MaxLinear (NASDAQ:MXL) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.02 EPS

MaxLinear (NASDAQ:MXL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The semiconductor company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.02, Briefing.com reports. MaxLinear had a negative return on equity of 18.16% and a negative net margin of 55.53%.The business had revenue of $126.46 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $124.66 million. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.36) EPS. MaxLinear’s revenue for the quarter was up 56.0% compared to the same quarter last year. MaxLinear updated its Q4 2025 guidance to EPS.

MaxLinear Stock Performance

Shares of MaxLinear stock opened at $17.52 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $1.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.09 and a beta of 1.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a current ratio of 1.55. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $16.17 and its 200 day moving average price is $14.04. MaxLinear has a one year low of $8.35 and a one year high of $25.73.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Steven G. Litchfield sold 102,157 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.28, for a total value of $1,765,272.96. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 312,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,394,867.84. The trade was a 24.65% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 7.80% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of MaxLinear

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of MXL. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its position in shares of MaxLinear by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 57,796 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $821,000 after purchasing an additional 1,226 shares during the last quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board boosted its position in shares of MaxLinear by 9.7% in the 2nd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 267,963 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,808,000 after buying an additional 23,727 shares in the last quarter. FORA Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of MaxLinear during the second quarter valued at $210,000. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its holdings in shares of MaxLinear by 369.4% during the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 9,716 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $138,000 after buying an additional 7,646 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC raised its position in shares of MaxLinear by 29.7% in the 2nd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 43,350 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $616,000 after buying an additional 9,939 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.79% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have issued reports on MXL. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $25.00 price target on shares of MaxLinear in a report on Friday, October 17th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of MaxLinear from $13.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Loop Capital reissued a “hold” rating and issued a $15.00 target price (up from $10.00) on shares of MaxLinear in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Zacks Research downgraded MaxLinear from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, September 22nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded MaxLinear from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, September 20th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, MaxLinear presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $18.50.

MaxLinear Company Profile

MaxLinear, Inc provides communications systems-on-chip solutions worldwide. Its products integrate various portions of a high-speed communication system, including radio frequency, high-performance analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, security engines, data compression and networking layers, and power management.