MXL Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Maxlinear | NASDAQ:MXL)

MaxLinear Inc is a provider of radio frequency and mixed-signal integrated circuits for cable and satellite broadband communications, the connected home, and for data center, metro, and long-haul fiber networks. The company's radio frequency receiver products capture and process digital and analog broadband signals to be decoded for various applications. Its product options include both radio frequency receivers and radio frequency receiver systems-on-chips. The company's products enable the distribution and display of broadband video and data content in a wide range of electronic devices.

Maxlinear trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol MXL.

As of February 3, 2026, MXL stock price declined to $16.94 with 1,186,282 million shares trading.

MXL has a beta of 1.97, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. MXL has a correlation of 0.29 to the broad based SPY ETF.

MXL has a market cap of $1.46 billion. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

Last quarter Maxlinear reported $136 million in Revenue and $.19 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $2 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.10.

In the last 3 years, MXL traded as high as $41.94 and as low as $8.35.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that MXL belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, VTI, VGT, IWM, VB.

MXL has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -5.2% while the SPY ETF gained +15.8%. However, in the short term, MXL had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +11.8% vs +1.4% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, MXL shares have been beat by the market, returning -12.2% compared to an SPY return of -0.3%.

MXL support price is $16.96 and resistance is $18.32 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that MXL shares will trade within this expected range on the day.