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49.18USD
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We have scored 25 news catalysts on MaxLinear, Inc. (MXL) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Jun 30, 2026, when MXL closed +18.0%: “Small-cap stocks enjoy their best first half in 35 years. Here's what's driving it”. Coverage across the window leans positive (average ticker sentiment +0.56). Most of the impact sits in sector technology and forward growth expectations.
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Market cap
4.5B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
3.98
52W range
12.77-128.3
Day range
45.86–49.69
Open
49.29
Prev close
44.31
Volume
3.3M
Avg volume
3.3M
Dividend
0.00
IPO
2010-03-24
Analysts publish price targets on MXL, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
9 analyst price targets from $75 to $125
as of 2026-09-24
The market is 20% below the median target — more cautious than the analysts.
The reconstruction
Daily OHLCV with SMA overlays and session pivots. Draw your levels and trendlines on it, or ask the AI analyst what the price is reacting to.
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MaxLinear, Inc. provides communications systems-on-chip solutions in the United States, Asia, Europe, and internationally. Its products integrate various portions of a high-speed communication system, including radio frequency, high-performance analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, security engines, data compression and networking layers, and power management. Its products are used in various electronic devices, such as radio transceivers and modems for 4G/5G base-station and backhaul infrastructure; optical transceivers; wi-fi and wireline routers for home networking; broadband modems compliant with data over cable service interface specifications, passive optical fiber standards, and digital subscriber line, as well as power management and interface products. It serves electronics distributors, module makers, original equipment manufacturers, and original design manufacturers through a direct sales force, third-party sales representatives, and a network of distributors. The company has a strategic collaboration with Edgecore Networks Corporation for the development network infrastructure for enterprise and SMB applications. MaxLinear, Inc. has strategic partnership with GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. to develop 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) gateways and converged gateways for consumer and enterprise applications. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
The price sits near the bottom of the published model range at the 22nd percentile, rejecting the bullish consensus and paying only for a slow recovery rather than the rapid growth analysts forecast.
What the disagreement turns on
Whether the optical transceiver and AI connectivity revenue can scale fast enough to push free cash flow margins high enough to justify the current sales multiple, and unit volume data can partially test the revenue side of this question.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
Claim by claim
Computed at $84.32 on 2026-09-24 — the quote has since moved -42%, so read this as a record of what was priced in then, not now.
