Stocks · Technology · Semiconductors
MaxLinear, Inc. MXL
$105.93 +14.99% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $9.61B
Strong trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -11.6% from -35.5% a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned +547.5%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 532.4 percentage points.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $568.9M, up 50.5% from a year earlier, accelerating from 40.9% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 3%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 11%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 20%
- Gross marginTop 42%
- Operating marginBottom 24%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 22%
- Interest coverBottom 23%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 33%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 28%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 26%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 14%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 1%
- 6-month returnTop 1%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 1%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 29%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 40%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 41%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 50%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 6%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 44%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 10%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 40.9% | 50.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 55.1% | 57.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -35.5% | -11.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -18.2% | 0.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 50.5% | 40.9% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Gross margin | 57.4% | 55.1% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| Operating margin | -11.6% | -35.5% | ↑ | Bottom 24% |
| Net margin | -18.2% | -55.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.6% | -18.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -10.1% | — | Bottom 20% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -25.3% | — | Bottom 3% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -14.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 11.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -102.3 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -6.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.13%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.13%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +12.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $91.67
- Target vs current price
- -13.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 17
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 65%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | +6.3% | +5.1% | -34.0% | -23.5% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | +22.2% | +1.1% | +99.2% | +185.5% | +121.3% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +5.6% | +0.7% | -10.0% | -6.4% | +215.2% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +16.7% | +4.4% | -9.4% | -20.1% | +15.4% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +0.0% | -0.8% | +12.1% | -7.0% | +12.7% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | +0.0% | +5.8% | -3.5% | +15.9% | +55.6% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +30.8% | +6.4% | -9.6% | -24.0% | -52.9% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | -12.5% | +2.6% | +3.9% | -0.1% | +71.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.33 | +6.3% | $168.8M |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.18 | +22.2% | $137.2M |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.18 | +5.6% | $136.4M |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.14 | $0.12 | +16.7% | $126.5M |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $0.02 | $0.02 | +0.0% | $108.8M |
| Apr 23, 2025 | -$0.05 | -$0.05 | +0.0% | $95.9M |
| Jan 29, 2025 | -$0.09 | -$0.13 | +30.8% | $92.2M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | -$0.36 | -$0.32 | -12.5% | $81.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 60.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 17.02× | — | — | Bottom 14% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.03% | — | — | Bottom 28% |
| Earnings yield | -1.12% | — | — | Bottom 33% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 21.4× – 115.1× since Dec 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 12
- Days above the 200-day average
- 129
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +13.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +45.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +97.6%
- RSI (14)
- 71.5
- Relative volume
- 1.63×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 121.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 89th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.54
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.33
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -17.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -63.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -88.1% | 823 days | 267 days (May 1, 2026) |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | -55.3% | 20 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 11, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | -29.6% | 21 days | 12 days (Jun 29, 2026) |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Mar 8, 2021 | -26.9% | 8 days | 100 days (Jul 29, 2021) |
| Dec 30, 2020 | Feb 3, 2021 | -19.8% | 23 days | 12 days (Feb 22, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $9.61B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.19
- Revenue (TTM)
- $568.9M
- 52-week range
- $12.77 – $128.30
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $892.4M | $1.12B | $693.3M | $360.5M | $467.6M |
| Gross profit | $472.2M | $637.8M | $382.8M | $192.4M | $265.8M |
| Operating income | $67.4M | $185.3M | -$16.0M | -$168.7M | -$126.9M |
| Net income | $42.0M | $125.0M | -$73.1M | -$245.2M | -$136.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.53 | $1.55 | -$0.91 | -$2.93 | -$1.58 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $81.1M | $92.2M | $95.9M | $108.8M | $126.5M | $136.4M | $137.2M | $168.8M |
| Net income | -$75.8M | -$57.8M | -$49.7M | -$26.6M | -$45.5M | -$14.9M | -$45.1M | $1.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.90 | -$0.68 | -$0.58 | -$0.31 | -$0.52 | -$0.17 | -$0.52 | $0.02 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $168.2M | $388.7M | $25.0M | -$45.3M | $19.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$39.2M | -$41.3M | -$13.5M | -$17.7M | -$12.6M |
| Free cash flow | $129.1M | $347.5M | $11.6M | -$63.0M | $7.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$14.8M | -$26.5M | $4.6M | $4.1M | -$16.4M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $64.8M
- Total assets
- $822.6M
- Total liabilities
- $337.7M
- Total debt
- $139.4M
- Net debt
- $74.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $484.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,836,594
- Days to cover
- 2.04
- Change vs previous report
- +7.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.