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Cirrus Logic, Inc. (CRUS) vs MaxLinear, Inc (MXL)

Cirrus Logic, Inc. and MaxLinear, Inc are both Semiconductors companies. Cirrus Logic, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.5B against $4.0B — 1.4× the size. MaxLinear, Inc has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Cirrus Logic, Inc. trades at 13.5×. MaxLinear, Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 56.0% against 5.13%. Cirrus Logic, Inc. has the higher net margin (20.2% vs −4.45%) and the higher return on invested capital (20.0% vs −0.62%). Across the 20 metrics below, Cirrus Logic, Inc. leads on 17 and MaxLinear, Inc on 3.

Valuation

Metric CRUS MXL Semiconductors median
P/E 13.50 n/m 36.98
P/S 2.69 6.20 6.03
P/B 2.51 7.69 3.87
Price to free cash flow 10.48 n/m 43.80
EV/EBITDA 9.39 106.87 20.84
EV/Sales 2.35 6.33 5.07
Earnings yield 7.41% (0.78%) 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 9.54% (0.63%) 1.06%

Profitability

Metric CRUS MXL Semiconductors median
Gross margin 53.12% 58.01% 52.21%
Operating margin 22.46% (0.92%) 5.47%
Net margin 20.20% (4.45%) 4.26%
Free cash flow margin 25.66% (3.93%) 5.02%
Return on equity 19.54% (5.89%) 2.86%
Return on assets 16.49% (3.41%) 2.03%
Return on invested capital 19.96% (0.62%) 2.28%

Growth

Metric CRUS MXL Semiconductors median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.13% 56.02% 17.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.83% 46.08% 27.66%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.84% (0.46%) 5.14%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.78% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CRUS MXL Semiconductors median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.31 0.12
Current ratio 6.41 2.22 3.39
Net debt to EBITDA (1.73) (0.61) 0.53

Dividend

Metric CRUS MXL Semiconductors median
Dividend yield — — 1.62%
Payout ratio — — 0.38

Size

Metric CRUS MXL Semiconductors median
Market cap 5.52b 4.03b 5.69b

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