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MaxLinear, Inc.

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MaxLinear, Inc.

MXL·NASDAQ·Manufacturing·CIK 0001288469

MaxLinear, Inc. is a fabless integrated circuit design company that provides communications systems-on-chip (SoCs) for various applications. These SoCs are used in broadband, mobile and wireline infrastructure, data center, and industrial and multi-market applications. The company's products integrate significant portions of high-speed communication systems, including radio frequency (RF), high-performance analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, security engines, data compression, networking layers, and power management. MaxLinear designs analog and mixed-signal circuits in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductors (CMOS), enabling the combination of analog functionality and complex digital signal processing logic within a single integrated circuit. The company's customers primarily consist of electronics distributors, module makers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and original design manufacturers (ODMs), who incorporate MaxLinear's products into a broad array of electronic devices. MaxLinear, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Delaware in September 2003.

MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL) is a publicly traded company in the Manufacturing sector. Wiseek has independently scored 14 items for MXL at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-17, rated 7/10. Across its 14 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 6 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for MXL spans 144, 10-Q, 8-K, 4.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • MaxLinear Officer Plans $29.8M Share Sale
  • Officer Kishore Seendripu Files to Sell $20.4M in MaxLinear Stock
  • AI data center demand fuels a 55% revenue surge for MaxLinear in Q2, while losses narrow sharply
  • MaxLinear Q2 Revenue Surges 55% on AI Data Center Ramp; Q3 Guidance Tops Consensus
  • Stockholders Approve New Equity Incentive Plan with 3.2M Additional Shares

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$467.64M
Net Income
-$136.68M
Diluted EPS
-$1.58
Op. Cash Flow
$19.62M
Free Cash Flow
$7.02M
Gross Profit
$265.81M
Operating Income
-$126.89M
Cash & Equivalents
$72.81M
Total Debt
$123.62M
Debt / Equity
0.27×
Net Margin
-29.2%
Shares Outstanding
86.45M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-01-29 · accession 0001288469-26-000011

Short Interest & Short Volume

2.04 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 4,836,594 shares in MXL as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 7.7% increase from the prior period — about 2.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 45.1% of MXL volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)4,836,594 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 7.7%
Days to cover2.04 at avg daily volume of 2,373,003
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)45.1% of 2,390,286 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume48.5%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for MXL, detected from its recent SEC filings · based on capital-structure filings through 2026-05-21.

Equity Incentive Plan Approved · Significant Potential Dilution

⚠ A more recent filing has been published for this ticker since this signal was computed; it may not yet be reflected — see the filings below.

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$105.86 -0.07% today
52-week range · as of 2026-08-17 $12.77 – $128.3
Market cap
$9.61B
Volume
4.8M (1.8× avg)
3-mo avg 2.7M
Live data · 2026-10-03 12:00 UTC · Market closed

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MXL
Aug 17, 2026, 5:20 PM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $84.73
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$21.13 (+25%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
Aug 14, 2026, 6:32 PM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $85.36
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$20.50 (+24%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
Jul 23, 2026, 4:08 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $83.05
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$22.81 (+27%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
Jul 23, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $85.00
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$20.86 (+25%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
May 21, 2026, 4:40 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $99.67
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$6.19 (+6%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
May 08, 2026, 7:25 PM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $102.00
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$3.86 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
May 07, 2026, 5:41 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $85.90
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$19.96 (+23%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
Apr 23, 2026, 4:13 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $45.00
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$60.86 (+135%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
Apr 23, 2026, 4:13 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $44.01
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$61.85 (+141%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
Apr 23, 2026, 4:07 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $43.00
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$62.86 (+146%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
Apr 02, 2026, 4:38 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $17.98
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$87.88 (+489%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
Apr 02, 2026, 4:37 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $17.98
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$87.88 (+489%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
Jan 29, 2026, 4:10 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $19.93
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$85.93 (+431%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
MXL
Jan 29, 2026, 4:05 PM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $20.11
Real-time Price: $105.86 info
Change: +$85.75 (+426%) info
Market Cap: $9.607B info
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