MaxLinear

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MaxLinear is a fabless integrated circuit design company that provides radio-frequency high-performance analog, and mixed-signal communications systems-on-chip solutions for the connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications. Its products include both RF receivers and RF receiver systems-on-chip (SoCs), which incorporate highly integrated radio system architecture and demodulator technology. The company serves electronics distributors, module makers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and original design manufacturers (ODMs).
TypePublic
Founded2003
HQCarlsbad, CA, USMap
Websitemaxlinear.com
Employee Ratings3More
Overall CultureBMore

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Employees (est.) (Dec 2019)697(-5%)
Revenue (FY, 2020)$478.6 M(+51%)
Share Price (Feb 2021)$39.1 (-9%)
Cybersecurity ratingCMore

Key People/Management at MaxLinear

Kishore Seendripu

Kishore Seendripu

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Steven Litchfield

Steven Litchfield

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Corporate Strategy Officer
Curtis Ling

Curtis Ling

Chief Technical Officer
Michael Bollesen

Michael Bollesen

Vice President of Sales
Kathi Guiney

Kathi Guiney

Vice President of Human Resources
James Lougheed

James Lougheed

Vice President of Marketing, High Performance Analog
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MaxLinear Office Locations

MaxLinear has offices in Carlsbad, Irvine, San Jose, Villach and in 13 other locations
Carlsbad, CA, US (HQ)
5966 La Place Ct #100
Irvine, CA, US
50 Parker
San Jose, CA, US
1060 Rincon Cir
Villach, AT
Europastraße 8
Burnaby, CA
4370 Still Creek Dr suite 110
Shanghai, CN
R303, Tower A, Lane 2889, Jinke Road, Pudong New District
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MaxLinear Financials and Metrics

MaxLinear Revenue

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MaxLinear's revenue was reported to be $478.60 m in FY, 2020
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Revenue (FY, 2020)

478.6m

Gross profit (FY, 2020)

212.8m

Gross profit margin (FY, 2020), %

44.5%

Net income (FY, 2020)

(98.6m)

EBIT (FY, 2020)

(101.1m)

Market capitalization (25-Feb-2021)

2.9b

Closing stock price (25-Feb-2021)

39.1

Cash (30-Sept-2020)

96.6m

EV

3.2b
MaxLinear's current market capitalization is $2.9 b.
Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019FY, 2020

Revenue

71.9m97.7m119.6m133.1m300.4m387.8m420.3m385.0m317.2m478.6m

Revenue growth, %

11%126%29%

Cost of goods sold

26.6m37.0m46.7m51.2m144.9m157.8m212.4m176.2m149.5m265.8m

Gross profit

45.3m60.7m73.0m82.0m155.4m230.0m208.0m208.8m167.7m212.8m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Revenue

18.1m17.6m20.7m24.4m27.8m26.5m29.8m31.8m32.5m35.6m32.5m35.4m70.8m95.2m102.7m101.7m96.3m88.8m104.2m113.6m110.8m101.5m85.0m84.6m82.5m80.0m62.0m65.2m156.6m

Cost of goods sold

6.7m6.3m8.3m9.3m10.3m9.8m12.5m11.9m12.4m13.3m12.6m13.7m43.9m44.1m41.5m38.8m40.8m35.9m53.1m61.7m48.2m45.2m41.1m39.6m38.4m38.1m31.3m32.5m90.4m

Gross profit

11.4m11.3m12.4m15.1m17.5m16.7m17.3m19.8m20.1m22.2m19.9m21.7m26.9m51.1m61.2m62.9m55.5m52.9m51.1m51.8m62.7m56.3m43.9m45.1m44.1m41.9m30.8m32.7m66.2m

Gross profit Margin, %

63%64%60%62%63%63%58%62%62%63%61%61%38%54%60%62%58%60%49%46%57%55%52%53%53%52%50%50%42%
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Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Cash

28.0m21.8m26.5m20.7m68.0m82.9m71.9m73.1m92.7m

Accounts Receivable

10.4m14.6m20.1m18.5m42.4m50.5m66.1m59.5m50.4m

Prepaid Expenses

1.5m1.7m2.4m3.9m8.4m5.6m6.8m

Inventories

8.1m9.9m10.0m10.9m32.4m26.6m53.4m41.7m31.5m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Cash

21.9m43.5m23.8m12.5m26.6m17.2m24.7m26.5m28.5m31.2m34.1m22.8m56.7m58.1m76.8m147.6m56.1m89.1m87.6m71.6m55.6m74.1m67.2m71.1m66.6m66.1m98.4m107.4m96.6m

Accounts Receivable

8.3m8.4m11.1m14.9m16.3m18.0m17.9m18.9m21.4m20.7m20.5m20.7m41.6m41.8m41.0m44.3m49.7m57.8m82.7m75.6m90.6m83.6m58.6m59.6m56.6m56.3m44.8m41.4m105.4m

Prepaid Expenses

1.2m1.6m1.4m1.4m1.8m1.6m1.7m2.0m2.1m3.6m5.3m4.5m6.2m5.0m6.8m5.5m9.7m7.9m8.4m7.3m6.3m5.5m6.2m4.7m6.3m7.5m43.5m

Inventories

6.7m9.2m6.8m8.5m8.9m8.7m9.4m9.7m11.0m9.8m9.6m12.8m38.8m36.3m29.4m25.6m32.1m31.7m77.6m63.7m45.8m44.3m41.8m42.8m42.9m37.6m31.1m34.3m104.5m
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Annual
USDFY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019FY, 2020

Net Income

(22.0m)(13.3m)(12.7m)(7.0m)(42.3m)61.3m(9.2m)(26.2m)(19.9m)(98.6m)

Depreciation and Amortization

3.2m3.5m3.7m5.1m40.6m26.7m66.7m79.0m66.4m76.5m

Inventories

(657.0k)(1.8m)(141.0k)(757.0k)(6.4m)9.8m(1.8m)11.7m10.2m(31.8m)

Accounts Payable

6.8m4.0m(627.0k)83.0k(21.9m)3.2m(1.9m)1.2m1.3m57.1m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Net Income

(5.9m)(17.3m)(6.6m)(9.1m)(8.7m)(2.3m)(5.2m)(10.1m)(862.0k)(1.5m)(4.7m)(4.7m)(35.4m)(33.8m)19.1m43.3m52.9m8.5m19.4m10.3m1.8m(12.6m)(26.5m)(4.9m)(7.1m)(11.8m)(15.5m)(37.3m)(73.9m)

Depreciation and Amortization

1.4m2.3m870.0k1.7m2.6m981.0k2.0m2.9m1.1m2.2m3.5m1.6m13.9m31.2m5.8m9.9m18.7m6.9m25.2m46.5m20.1m40.1m59.9m16.9m33.5m49.9m16.7m33.3m53.8m

Inventories

750.0k(1.8m)1.3m(455.0k)(864.0k)1.2m536.0k216.0k(1.0m)269.0k456.0k(2.0m)(11.6m)(10.1m)3.0m7.4m7.0m(5.1m)(7.4m)(2.3m)7.7m9.1m11.7m(1.0m)(1.1m)4.0m353.0k(2.8m)(20.2m)

Accounts Payable

6.7m7.3m1.5m7.2m9.0m(3.7m)36.0k(649.0k)590.0k1.2m66.0k2.8m302.0k(8.9m)3.1m5.0m2.5m8.0m15.6m576.0k(421.0k)11.1m513.0k1.9m4.9m(1.4m)(785.0k)5.2m67.2m
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USDQ2, 2011

Financial Leverage

1.2 x
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MaxLinear Operating Metrics

MaxLinear's Enterprise Customers was reported to be 208 in FY, 2016.
FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016

Enterprise Customers

157 179 208

Patents (Foreign)

10 262 9

Patents (US)

58 662 836

Trademarks (US)

2 12 13
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MaxLinear Cybersecurity Score

Cybersecurity ratingPremium dataset

C

75/100

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MaxLinear Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Ratings

CSRHub ESG ratingPremium dataset

40-49

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MaxLinear Online and Social Media Presence

MaxLinear's Trends

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MaxLinear Company Culture

  • Overall Culture

    B

    78/100

  • CEO Rating

    A+

    90/100

  • Compensation

    A+

    96/100

  • Diversity

    B

    78/100

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MaxLinear News and Updates

June 16, 2020

UPDATE 1-Chipmaker MaxLinear hit by 'Maze' ransomware attack

Radio-frequency chip maker MaxLinear Inc said on Tuesday it was hit by a cyber attack, with a hacker releasing some proprietary information about the company online.
June 16, 2020

Chipmaker MaxLinear says hit by 'Maze' ransomware attack

Radio-frequency chip maker MaxLinear Inc said on Tuesday it was hit by a cyber attack, with a hacker releasing some proprietary information about the company online.
April 09, 2020

MaxLinear MxL85110 Gigabit Modem Drives Giax HelEOS Solution in Field Trials for 5G Mobile Backhaul over the Cable Network

CARLSBAD, CA – April 9, 2020 – MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of radio frequency (RF), analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multimarket applications, today announced that GiaX GmbH is in production …
June 04, 2019

MaxLinear cuts revenue outlook in response to U.S. ban on Huawei products

MaxLinear Inc. cut its second-quarter revenue outlook, in response to the Trump administration's order aimed at banning equipment from China-based Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. The semiconductor maker's stock slipped 0.1% in premarket trading. The company said it now expects revenue of $80 million t…
June 04, 2019

MaxLinear ceases shipments to Huawei and its affiliates

Radio-frequency chip maker MaxLinear Inc on Tuesday said it has discontinued all shipments to Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and its affiliates and cannot predict as to when it will be able to resume the shipments.
March 14, 2019

MaxLinear to Showcase New Switch Mode DC/DC Dual 13A Power Module at APEC 2019

MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of radio frequency (RF), analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multimarket applications will showcase its latest power management products at booth 302 at the Applied P…
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 MaxLinear Frequently Asked Questions

  • When was MaxLinear founded?

    MaxLinear was founded in 2003.

  • Who are MaxLinear key executives?

    MaxLinear's key executives are Kishore Seendripu, Steven Litchfield and Curtis Ling.

  • How many employees does MaxLinear have?

    MaxLinear has 697 employees.

  • What is MaxLinear revenue?

    Latest MaxLinear annual revenue is $478.6 m.

  • What is MaxLinear revenue per employee?

    Latest MaxLinear revenue per employee is $686.7 k.

  • Who are MaxLinear competitors?

    Competitors of MaxLinear include NXP Semiconductors, MediaTek and MACOM.

  • Where is MaxLinear headquarters?

    MaxLinear headquarters is located at 5966 La Place Ct #100, Carlsbad.

  • Where are MaxLinear offices?

    MaxLinear has offices in Carlsbad, Irvine, San Jose, Villach and in 13 other locations.

  • How many offices does MaxLinear have?

    MaxLinear has 17 offices.