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MaxLinear Inc

Technology · Semiconductors · listed since 2010

75.00$ +7.9% vs. previous close Closing price · As of: Sep 17, 2026
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Assessment

Our Rating

A journalistic assessment by our editorial team at the time of the deep dive — it rates the company, not the entry point. Not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell.

Substance risk

We found at least one documented issue that threatens the company itself — regardless of how the stock is currently valued.

Why this colour

After the materiality gate, a genuine existential find stands in the room at MaxLinear: the Silicon Motion arbitration (termination fee of roughly $160 million plus damages "in excess"), for which no reserve is recorded as of March 31, 2026 and whose possible amount, per MaxLinear itself, could exceed its own cash ("may not be sufficient"). Under our methodology, a single existential find may determine the rating on its own. Here it meets a still unproven turnaround (GAAP deeply red, cash shrinking) and a very high valuation after a fivefold rise. The documented strengths — the AI-optics recovery and the intact trend strength — are real, but they provide no margin of safety while the proceeding runs without a reserve. Our findings therefore argue for elevated caution. The decision is yours.

What the thesis turns on

Assessment: Opportunities & Risks

MaxLinear (MXL) has a real story — optical chips for AI data centers drive an accelerating revenue recovery, and the stock has risen more than fivefold in twelve months (24 scanner hits). But the price drowns out three documented burdens: still deeply red numbers under U.S. GAAP with shrinking cash, pronounced cyclicality (revenue down roughly 68 percent since 2022) — and above all a Silicon Motion arbitration that demands the termination fee plus unquantified damages and for which no reserve sits on the balance sheet. Our findings argue for elevated caution as long as this potential existential find stays open. Not investment advice.

Business & AI tailwind

A relevant fabless chip designer across four end markets, with a real, accelerating AI tailwind: the optical data-center business for AI platforms carries the recovery (revenue up 29.7 percent in 2025, Q1 2026 up 43 percent year over year; infrastructure segment roughly 46 percent of Q1 2026 revenue). High gross margin (roughly 57 percent), Q2 2026 outlook of $160 to $170 million. That is the documented strength.

Silicon Motion dispute

The potential existential find: before the arbitration court in Singapore, Silicon Motion demands the termination fee (roughly $160 million) plus damages "in excess of the termination fee" from the $3.8 billion deal that burst in 2023. As of March 31, 2026 no reserve stands against it; MaxLinear itself calls its cash (just over $61 million) "may not be sufficient" for a damages event. An unfavorable award could exceed cash and a large part of equity.

Profitability & cash

Still deeply red under U.S. GAAP: a net loss of $136.7 million (2025), minus $45.1 million in Q1 2026; research eats roughly 45 percent of revenue. Positive again on a non-GAAP basis (Q1 2026: plus $19.4 million), but cash shrank from $72.8 million to $61.1 million within one quarter — a thin cushion that the unquantified proceeding turns into the sore spot.

Cyclicality & concentration

The business is pronouncedly cyclical: revenue collapsed roughly 68 percent from 2022 through 2024. One strong quarter in an upswing is no proof against the next downturn. Add noticeable customer concentration (two customers roughly 28 percent, top ten roughly 65 percent of revenue) — a cluster risk; in the worst case a dent, not an existential question.

Valuation & momentum

Very strong momentum (24 scanner hits, the price up roughly 540 percent in twelve months) but a very high valuation: enterprise value roughly 15 times revenue, price-to-sales around 17, expected price-to-earnings around 65 (no current P/E for lack of GAAP profit). The mean analyst price target sits below the accumulated price — momentum has outrun the fundamental assessment.

Worth Noting

Materiality gate (find by find, 07/10/2026): (1) Silicon Motion arbitration (SIAC Singapore) — termination fee of roughly $160 million plus damages "in excess of the termination fee" from the $3.8 billion deal that burst in 2023. Checked for existential character: no reserve as of 03/31/2026 ("no material loss contingencies have been accrued … a reasonable estimate … cannot be made"), cash just over $61 million, equity roughly $452 million; MaxLinear itself calls its means "may not be sufficient" → structural-to-existential find, may determine the rating on its own. (2) GAAP loss/cash burn — net loss $136.7 million (2025), Q1 2026 −$45.1 million, cash $72.8 → $61.1 million; non-GAAP positive, credit line unused → structural find that sharpens the thinness of the cash cushion and thus the existential find. (3) Cyclicality — revenue 2022–2024 −68 percent, profitable in the upswing → price find. (4) Valuation — EV/revenue ~15, P/S ~17, expected P/E ~65, price +540 percent, analyst target below → price find. (5) Customer concentration: two customers 28 percent, top ten 65 percent → cluster-risk dent. Result: the existential find (1) carries the color on its own — unquantified, without a reserve, against a thin cash cushion → "Substance risk"; findings (2) and (5) point the same way, and the turnaround is not yet proven. Not merely "Open questions", because a documented existential find is present. The red light is not a forecast of collapse either: there is no manipulation, no going-concern warning, and the operating recovery is documented. The price finds (3) and (4) stay on the record but do not set the color; the traffic light says nothing about the entry price — that question belongs to the scanners.

Valuation metrics are orders of magnitude as of mid-2026 (EV/revenue ~15, P/S ~17, expected P/E ~65). A current P/E does not exist for lack of GAAP profit. SEC-dated anchor: non-affiliate market value as of June 30, 2025 = $1.1 billion (10-K cover page); mid-2026 market value roughly $8.5 billion (the stock up more than fivefold). Analyses are evergreen; daily prices are not a buy argument.

Revenue, result, cash and end-market series come from the annual report (10-K) 2025 (Items 1/1A/3/7, notes), the quarterly report (10-Q) Q1 2026 and the quarterly 8-K (Exhibit 99.1, GAAP/non-GAAP, Q2 guidance) and were cross-checked against the fundamental data. End markets 2025: broadband 44% (+75%), infrastructure 32% (+30%), connectivity 17% (+40%), industrial & multi-market 8% (−50%); Q1 2026 infrastructure already roughly 46%.

Special-situations screening (EDGAR full index, CIK 1288469): the dominant special situation is the Silicon Motion deal that burst in 2023 (S-4/425/SC TO-T/DEFM from 2022/2023) and the ongoing SIAC arbitration plus shareholder suits (dismissed "with prejudice" at the district level, appeal pending before the Ninth Circuit). Institutional holders mostly passive (Schedule 13G), no activist SC 13D with strategic-review character, no takeover 8-K.

AI dossier: category "sells AI" (rated 07/10/2026). Reasoning: the annual report (10-K) 2025 describes own products using "patented machine learning techniques" inside "next-generation communication and artificial intelligence systems"; the quarterly 8-K attributes the revenue jump directly to optical data-center products "across scale-up and scale-out AI platforms", and the optical data-center business is the fastest-growing revenue block (roughly 46 percent of Q1 2026). AI infrastructure is thus a documented, load-bearing revenue source — "sells" under the precedence rule (consistent with comparable optics-for-AI suppliers).

Read the Full Deep Dive MaxLinear Stock: Up Fivefold on AI Optics — and a Billion-Dollar Arbitration With No Reserve MaxLinear (Nasdaq: MXL) designs the communications chips that push data through broadband routers, 5G networks and the fiber-optic arteries of AI data centers. Exactly that optical business has driven the stock up more than fivefold within twelve months, and the name lights up green in 24 of our scanners. Yet revenue still sits below half of the 2022 boom, MaxLinear writes deeply red numbers under U.S. accounting rules (GAAP), cash keeps shrinking — and above it all hangs a Silicon Motion arbitration for which not a single dollar of reserve sits on the balance sheet. We read the annual report (10-K) and the quarterly report (10-Q). Not investment advice — just the sober question of whether a price can heal a company's wounds before the filings do. Read the analysis →

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Price history

Chart

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52-week range: 13.10 $ to 128.00 $ · Last price: 75.00 $ (As of: September 17, 2026)

Key figures

Key figures at a glance

Every figure we hold for this stock, grouped by topic. The question mark next to a label explains what the number means.

Basics

Market Cap ?The value of the entire company on the market: share price times total shares outstanding. 6.7$B
Shares Outstanding ?Total number of shares issued. Price times share count gives market cap. 91m
Float ?Share of stock freely tradable on the market — not locked up in the hands of founders, insiders, or major shareholders. 94.0%
Beta ?Volatility versus the overall market: 1 = moves like the market, 2 = twice as much, under 1 = calmer than the market. 3.9

Performance

Perf. 1M ?Price performance over the last month. 11.00%
Perf. 3M ?Price performance over the last 3 months. 538.10%
Perf. 6M ?Price performance over the last 6 months. 518.40%
YTD Performance (%) ?Price performance since the start of the year (Year to Date). 411.10%
52-Week-High Distance ?How far the price sits below its highest point over the last 52 weeks. 0% means the stock is at its year high. -11.1%
Perf. 1Y ?Price performance over the last 12 months. 364.05%
Perf. 3Y ?Price performance over the last 3 years. 248.30%
Perf. 5Y ?Price performance over the last 5 years. 46.69%
Perf. 10Y ?Price performance over the last 10 years. 290.37%
Perf. Since Inception ?Price performance since the first available trading day (03/24/2010) — with a complete history, that is since the IPO. 301.02%

Technical Indicators

MA 38 Days ?Moving average of the last 38 trading days: the smoothed price path. A price above it signals short-term strength. 67.70$
MA 50 Days ?Moving average of the last 50 trading days — the most widely watched medium-term trend line. 71.70$
MA 200 Days ?Moving average of the last 200 trading days — the dividing line between a long-term uptrend and downtrend. 49.70$
RSI (14) ?Relative Strength Index over 14 days, scale 0 to 100: above 70 counts as overbought, below 30 as oversold. A hint on timing, not a verdict on the company. 56.1
Volatility 30 Days ?Price swings over the last 30 trading days, annualized. The higher the value, the more the price fluctuates. 103.6%
Volatility 250 Days ?Price swings over the last 250 trading days (roughly one market year), annualized. 113.0%

Calculated from the price history · as of 09/18/2026

Valuation

P/E ?Price-to-earnings ratio: how many years of profit does the stock cost? The lower, the cheaper the valuation. No earnings means no P/E. –
Forward P/E ?P/E based on expected earnings for the next 12 months instead of past earnings — analysts' bet on the future. 25.1
PEG ?P/E divided by expected earnings growth: puts valuation in relation to growth. Around 1 is considered fair, well above that is pricey. 0.4
P/B ?Price-to-book ratio: market value relative to book equity. 13.2
P/S ?Price-to-sales ratio: market value divided by annual sales. Important for companies that aren't (yet) profitable. 11.8
EV/EBITDA ?Enterprise value including debt (EV) relative to operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) — more comparable than P/E because debt counts too. Extreme values arise when EBITDA is near zero. 12.3
Price/FCF ?Market value divided by free cash flow: how many years of freely available cash does the stock cost? More honest than P/E because cash flow is harder to dress up. 2,037.3

Profitability

Gross Margin ?Gross margin: what's left of sales after only direct production costs are deducted — the product's pricing power. 57.5%
EBIT Margin ?EBIT margin: operating profit as a percentage of sales — the earning power of the core business before interest and taxes. -12.2%
Net Margin ?Net margin: what's left of sales as profit after ALL costs, interest, and taxes. -18.2%
Return on Equity ?Return on equity: how much profit does the company generate per year on shareholders' equity? -27.9%
Return on Assets ?Return on assets: how much profit the company generates from its total assets (equity and debt combined). -4.9%

Balance Sheet & Safety

Equity Ratio ?Equity ratio: equity as a share of total assets. The higher, the more resilient the balance sheet. 58.9%
Debt/Equity ?Leverage ratio: financial debt divided by equity. Under 1 is generally seen as solid; negative values mean negative equity. 0.3
Altman Z″ ?Edward Altman's bankruptcy early-warning score. We use the Z″ variant, built from four balance-sheet ratios — it is designed for service companies and non-manufacturers and uses book value instead of market value. On that scale: below 1.1 = danger zone, 2.6 and up = safe zone, in between a grey area. Because the classic Altman Z is calculated differently, the two numbers are not directly comparable. The formula does not fit banks, insurers, or real-estate stocks. 2.44
Piotroski ?Balance-sheet health check by Joseph Piotroski: 9 yes/no criteria on profit, cash flow, leverage, and efficiency. 7+ is very solid, under 3 is a red flag. 4 out of 9

Growth

Sales Growth Last Quarter ?Sales growth in the most recently reported quarter versus the same quarter a year ago (YoY). 43.00%
EPS Growth Last Quarter ?Growth in earnings per share in the most recently reported quarter versus the same quarter a year ago (YoY). -71.40%
Sales Growth (Year) ?Sales growth in the last fiscal year versus the year before. 29.71%
Forward Sales Growth ?Sales growth analysts expect over the next 12 months — an estimate, not a guarantee. 20.46%
Forward EPS Growth ?Earnings-per-share growth analysts expect over the next 12 months — an estimate, not a guarantee. 40.20%

Dividend

This stock currently pays no dividend.

Quality & Screener

Stage ?Weinstein phases 1 through 4: 1 = basing, 2 = uptrend (the only buy phase), 3 = topping, 4 = downtrend. Measured against the 30-week line. 2
RS Rating ?Relative strength from 1 to 99: an RS of 95 means the stock has outperformed 95% of all stocks. Top 10% 99
EPS Rating ?Earnings growth rating from 1 to 99 versus all stocks — high values mean above-average earnings growth. 8
Fundamental Rating ?Our own Fundamental Rating: 0 to 100 points with an A+ to F grade. 50 points is the average across the universe, 100 the best possible score. It scores growth, earnings surprises, analyst estimates, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet safety — every stock percentile-ranked against all others. Grades: A+ from 95, A from 75, B from 55, C from 45, D from 25, E from 5, F below. B (64 out of 100)

Highlighted are things our editorial team noticed: green = stands out as strong, red = deserves a closer look. No single metric is a verdict on its own — always read it in context.

Comparison

Industry comparison

The stock alongside the largest companies in the same group. The median row is the middle value of the companies shown above — not of the whole industry.

Industry: Semiconductors

Industry comparison
Company Market cap ($B) P/E EV/EBITDA Gross Margin % EBIT Margin % Sales Growth (Year) % Perf. 1Y %
MaxLinear Inc MXL 6.7 – 12.3 57.5 -12.2 29.7 364.1
NVIDIA Corporation NVDA 5,540.3 30.4 22.4 74.7 65.6 65.5 29.1
Broadcom Inc AVGO 1,652.3 55.2 33.7 75.5 49.0 23.9 1.1
Micron Technology Inc MU 1,269.8 20.7 15.8 72.6 80.4 48.9 512.0
Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMD 943.2 177.7 77.8 55.7 14.4 34.3 242.5
Intel Corporation INTC 546.8 – 145.4 38.9 6.9 -0.5 337.0
Arm Holdings plc ARM 282.9 267.6 221.2 97.5 7.6 22.8 58.6
Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN 234.9 39.7 26.1 58.3 37.8 13.1 46.9
Marvell Technology Group Ltd MRVL 232.5 79.7 45.0 52.2 14.5 42.1 239.9
Median of companies shown 546.8 55.2 33.7 58.3 14.5 29.7 239.9

Based on the most recently reported figures. Only stocks from the same trading venue are lined up, so the market caps are counted in one currency. Compare in a chart →

Fiscal years

Annual Figures

Fiscal years from the audited annual reports, oldest first. EBIT is the operating profit before interest and taxes; total assets are everything the company owns.

Revenue, operating income and net income per fiscal year $M

Revenue Operating income Net income

2016 · Revenue: 388 $M 2016 · Operating income: 74 $M 2016 · Net income: 61 $M 2017 · Revenue: 420 $M 2017 · Operating income: 0 $M 2017 · Net income: -9 $M 2018 · Revenue: 385 $M 2018 · Operating income: -13 $M 2018 · Net income: -26 $M 2019 · Revenue: 317 $M 2019 · Operating income: -19 $M 2019 · Net income: -20 $M 2020 · Revenue: 479 $M 2020 · Operating income: -83 $M 2020 · Net income: -99 $M 2021 · Revenue: 892 $M 2021 · Operating income: 67 $M 2021 · Net income: 42 $M 2022 · Revenue: 1,120 $M 2022 · Operating income: 185 $M 2022 · Net income: 125 $M 2023 · Revenue: 693 $M 2023 · Operating income: -38 $M 2023 · Net income: -73 $M 2024 · Revenue: 361 $M 2024 · Operating income: -169 $M 2024 · Net income: -245 $M 2025 · Revenue: 468 $M 2025 · Operating income: -127 $M 2025 · Net income: -137 $M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Annual Figures
Fiscal Year Revenue ($M) EBIT ($M) Net Income ($M) EPS ($) Operating Cash Flow ($M) Equity ($M) Total Assets ($M)
2016 388 74 61 0.91 117 352 423
2017 420 0 -9 -0.14 75 387 825
2018 385 -13 -26 -0.38 103 400 739
2019 317 -19 -20 -0.28 78 415 721
2020 479 -83 -99 -1.35 74 391 1,033
2021 892 67 42 0.53 168 489 1,052
2022 1,120 185 125 1.55 389 676 1,186
2023 693 -38 -73 -0.91 25 686 1,084
2024 361 -169 -245 -2.93 -45 516 867
2025 468 -127 -137 -1.58 20 452 796

Quarters

Quarterly Figures

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Revenue & Profit

Cash Flow

Balance Sheet

Margins

Per Share

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Sales Per Quarter ($M)
2024: Q4 · 92.2 $M Q4 2025: Q1 · 95.9 $M Q1 2025: Q2 · 108.8 $M Q2 2025: Q3 · 126.5 $M Q3 2025: Q4 · 136.4 $M Q4 2026: Q1 · 137.2 $M Q1 2026: Q2 · 168.8 $M Q2

Source: fundamental data

Quarterly Figures
Quarter EPS (Earnings Per Share) EPS YoY (%) Sales ($M) Sales YoY (%) Net Margin (%) OCF ($M) FCF ($M)
2024: Q4 -0.68 – 92 -26.50 -62.80 -28 -30
2025: Q1 -0.58 – 96 0.70 -51.80 -11 -13
2025: Q2 -0.31 – 109 18.30 -24.40 11 9
2025: Q3 -0.52 – 127 55.90 -36.00 10 4
2025: Q4 -0.17 – 136 48.00 -10.90 10 7
2026: Q1 -0.52 – 137 43.00 -32.90 -9 -10
2026: Q2 0.02 106.50 169 55.10 1.10 5 3

What Do These Terms Mean?

EPS (Earnings Per Share):
Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
YoY (Year over Year):
Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
Sales:
All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
Net Margin:
What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
FCF (Free Cash Flow):
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.

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Screening

Appears in These Scanners

This stock currently matches 29 of our scanner strategies — each hit links to the scanner.

Growth

Quality & Balance Sheet

Breakout & Setup

Momentum & Trend

Research

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Outlook

Analysts & Price Target

Combined picture of the price targets and recommendations of every analyst covering the stock. Price targets are expectations for the next 12 months, not promises — and they often follow the price rather than predict it.

Consensus Sell 1 = Strong buy … 5 = Strong sell
Analyst Ratings 11
Price Target (average) 94.55$
Distance to price 26.1% The price target sits 26.1% above the current price.

Distribution of Recommendations

Strong Buy 6
Buy 1
Hold 4
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0

Estimates by Fiscal Year

Estimates by Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EPS Estimate ($) EPS Range ($) Revenue Estimate ($M) Expected Growth Analysts
12/31/2026 1.75 1.72 – 1.78 738 464.5% 9
12/31/2027 2.61 1.95 – 2.90 959 49.3% 11

Average of the analyst estimates for the coming fiscal years. The range shows how far the most optimistic and the most cautious estimate sit apart — the wider it is, the less certain the expectation.

Valuation

What is priced in?

Instead of guessing what the stock is worth, we turn the question around: what free cash flow growth has to happen for today’s market value to add up? The assumptions behind it can be moved.

With these assumptions (discount rate 10.0%, terminal growth 2.5%), no growth rate between -20.0% and 60.0% per year explains today’s market value — the reverse calculation yields no meaningful figure here.

What is priced in?
Free cash flow (last twelve months) $3.3M
Market cap $6.72B
Free cash flow in year ten –
Terminal value as a share of market value –

For comparison: over the past five years free cash flow shrank by 35.1% per year.

It shows which assumption is built into today’s price, not whether that assumption will hold. Every assumption can be changed with the sliders; the figures move with them.

A simplified model calculation — not a forecast and not a recommendation.

AI classification

AI Rating

Sells AI

MaxLinear ist ein fabless Halbleiter-Designer für Kommunikations-SoCs (Breitband, Konnektivität, Infrastruktur/Optik, Industrie). Der Geschäftsbericht (10-K) 2025 beschreibt eigene Produkte, die ausdrücklich in Systemen der Künstlichen Intelligenz eingesetzt werden und dafür patentierte Verfahren des maschinellen Lernens nutzen (Item 1 Business). Der mit Abstand am schnellsten wachsende Umsatzblock ist das optische Rechenzentrumsgeschäft (Segment Infrastructure, Q1 2026 rund 46 Prozent des Umsatzes): MaxLinear verkauft die optischen Transceiver-/PHY-Chips, die die Server in KI-Rechenzentren verbinden. Im Quartals-8-K vom 23.04.2026 fuehrt das Unternehmen den aktuellen Umsatzsprung direkt auf KI zurueck: der Anstieg sei vor allem durch die Produktionshochlaeufe der optischen Rechenzentrums-Produkte bei mehreren Hyperscale-Kunden ueber Scale-up- und Scale-out-KI-Plattformen getrieben. Damit ist KI-getriebene Infrastruktur-Nachfrage eine dokumentierte, aktuell tragende Umsatzquelle — nach dem Kriterienkatalog (Vorrang-Regel: verkauft vor bedroht/nutzt/neutral) faellt MaxLinear damit in die Kategorie verkauft, konsistent mit vergleichbaren Optik-fuer-KI-Zulieferern (z. B. AAOI). Die Erwaehnungen des EU-AI-Acts im Risikoteil sind Compliance-Boilerplate und kein eigenstaendiges Bedroht-Signal.

View the full file — quotes, sources, reviewed filings
„We have further expanded our product offerings to include Wi-Fi, ethernet and broadband gateway processor SoCs and intellectual property that utilizes patented machine learning techniques to improve signal integrity and power efficiency in SoCs, ASICs, and field-programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs, used in next-generation communication and artificial intelligence systems."

Wir haben unser Produktangebot um Wi-Fi-, Ethernet- und Breitband-Gateway-Prozessor-SoCs sowie geistiges Eigentum erweitert, das patentierte Verfahren des maschinellen Lernens nutzt, um Signalintegritaet und Energieeffizienz in SoCs, ASICs und FPGAs zu verbessern, die in Kommunikations- und Systemen der Kuenstlichen Intelligenz der naechsten Generation eingesetzt werden.

10-K · 2026-01-29 · View SEC filing

„The explosive emergence of artificial intelligence, or AI, platforms and services such as OpenAI, Copilot, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini, which broadly amplify human ability to harness high-performance computing within the data center."

Das explosionsartige Aufkommen von Plattformen und Diensten der Kuenstlichen Intelligenz (KI) wie OpenAI, Copilot, Anthropic Claude und Google Gemini, die die Faehigkeit des Menschen, Hochleistungsrechnen im Rechenzentrum zu nutzen, breit verstaerken.

10-K · 2026-01-29 · View SEC filing

„This was driven primarily by strong execution and production ramps of our optical data center products at multiple hyperscale customers across scale-up and scale-out AI platforms."

Dies wurde vor allem durch die starke Umsetzung und die Produktionshochlaeufe unserer optischen Rechenzentrums-Produkte bei mehreren Hyperscale-Kunden ueber Scale-up- und Scale-out-KI-Plattformen hinweg getrieben.

8-K · 2026-04-23 · View SEC filing

Filings Reviewed: 10-Q 2026-04-23 · 10-Q 2025-10-23 · 10-Q 2025-07-23 · 10-Q 2025-04-23 · 10-K 2026-01-29 · 10-K 2025-01-29 · 8-K 2026-04-23

Rated on July 10, 2026 · How the Rating Is Built

Growth

Growth Score

Ten checks against the annual reports — each one passed counts a point.

4 of 10 Weak growth
  • Revenue grows by more than 15% a year over three years -25.3%
  • More than 10% revenue growth is expected for the coming year 20.5%
  • Share count grows by less than 3% a year 2.3%
  • Revenue growth plus cash-flow margin add up to at least 40 ("Rule of 40") 31.2%
  • Gross margin at 40% or higher and without meaningful erosion 56.8%
  • Goodwill from acquisitions does not grow faster than revenue 40.0%
  • Net debt below twice EBITDA failed
  • Operating cash flow covers the profits of the last three years 454 m
  • Return on capital at 15% or higher, or up versus two years ago -20.8%
  • Insiders hold at least 10% or are net buyers 5.8%

A criterion without figures counts neither as passed nor as failed; a score is only produced from 7 judgeable criteria upwards. Source: fundamental data. All ten criteria in detail

Quality check

AAQS

3/10

The AAQS (AlleAktien Quality Score) checks 10 quality criteria on growth, profitability, and balance-sheet strength — per the methodology developed and published by AlleAktien, calculated by us from our own fundamental data. A stock counts as a quality stock from 9 out of 10 points. Where a company has a shorter listing history, we calculate over the fiscal years available (at least five).

  • Sales growth 10Y > 5% 2.1%
  • Exp. sales growth 3Y > 5% 43.2%
  • EBIT growth 10Y > 5% –
  • Exp. EBIT growth 3Y > 5% 43.2%
  • Net debt < 4x EBIT –
  • EBIT positive, 10Y straight 3
  • Max. EBIT decline < 50% 100.0%
  • Return on equity > 15% -161.9%
  • ROCE > 15% -20.8%
  • Expected return > 10% 43.3%

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Source: fundamental data

Insiders

Insider Transactions

Reportable transactions by officers and major shareholders from SEC Form 4 filings. "Other" includes things like stock grants and option exercises without a buy/sell character.

Insider Transactions
Date Person Role Type Shares Price Value
Aug 31, 2026 Kwong Connie H. Corporate Controller & PAO Other 1,110 59.91 66,500
Aug 31, 2026 Kwong Connie H. Corporate Controller & PAO Other 1,110 – –
Aug 17, 2026 Seendripu Kishore Chairman, President and CEO Sell 3,903 88.16 344,097
Aug 17, 2026 Seendripu Kishore Chairman, President and CEO Sell 13,919 87.12 1,212,563
Aug 17, 2026 Seendripu Kishore Chairman, President and CEO Sell 71,163 86.47 6,153,280
Aug 17, 2026 Seendripu Kishore Chairman, President and CEO Sell 68,976 85.43 5,892,509
Aug 17, 2026 Seendripu Kishore Chairman, President and CEO Sell 17,766 84.63 1,503,545
Aug 17, 2026 Seendripu Kishore Chairman, President and CEO Sell 2,285 88.14 201,389
Aug 17, 2026 Seendripu Kishore Chairman, President and CEO Sell 13,289 87.11 1,157,561
Aug 17, 2026 Seendripu Kishore Chairman, President and CEO Sell 72,298 86.49 6,252,758

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The company

About the Company

MaxLinear, Inc. bietet Kommunikations-Systems-on-Chip-Lösungen in den USA, Asien, Europa und international an.

Employees
1,115
Headquarters
Carlsbad, CA
Address
5966 La Place Court, 92008 Carlsbad, United States
Phone
760 692 0711
IPO Date
03/24/2010
ISIN
US57776J1007

Management

Management
Name Title Birth Year
Kishore Seendripu Ph.D. Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO & President 1969
Steven G. Litchfield CFO & Chief Corporate Strategy Officer 1969
Connie H. Kwong Corporate Controller & Principal Accounting Officer 1979
Curtis Ling Ph.D. Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer 1965
Mohan Kambhammettu Senior Vice President of Global Operations –
Michael Bollesen Senior Vice President of Sales 1969
Madhukar Reddy Ph.D. Senior Vice President of Worldwide Engineering 1969
Amit Bavisi Senior VP and GM of Analog & Mixed Signal Business –
Puneet Sethi Senior Vice President of Network Infrastructure & Carrier Business –
Vikas Choudhary Senior Vice President of Connectivity & Storage Business 1972

Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.

Filings

Company Filings (8-K)

An 8-K is the filing a US company must use to disclose material events immediately — takeovers, changes at the top, major contracts or payment troubles, for instance. The links open the original document at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

  • 07/23/2026 MAXLINEAR, INC (MXL): Results of Operations and Financial Condition; Financial Statements and Exhibits SEC ↗

Data as of: September 17, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)

Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.

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