Company Analysis

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPWR)

Nasdaq: MPWR · Semiconductors & Related Devices · West Palm Beach, FL · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade7.0
◀ Past 6.2● Present 8.3▶ Future 6.1

The grade of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.0/10
◀ Past6.230% of the headline
● Present8.340% of the headline
▶ Future6.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-02-27.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2026-02-27); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2019-03-22) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
9.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+24.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 90th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $389 million in fiscal 2016 to $2.8 billion in fiscal 2025, up 24.5% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span24.5%top 14% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 6% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 13% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count steady. 60% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 290 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.'s diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 60% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 290 sales (152 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 30% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

8.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
8.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 18%: 18¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 16%: owes 16¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 81st percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. earned about 18 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 37 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 16 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 20% of its family
  • return on equitytop 22% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 15% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 23% of 97 in its family; net margin 22.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 77th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.8 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 25% by size; a net margin of 22.3% ranks in the top 17%; revenue growth of 15.9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 26% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.79Btop 25% of its family
  • net margin22.3%top 17% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth15.9%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
9.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 6% of 67 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2008.

weight 22% of this tense · 94th percentile among 67 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hsing, Michael (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2008-08-13, 18.3 years (top 4% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 18.4 years (top 4%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 10%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 12 peopletop 10% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed18.4 yearstop 4% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record18.3 yearstop 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 31% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.1 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 26.2% of its assets as net cash, top 24% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 23.9% of revenue (top 12%); a gross margin of 55.2% (top 26%); research spending of 13.7% of revenue (bottom 37%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets26.2%top 24% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue23.9%top 12% of its family
  • gross margin55.2%top 26% of its family
  • research spending against revenue13.7%bottom 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.9/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 31% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 15.9% a year over the last three filed years against 24.5% over all 10, slowing (bottom 40% of its family); the newest year grew 26.5% (top 33%); research spending grew 16.8% a year (top 21%); capital spending grew 43% a year (top 10%) (its annual reports). Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-8.6 points a yearbottom 40% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth26.5%top 33% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending16.8%top 21% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending43.0%top 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 35% of 88 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.8 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 14% above the $2.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 45% of its family); net income of $621 million against a prior three-year average of $819 million (bottom 44%); a net margin of 22.3% against 40% before (bottom 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace14.0%bottom 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-24%bottom 44% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-17.7 pointsbottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MPWR · research, not advice