Inspire Investing LLC Sells 4,484 Shares of MaxLinear, Inc $MXL

Inspire Investing LLC lessened its position in MaxLinear, Inc (NASDAQ:MXL) by 14.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 27,304 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 4,484 shares during the quarter. Inspire Investing LLC’s holdings in MaxLinear were worth $388,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in MXL. Farther Finance Advisors LLC bought a new position in MaxLinear in the second quarter valued at $44,000. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S bought a new position in shares of MaxLinear during the first quarter valued at about $49,000. Strs Ohio bought a new position in shares of MaxLinear during the first quarter valued at about $63,000. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of MaxLinear by 36.6% during the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 5,143 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $73,000 after buying an additional 1,378 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC grew its stake in shares of MaxLinear by 144.3% during the first quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 6,863 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $75,000 after buying an additional 4,054 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.79% of the company’s stock.

MaxLinear Stock Up 3.1%

NASDAQ MXL opened at $17.40 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25, a current ratio of 1.55 and a quick ratio of 1.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.52 billion, a PE ratio of -7.04 and a beta of 1.77. MaxLinear, Inc has a 1 year low of $8.35 and a 1 year high of $25.73. The business’s 50-day moving average is $15.95 and its 200 day moving average is $13.76.

MaxLinear (NASDAQ:MXL) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The semiconductor company reported $0.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.02. The company had revenue of $108.81 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $104.94 million. MaxLinear had a negative return on equity of 18.16% and a negative net margin of 55.53%.MaxLinear’s quarterly revenue was up 18.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.25) earnings per share. MaxLinear has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that MaxLinear, Inc will post -0.37 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other MaxLinear news, insider Steven G. Litchfield sold 102,157 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.28, for a total value of $1,765,272.96. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 312,203 shares in the company, valued at $5,394,867.84. This trade represents a 24.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 7.80% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MXL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Wall Street Zen raised MaxLinear from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 20th. Zacks Research cut MaxLinear from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $25.00 price objective on shares of MaxLinear in a research note on Tuesday, September 2nd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of MaxLinear in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on MaxLinear from $13.00 to $18.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, MaxLinear presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $19.31.

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.