Maxlinear Stock Analysis

MXL Stock  USD 18.84  0.44  2.39%   
Below is the normalized historical share price chart for MaxLinear extending back to March 24, 2010. This chart has been adjusted for all splits and dividends and is plotted against all major global economic recessions. As of today, the current price of MaxLinear stands at 18.84, as last reported on the 27th of January, with the highest price reaching 19.07 and the lowest price hitting 18.56 during the day.
IPO Date
24th of March 2010
200 Day MA
14.9634
50 Day MA
17.203
Beta
1.77
 
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MaxLinear holds a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.336. At this time, MaxLinear's Net Debt is quite stable compared to the past year. Long Term Debt Total is expected to rise to about 251.7 M this year, although the value of Short Term Debt will most likely fall to about 8.6 M. MaxLinear's financial risk is the risk to MaxLinear stockholders that is caused by an increase in debt.

Asset vs Debt

Equity vs Debt

MaxLinear's liquidity is one of the most fundamental aspects of both its future profitability and its ability to meet different types of ongoing financial obligations. MaxLinear's cash, liquid assets, total liabilities, and shareholder equity can be utilized to evaluate how much leverage the Company is using to sustain its current operations. For traders, higher-leverage indicators usually imply a higher risk to shareholders. In addition, it helps MaxLinear Stock's retail investors understand whether an upcoming fall or rise in the market will negatively affect MaxLinear's stakeholders.
For most companies, including MaxLinear, marketable securities, inventories, and receivables are the most common assets that could be converted to cash. However, for MaxLinear, the most critical issue when managing liquidity is ensuring that current assets are properly aligned with current liabilities. If they are not, MaxLinear's management will need to obtain alternative financing to ensure there are always enough cash equivalents on the balance sheet to meet obligations.
Price Book
3.4612
Enterprise Value Ebitda
12.2732
Price Sales
3.7973
Shares Float
81.4 M
Wall Street Target Price
20.75
At this time, MaxLinear's Other Stockholder Equity is quite stable compared to the past year. Stock Based Compensation is expected to rise to about 79.7 M this year, although the value of Common Stock Total Equity will most likely fall to 5,569. . The value of Price To Sales Ratio is estimated to slide to 5.04. The value of Price Earnings Ratio is estimated to slide to -6.37.
MaxLinear is fairly valued with Real Value of 17.71 and Target Price of 20.75. The main objective of MaxLinear stock analysis is to determine its intrinsic value, which is an estimate of what MaxLinear is worth, separate from its market price. There are two main types of MaxLinear's stock analysis: fundamental analysis and technical analysis.
The MaxLinear stock is traded in the USA on NASDAQ Exchange, with the market opening at 09:30:00 and closing at 16:00:00 every Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri except for officially observed holidays in the USA.
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MaxLinear Stock Analysis Notes

About 88.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The book value of MaxLinear was now reported as 5.32. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 0.39. MaxLinear recorded a loss per share of 2.09. The entity had not issued any dividends in recent years. MaxLinear, Inc. provides radiofrequency , high-performance analog, and mixed-signal communications systems-on-chip solutions for the connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications worldwide. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. Maxlinear operates under Semiconductors classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 1503 people. To find out more about MaxLinear contact Kishore Seendripu at 760 692 0711 or learn more at https://www.maxlinear.com.

MaxLinear Quarterly Total Revenue

126.46 Million

MaxLinear Investment Alerts

MaxLinear had very high historical volatility over the last 90 days
The company reported the last year's revenue of 360.53 M. Reported Net Loss for the year was (245.2 M) with profit before taxes, overhead, and interest of 238.5 M.
MaxLinear has about 200.08 M in cash with (45.3 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 2.55.
MaxLinear has a strong financial position based on the latest SEC filings
Over 88.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors
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MaxLinear Largest EPS Surprises

Earnings surprises can significantly impact MaxLinear's stock price both in the short term and over time. Negative earnings surprises usually result in a price decline. However, it has been seen that positive earnings surprises lead to an immediate rise in a stock's price and a gradual increase over time. This is why we often hear news about some companies beating earning projections. Financial analysts spend a large amount of time predicting earnings per share (EPS) along with other important future indicators. Many analysts use forecasting models, management guidance, and additional fundamental information to derive an EPS estimate.
Reported
Fiscal Date
Estimated EPS
Reported EPS
Surprise
2011-04-28
2011-03-31-0.03-0.0358-0.005819 
2020-07-23
2020-06-300.080.090.0112 
2015-02-09
2014-12-310.040.050.0125 
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MaxLinear Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Scores

MaxLinear's ESG score is a quantitative measure that evaluates MaxLinear's performance and commitment regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. These scores are becoming increasingly crucial in investment decision-making processes, providing insights into non-financial aspects of MaxLinear's operations that may have significant financial implications and affect MaxLinear's stock price as well as guide investors towards more socially responsible investments.

MaxLinear Stock Institutional Investors

Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2025-06-30
1.1 M
Voloridge Investment Management, Llc2025-06-30
946 K
Intrinsic Edge Capital Management, Llc2025-06-30
839.1 K
Northern Trust Corp2025-06-30
807.7 K
Point72 Asset Management, L.p.2025-06-30
797.5 K
D. E. Shaw & Co Lp2025-06-30
777.3 K
Cubist Systematic Strategies, Llc2025-06-30
728.1 K
Millennium Management Llc2025-06-30
700.9 K
Fmr Inc2025-06-30
692.1 K
Blackrock Inc2025-06-30
13.1 M
Vanguard Group Inc2025-06-30
12.8 M
Note, although MaxLinear's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

MaxLinear Market Capitalization

The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 1.61 B.

MaxLinear Profitablity

The company has Net Profit Margin of (0.42) %, which means that it does not effectively control expenditures or properly executes on its pricing strategies. This is way below average. In the same way, it shows Net Operating Margin of (0.24) %, which entails that for every $100 of revenue, it lost $0.24.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Return On Tangible Assets(0.57)(0.54)
Return On Capital Employed(0.28)(0.27)
Return On Assets(0.33)(0.31)
Return On Equity(0.55)(0.52)

Management Efficiency

MaxLinear has Return on Asset of (0.092) % which means that on every $100 spent on assets, it lost $0.092. This is way below average. In the same way, it shows a return on shareholders' equity (ROE) of (0.3517) %, meaning that it generated no profit with money invested by stockholders. MaxLinear's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well MaxLinear manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. Return On Tangible Assets is expected to rise to -0.54 this year. Return On Capital Employed is expected to rise to -0.27 this year. At this time, MaxLinear's Asset Turnover is quite stable compared to the past year.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Book Value Per Share 5.56  4.06 
Tangible Book Value Per Share 1.96  2.07 
Enterprise Value Over EBITDA(8.34)(8.76)
Price Book Value Ratio 2.88  2.53 
Enterprise Value Multiple(8.34)(8.76)
Price Fair Value 2.88  2.53 
Enterprise Value1.8 B1.6 B
The management strategies employed by MaxLinear's are designed to enhance shareholder value and ensure long-term growth. We assess the effectiveness of these strategies in our stock analysis.
Operating Margin
(0.24)
Profit Margin
(0.42)
Beta
1.77
Return On Assets
(0.09)
Return On Equity
(0.35)

Technical Drivers

As of the 27th of January, MaxLinear secures the Mean Deviation of 2.88, risk adjusted performance of 0.0312, and Downside Deviation of 3.88. In connection with fundamental indicators, the technical analysis model lets you check existing technical drivers of MaxLinear, as well as the relationship between them. Please verify MaxLinear coefficient of variation, as well as the relationship between the treynor ratio and semi variance to decide if MaxLinear is priced some-what accurately, providing market reflects its recent price of 18.84 per share. Given that MaxLinear has jensen alpha of (0.02), we recommend you to check MaxLinear's last-minute market performance to make sure the company can sustain itself at a future point.

MaxLinear Price Movement Analysis

The output start index for this execution was twenty-three with a total number of output elements of thirty-eight. The Moving Average is predictive technique used to analyze MaxLinear price data points by creating a series of averages of different subsets of MaxLinear entire price series.

MaxLinear Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific MaxLinear insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on MaxLinear's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases MaxLinear insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

MaxLinear Outstanding Bonds

MaxLinear issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. MaxLinear uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most MaxLinear bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when MaxLinear has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

MaxLinear Predictive Daily Indicators

MaxLinear intraday indicators are useful technical analysis tools used by many experienced traders. Just like the conventional technical analysis, daily indicators help intraday investors to analyze the price movement with the timing of MaxLinear stock daily movement. By combining multiple daily indicators into a single trading strategy, you can limit your risk while still earning strong returns on your managed positions.

MaxLinear Corporate Filings

8K
24th of November 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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13A
10th of November 2025
The form used by investors holding more than 5% of a company's stock, to report their beneficial ownership pursuant to Rule 13d-1 or Rule 13d-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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F4
30th of October 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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8K
23rd of October 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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10th of October 2025
Other Reports
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F4
3rd of September 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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F4
27th of August 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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13A
11th of August 2025
The form used by investors holding more than 5% of a company's stock, to report their beneficial ownership pursuant to Rule 13d-1 or Rule 13d-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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MaxLinear Forecast Models

MaxLinear's time-series forecasting models are one of many MaxLinear's stock analysis techniques aimed at predicting future share value based on previously observed values. Time-series forecasting models ae widely used for non-stationary data. Non-stationary data are called the data whose statistical properties e.g. the mean and standard deviation are not constant over time but instead, these metrics vary over time. These non-stationary MaxLinear's historical data is usually called time-series. Some empirical experimentation suggests that the statistical forecasting models outperform the models based exclusively on fundamental analysis to predict the direction of the market movement and maximize returns from investment trading.

MaxLinear Bond Ratings

MaxLinear financial ratings play a critical role in determining how much MaxLinear have to pay to access credit markets, i.e., the amount of interest on their issued debt. The threshold between investment-grade and speculative-grade ratings has important market implications for MaxLinear's borrowing costs.
Piotroski F Score
7
StrongView
Beneish M Score
(3.89)
Unlikely ManipulatorView

MaxLinear Debt to Cash Allocation

Many companies such as MaxLinear, eventually find out that there is only so much market out there to be conquered, and adding the next product or service is only half as profitable per unit as their current endeavors. Eventually, the company will reach a point where cash flows are strong, and extra cash is available but not fully utilized. In this case, the company may start buying back its stock from the public or issue more dividends.
MaxLinear has 149.36 M in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 0.34, which is OK given its current industry classification. MaxLinear has a current ratio of 1.57, which is typical for the industry and considered as normal. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for MaxLinear to invest in growth at high rates of return.

MaxLinear Total Assets Over Time

MaxLinear Assets Financed by Debt

The debt-to-assets ratio shows the degree to which MaxLinear uses debt to finance its assets. It includes both long-term and short-term borrowings maturing within one year. It also includes both tangible and intangible assets, such as goodwill.

MaxLinear Debt Ratio

    
  14.0   
It seems most of the MaxLinear's assets are financed through equity. Typically, companies with high debt-to-asset ratios are said to be highly leveraged. The higher the ratio, the greater risk will be associated with the MaxLinear's operation. In addition, a high debt-to-assets ratio may indicate a low borrowing capacity of MaxLinear, which in turn will lower the firm's financial flexibility.

MaxLinear Corporate Bonds Issued

MaxLinear Short Long Term Debt Total

Short Long Term Debt Total

148.46 Million

At this time, MaxLinear's Short and Long Term Debt Total is quite stable compared to the past year.

About MaxLinear Stock Analysis

Stock analysis is the technique used by a trader or investor to examine and evaluate how MaxLinear prices is reacting to, or reflecting on a current market direction and economic conditions. It can be used to make informed decisions about market timing, and when buying or selling MaxLinear shares will generate the highest return on investment. We also built our stock analysis module to help investors to gain an insight into the world economy as a whole, the stock market, thematic ideas. a specific sector, or an individual Stock such as MaxLinear. By using and applying MaxLinear Stock analysis, traders can create a robust methodology for identifying MaxLinear entry and exit points for their positions.
Last ReportedProjected for Next Year
Pretax Profit Margin(0.60)(0.57)
Operating Profit Margin(0.42)(0.40)
Net Loss(0.61)(0.58)
Gross Profit Margin 0.53  0.61 

Current MaxLinear Analysis - Recommendations

We track the performance of the top 100 financial experts across various large and mid-size financial boutiques. MaxLinear analyst recommendations are determined by taking all analyst recommendations and averaging them as Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Strong Sell or Sell. There is no one specific way to measure analysis performance other than comparing it to the past results via a very sophisticated attribution analysis. MaxLinear analyst consensus and target price projections should be used in combination with other traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, earnings estimate, and various momentum models.
Target PriceAdvice# of Analysts
20.75Buy11Odds
MaxLinear current and past analyst recommendations published by a number of research institutions as well as average analyst consensus.
Most MaxLinear analysts issue ratings four times a year, at intervals of three months. Ratings are usually accompanied by a target price to helps potential investors understand MaxLinear stock's fair price compared to its market value. Analysts arrive at stock ratings after researching public financial statements of MaxLinear, talking to its executives and customers, or listening to MaxLinear conference calls.
MaxLinear Analyst Advice Details

MaxLinear Stock Analysis Indicators

MaxLinear stock analysis indicators help investors evaluate how MaxLinear stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing and determine when trading MaxLinear shares will generate the highest return on investment. By understating and applying MaxLinear stock analysis, traders can identify MaxLinear position entry and exit signals to maximize returns.
Begin Period Cash Flow188.3 M
Long Term Debt123 M
Common Stock Shares Outstanding83.6 M
Total Stockholder Equity516.3 M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities-23.4 M
Tax Provision6.5 M
Quarterly Earnings Growth Y O Y-0.714
Property Plant And Equipment Net77.5 M
Cash And Short Term Investments119.6 M
Cash119.6 M
Accounts Payable31.4 M
Net Debt29.8 M
50 Day M A17.203
Total Current Liabilities182.3 M
Other Operating Expenses529.3 M
Non Current Assets Total543.4 M
Forward Price Earnings26.3158
Non Currrent Assets Other21.4 M
Stock Based Compensation66 M
When determining whether MaxLinear is a strong investment it is important to analyze MaxLinear's competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact MaxLinear's future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding MaxLinear Stock, refer to the following important reports:
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in MaxLinear. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in median.
For more information on how to buy MaxLinear Stock please use our How to buy in MaxLinear Stock guide.
You can also try the Bonds Directory module to find actively traded corporate debentures issued by US companies.
Is Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of MaxLinear. If investors know MaxLinear will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about MaxLinear listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.71)
Earnings Share
(2.09)
Revenue Per Share
4.929
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.559
Return On Assets
(0.09)
The market value of MaxLinear is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of MaxLinear that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of MaxLinear's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is MaxLinear's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because MaxLinear's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect MaxLinear's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between MaxLinear's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if MaxLinear is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, MaxLinear's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.