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Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

MPWRNASDAQpicks-and-shovels
Market cap$66B
Conviction4/ 5
HQKirkland, Washington, USA
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Price · 1Y

$1,333.81

+88.9%

Thesis

Monolithic Power Systems designs the power-management silicon that sits next to GPUs and CPUs — the voltage regulators and power modules that step grid power down to the precise, high-current rails an accelerator needs. As AI silicon draws ever more power, power delivery becomes a gating constraint on the board and a rising-dollar-content opportunity per socket, which is exactly where MPS has been winning share.

The investment case is a fabless, high-margin chipmaker compounding off enterprise and data-center power content, with automotive and industrial as secondary legs. Risks are real: a premium valuation, customer and end-market concentration, semiconductor cyclicality, and well-capitalized incumbents (Texas Instruments, Infineon) defending the same sockets.

Catalysts

  • Power content per GPU/accelerator as rack power climbs
  • Design wins at leading accelerator and server vendors
  • Enterprise-data, automotive, and industrial share gains
  • Gross-margin trajectory and operating leverage

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