Maxlinear, Inc cash flow statement

In fiscal 2025, Maxlinear, Inc's operations generated $19.6m of cash; it spent $12.6m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $7.0m. It returned $20.0m through buybacks.

Cash flow statement

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Maxlinear, Inc: cash flow statement, annual
Fiscal year	2009Dec 2009	2010Dec 2010	2011Dec 2011	2012Dec 2012	2013Dec 2013	2014Dec 2014	2015Dec 2015	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMSept 2026
Cash from operations	10	5	−7	8	13	12	55	117	75	103	78	74	168	389	43	−45	20	−7
Depreciation and amortisation	1	2	3	4	4	5	41	27	67	79	66	77	92	81	72	54	44	38
Stock-based pay	1	4	7	10	13	15	19	22	33	32	32	48	59	82	55	66	77	87
Capital spending	1	3	3	5	3	9	3	9	7	8	7	12	39	41	13	18	13	13
Free cash flow	8	2	−10	2	10	3	52	109	68	95	71	61	129	347	30	−63	7	−21
Free cash flow after stock pay	7	−2	−17	−7	−3	−12	33	87	35	63	39	14	70	266	−25	−129	−70	−108
Share buybacks	—	—	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	32	0	0	20	—
Shares issued	1	2	3	3	3	3	10	7	12	7	9	8	9	5	5	4	4	5

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Maxlinear, Inc: cash flow statement, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026	2026 Q3Sept 2026
Cash from operations	−28	−11	10	10	10	−9	5	−14
Depreciation and amortisation	12	11	6	6	16	11	6	5
Stock-based pay	19	23	13	22	20	20	27	20
Capital spending	2	2	1	6	4	1	2	6
Free cash flow	−30	−13	9	4	7	−10	2	−20
Free cash flow after stock pay	−49	−36	−4	−17	−13	−30	−25	−39
Shares issued	3	−0	2	0	1	0	4	0

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Free cash flow after stock pay also subtracts stock-based compensation, a real cost to shareholders that the cash flow statement adds back. Dividends, buybacks and shares issued are cash amounts for the period.

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Figures from Maxlinear, Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Maxlinear, Inc.