MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC Segments Disclosure
15. SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
The Company operates in reportable segment that includes the design, development, marketing and sale of high-performance, semiconductor-based power electronics solutions for the storage and computing, enterprise data, automotive, industrial, communications and consumer end markets. The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) is its Chief Executive Officer, who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for the purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. Specifically, the CODM uses net income that is reported on the Consolidated Statements of Operations, and cash provided by operating activities reported in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, to decide whether and how much to reinvest profits into core business operations or to return to stockholders in the form of stock repurchases and dividends.
All significant segment expenses have been captured on the face of the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The following is a summary of long-lived assets by geographic region (in thousands):
| December 31, | ||||||||
| Country | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| China | $ | 332,506 | $ | 237,649 | ||||
| U.S. | 165,107 | 171,514 | ||||||
| Taiwan | 65,081 | 42,388 | ||||||
| Other | 64,995 | 43,394 | ||||||
| Total | $ | 627,689 | $ | 494,945 | ||||
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 27, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 1, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Mar 1, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Mar 1, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Mar 1, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Feb 29, 2016 | |
About Segments Disclosures
Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.
Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.