Insider trade

Officer sold ~$5.49M of MPWR shares in the open market

Traded May 6, 2026 · Filed May 8, 2026

~$5.49M
Reported value · 3,329 sh @ $1,648.38: 233K
Holds after · shares reported: -10.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +5.6%, $1,652.35 → $1,479.89 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

Monolithic Power Systems's Global Operations sold $5.49M of Monolithic Power Systems shares. It happened by itself, for taxes or pay.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: May 6, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 8, 2026

Officer$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$5,487,457

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

6 days after results of Apr 30, 2026, 85 days before results of Jul 30, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $1,652.35 on May 6, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 50% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $636.71 (May 7, 2025) to $1,652.35 (May 6, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $1,101.59 on Mar 24, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references an employee stock purchase plan

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Feb 4, 2025 in the U.S. District Court, W.D. Washington. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

Waterford Township General Employees Retirement System v. Monolithic Power Systems Inc, docket 2:25-cv-00220, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-10.5%	-0.1%	-10.4%
30 days	-11.3%	-1.9%	-9.4%
90 days	-16.9%	+4.6%	-21.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001214659-26-005858
Filed / recorded: May 8, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC
Issuer CIK: 1280452
Ticker: MPWR
Reporting person: Deming Xiao
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: EVP, Global Operations
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 6, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 3,329
Price per share: $1,648.38
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 232,630
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price is the weighted average sale price for the transactions reported on this line. The prices for the transactions reported on this line range from $1,645.48 to $1,650.43. The reporting person undertakes to provide, upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
Ending balance includes 27 shares acquired on February 17, 2026 through the Company's qualified ESPP program.

Around the same time

Officer sold ~$46K of Monolithic Power Systems

Scheduled in advance4mo ago

4mo ago

12KShares

Gift or transfer — classified separately from trades.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold4mo ago

~$12.9MReported value · 7,565 sh @ $1,700.00

Monolithic Power Systems's & General Counsel sold $12.9M of Monolithic Power Systems shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Why it stands out Official record