)
Put wall 1,300.00 (-8.8% away)
Gamma pin 1,400.00

Takeaway Insuring against a move in this stock costs less for the next few weeks than for the next few months, which is the normal state of affairs and suggests no particular date is worrying anyone. Options traders are positioned for a move of around 7.3% in either direction by 2026-08-21.

Chain as at 2026-08-12. This is a risk read on whether a specific event is being priced — not a directional view.

Context & Methodthe record, and how it was builtTop ↑

Relative Rotation

ImprovingLeadingLaggingWeakeningvs sectorvs SPYsector vs SPYRS-Ratio →RS-Momentum →

Mixed Rotation Phase

Rotation health 63.4/100; Positive Rotation.

Rotation health 63.4
Rotation strength 63.7
LegQuadrantRS-RatioRS-Mom
Stock vs sector Weakening 108.3 86.5
Stock vs SPY Weakening 114.6 82.4
Sector vs SPY Leading 113.6 115.9

Direction of travel: South-West / deteriorating rotation

Position only. Brown Bear's RRG redesign programme is closed — five constructions, none beat an appropriate null — so this section describes where the name sits, and is not a signal.

News Headlines

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Detailed Scoring

Positive signals

  • Piotroski F-score 6/9 (+15.0)
  • Altman Z-score 65.01 (+10.0)
  • Insider conviction score (+5.0)
  • Gross margin quality: 55.2% (+12.9)
  • ROIC quality: 19.1% (+12.0)
  • FCF margin quality: 30.0% (+20.0)
  • ROIC improving by 2.3 pts (+2.0)
  • FCF margin improving by -5.7 pts (+-3.0)
  • High earnings quality (accrual ratio -0.052) (+5.0)
  • Accrual ratio improving (0.23 -> -0.05) (+5.0)
  • Track 1: MACD histogram state (13.94) (+8.0)
  • Track 1: relative strength trend improving (+5.0)
  • Track 1: 20-day momentum acceleration 0.23 (+12.0)
  • Track 1: bullish DI spread 8.4 (+3.0)
  • Track 1: relative momentum rank 0.92 (+5.0)
  • Track 1: EMA20 reclaim distance 4.1% (+4.7)
  • Track 1: EMA20 slope improving 1.3% (+3.3)
  • Track 1: MACD histogram acceleration 6.24 (+10.0)
  • Track 1: MACD line/signal repair quality (+8.0)
  • Track 1: MACD slope improving (+5.0)
  • Track 1: VPT strength 0.33 (+6.6)
  • Track 1: price above EMA50 by 2.6% (+1.6)
  • Track 1: EMA50 support proximity 2.6% (+2.9)
  • Track 1: Bollinger position 0.87 (+1.0)
  • Regime convergence: SUPPORT_RESISTANCE_BOUNCE confidence 60.0/100 (EMERGING) (+12.0)

Negative signals

  • Track 1: weak volume confirmation (0.60x average)
  • Track 1: weak/falling ADX (14.1, flat)
  • Track 1: Bearish MACD divergence
  • Track 1: RSI deterioration/extension 52.5, 5-day change -1.2
  • Track 1: EMA50 slope deteriorating -0.5%
  • Gross margin improving by -0.1 pts (+-3.0)

Chase risk is not elevated for this name, so extension penalties are omitted from the negative signals above.