MaxLinear - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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MaxLinear M&A Summary

MaxLinear has acquired 8 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years.

MaxLinear’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Exar for $700M. MaxLinear has acquired in 3 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include semiconductors (63%) and technology hardware (25%).

MaxLinear Business Overview

Where is MaxLinear headquartered?

MaxLinear is headquartered in Carlsbad, California.

What is MaxLinear’s revenue?

MaxLinear disclosed revenue of 693M USD for 2023 and 1,120M USD for 2022.

How many employees does MaxLinear have?

MaxLinear has 1,759 employees.

What sector is MaxLinear in?

MaxLinear is a semiconductors company.

When was MaxLinear founded?

MaxLinear was founded in 2003.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity8
    • M&A Buy Activity8
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3
  • M&A Advisors 3

MaxLinear

MaxLinear, Inc.

5966 La Place Court, Suite 100,
Carlsbad, California 92008
United States,
(760) 692-0711
www.maxlinear.com

MaxLinear is a provider of highly integrated radio-frequency analog and mixed signal semiconductor SoC solutions for broadband communications applications offering high levels of performance, small silicon die-size, and low power consumption. MaxLinear was founded in 2003 and is based in Carlsbad, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 5 2 - 1 - - 8
vol $1.3B $160M $1.4B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  8

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Silicon Motion Technology Corp. 2022-05-05 - Merger
Kowloon, China · www.siliconmotion.com
NanoSemi, Inc. 2020-09-09 10M USD Add-on Acquisition
Waltham, Massachusetts · www.nanosemitech.com
Intel Corp. - Home Gateway Platform Division 2020-04-06 150M USD Divestiture
Santa Clara, California
Exar Corp. 2017-03-29 700M USD Add-on Acquisition
Fremont, California · www.exar.com
Broadcom Corp - Wireless Backhaul Business 2016-05-09 80M USD Divestiture
Irvine, California
Microsemi Corp - Wireless Access Assets 2016-04-28 210M USD Divestiture
, United States
Entropic Communications, Inc. 2015-04-30 287M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Diego, California · www.entropic-communications.com
Physpeed Corp. 2014-10-06 11M USD Add-on Acquisition
Camarillo, California · www.physpeed.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Semiconductors 5 (63%) 1.1B (74%) - -
Technology Hardware 2 (25%) 360M (25%) - -
Software 1 (13%) 10M (1%) - -
Total 8 $1.4B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 7 1.4B - -
  California 5 1.2B - -
  Massachusetts 1 10M - -
China 1 - - -
Domestic 7 (88%) 1.4B (100%) - -
Cross-border 1 (13%) - - -
Total 8 $1.4B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
 1
BMO Capital Markets
 1
Legal Deals
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
 2

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 4 $1.3B
< $100M 3 $101M
TOTAL $1.4B
Largest Exar Corp.
$700M (2017-03-29)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
38%
3 (38%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Semiconductors

Revenue

693   39% 2023
1,120   26% 2022
892   87% 2021
479   52% 2020
317   18% 2019
385   9% 2018
420   9% 2017
388   30% 2016
300   126% 2015
133   12% 2014
119   22% 2013
98   2012
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Employees

1,759

Established

2003

Public

NASDAQ: MXL

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