Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. : The underlying trend is in force again
September 23, 2021 at 02:37 am EDT
By Jordan Dufee
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Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. shares show a positive technical situation which suggests a continuation of the upward dynamic over the medium term.
Summary
● The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
Strengths
● Its core activity has a significant growth potential and sales are expected to surge, according to Standard & Poor's' forecast. Indeed, those may increase by 86% by 2023.
● The company's profit outlook over the next few years is a strong asset.
● The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
● Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
● Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
● Over the last 4 months, analysts have significantly revised upwards the company's estimated sales.
● For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
● Analysts remain confident with respect to the group's activity and, more often than not, have revised upwards their earnings per share estimates.
● Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
● The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
● Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
● Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.
Weaknesses
● With an expected P/E ratio at 103.9 and 78.64 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
● The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
● The company is highly valued given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. specializes in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-performance semiconductor-based power electronics solutions. The group's products include power modules, power management solutions (power converters, regulators, voltage supervisory systems, integrated circuits, Power over Ethernet, gate drivers, controllers, USB power systems, power distribution systems, etc.), AC/DC converters, analog components, sensors, inductors and battery management solutions. Net sales break down by market as follows:
- IT and data storage (30.8%): components and devices used in storage networks, computers, printers, servers and workstations;
- consumer electronics (23.4%): components for set-top boxes, monitors, game consoles, lighting systems, chargers, household appliances, mobile phones, wearables, GPS, TVs, stereos and cameras;
- automotive (16.9%): solutions for infotainment applications and advanced driver assistance and connectivity systems;
- industrial applications (15.3%): solutions for power generators, security systems, point-of-sale systems, smart meters and other industrial equipment;
- telecommunications (13.6%): components and devices used in network and telecommunications infrastructures, routers, modems and wireless applications.
At the end of 2021, the group had three production sites in China.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (3%), China (58%), Taiwan (14%), South Korea (7.7%), Europe (7.1%), Japan (5.7%) and South East Asia (4.5%).
MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 
