MaxLinear vs Silicon Laboratories
MXL and SLAB side by side, both in electronic components and accessories. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MXL and SLAB compare
Silicon Laboratories is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as MaxLinear ($7.4B against $5.5B).
MaxLinear grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (56.0% versus 21.3% for Silicon Laboratories).
Silicon Laboratories keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −2.3% compared with −4.4% at MaxLinear.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | MXL | SLAB |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.5B | $7.4B |
| Share price | $59.95 | $221.61 |
| Change, 1 year | 296% | 69.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −15.2% | 8.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 2.09 | 1.37 |
| Employees | 1,115 | 1,930 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 7 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 8.3× | 8.2× (better) |
| P/B | 10.2× | 6.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 148× | – |
| P/FCF | – | 1042× |
| FCF yield | −0.38% | 0.10% (better) |
| Fair value | $9.04 | $133.52 |
| Margin of safety | −563% | −66.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 56.0% (better) | 21.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −0.46% | 9.0% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 58.0% | 61.3% (better) |
| Operating margin | −0.92% (better) | −2.6% |
| Net margin | −4.4% | −2.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | −3.1% | 0.79% (better) |
| Return on equity | −5.9% | −1.9% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −0.88% (better) | −2.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.31 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.22 | – |
| Interest coverage | −0.6× (better) | −25.0× |
| Current ratio | 2.22 | 4.60 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 8.73 | 23.14 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | −0.10% | – |
| Shareholder yield | −0.10% | 0.00% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 82.0% | 93.2% |
| Held by insiders | 2.3% | 2.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$60.1M | −$4.2M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.2% | 5.2% |
Go deeper
- MXL stock overview
- MXL income statement
- MXL valuation and score
- SLAB stock overview
- SLAB income statement
- SLAB valuation and score
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