MaxLinear, Inc

MXL Technology Semiconductors

MaxLinear, Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $467.6 million, up 29.7% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+72.4%
EPS
+161.5%
Free cash flow
−786.9%
Total debt
+32.9%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

45.13 11.72 −20.62%
Market cap
$5.2B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
243×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.90
Beneish M
−3.66
Dividend safety
n/a

MaxLinear, Inc (MXL) Return on invested capital

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MaxLinear, Inc's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −0.62%, up 15.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−15.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.9% (fiscal 2024) to 19.1% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Semiconductors industry median of 2.28% and below the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 −15.8% 11.04
FY2024 −26.9% (23.01)
FY2023 −3.85% (22.90)
FY2022 19.1% 12.91
FY2021 6.14% 16.58
FY2020 −10.4% (7.83)
FY2019 −2.61% (0.56)
FY2018 −2.05% 0.00
FY2017 −2.05% (19.74)
FY2016 17.7% 35.68

Against its own ten years

Low −26.9% High 19.1%
Ten-year median −2.61%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CRUS Cirrus Logic, Inc. compare 20.0%
SIMO Silicon Motion Technology Corporation compare 15.4%
VSH Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. compare 4.49%
ALGM Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. compare 4.34%
DIOD Diodes Incorporated compare 3.00%
PI Impinj, Inc. compare −0.46%
MXL MaxLinear, Inc −0.62%
SYNA Synaptics Incorporated compare −2.01%
SLAB Silicon Laboratories, Inc. compare −3.88%
Semiconductors industry median 2.28%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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