What is Roth Capital’s Forecast for MaxLinear Q1 Earnings?

MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for MaxLinear in a research note issued on Thursday, January 30th. Roth Capital analyst S. Desilva expects that the semiconductor company will post earnings of ($0.02) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for MaxLinear’s current full-year earnings is ($0.21) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for MaxLinear’s Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.01) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.01 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.00 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on MXL. Craig Hallum decreased their price target on shares of MaxLinear from $28.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $28.00 target price on shares of MaxLinear in a research report on Thursday. Susquehanna reduced their price target on MaxLinear from $25.00 to $23.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Northland Securities boosted their price objective on MaxLinear from $25.00 to $27.50 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of MaxLinear in a research note on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, MaxLinear currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $25.50.

MaxLinear Trading Up 2.2 %

MaxLinear stock opened at $17.86 on Monday. MaxLinear has a 52-week low of $11.08 and a 52-week high of $26.59. The company has a market cap of $1.51 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.10 and a beta of 1.79. The company has a quick ratio of 1.38, a current ratio of 1.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $19.85 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $16.27.

MaxLinear (NASDAQ:MXL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The semiconductor company reported ($0.27) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.13) by ($0.14). MaxLinear had a negative return on equity of 21.15% and a negative net margin of 68.01%.

Insider Buying and Selling at MaxLinear

In related news, insider Connie H. Kwong sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.61, for a total transaction of $93,050.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 49,147 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $914,625.67. This represents a 9.23 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Steven G. Litchfield sold 32,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.35, for a total transaction of $651,200.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 365,868 shares in the company, valued at $7,445,413.80. This represents a 8.04 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 48,900 shares of company stock valued at $927,278 in the last three months. 8.60% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of MXL. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of MaxLinear by 29.0% during the fourth quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,968 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 443 shares during the last quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC bought a new position in MaxLinear in the 3rd quarter worth about $42,000. R Squared Ltd purchased a new position in shares of MaxLinear during the fourth quarter worth approximately $45,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of MaxLinear by 151.8% during the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,472 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $50,000 after acquiring an additional 2,093 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWM LLC boosted its holdings in shares of MaxLinear by 321.3% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 5,793 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $84,000 after purchasing an additional 4,418 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.79% of the company’s stock.

MaxLinear Company Profile

MaxLinear, Inc provides communications systems-on-chip solutions worldwide. 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.