R&D expense · 2011–2025

Maxlinear R&D expense

$209M−7.4% · FY2025

Maxlinear (MXL) reported $209M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −7.4% year on year.

$40.2M2011$46.5M2012$53.1M2013$56.6M2014$85.4M2015$97.7M2016$112M2017$120M2018$98.3M2019$180M2020$278M2021$296M2022$270M2023$225M2024$209M2025
Maxlinear — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$209M−7.4%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$225M−16.4%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$270M−9.1%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$296M+6.5%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$278M+54.7%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$180M+83.0%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$98.3M−18.1%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$120M+6.9%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$112M+14.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$97.7M+14.4%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$85.4M+50.8%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$56.6M+6.6%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$53.1M+14.4%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$46.5M+15.7%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$40.2M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +12.5%

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Wikipedia

{{cite web |title=Maxlinear R&D expense |url=https://companiesranked.com/en/company/maxlinear/research-and-development-expense |website=CompaniesRanked |date=2026-09-25 |language=en}}

APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-maxlinear-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Maxlinear R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/maxlinear/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001288469-26-000011 · January 29, 2026

{{cite web |title=Maxlinear R&D expense — 10-K (0001288469-26-000011) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288469/000128846926000011/mxl-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-01-29}}

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