MaxLinear Inc.

10/23/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/23/2025 14:12

Quarterly Report for Quarter Ending September 30, 2025 (Form 10-Q)

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward-Looking Statements
The following discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of our operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled "Risk Factors" included in Part II, Item 1A in this report.
Overview
We are a provider of communications systems-on-chips, or SoCs, solutions used in broadband, mobile and wireline infrastructure, data center, and industrial and multi-market applications. We are a fabless integrated circuit design company whose products integrate all or substantial portions of a high-speed communication system, including radio frequency, or RF, high-performance analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, security engines, data compression and networking layers, and power management. Our ability to design analog and mixed-signal circuits in complementary metal-oxide-semiconductors, or CMOS, allows us to efficiently combine analog functionality and complex digital signal processing logic in the same integrated circuit. As a result, we believe our solutions have exceptional levels of functional integration and performance, low manufacturing cost, and reduced power consumption versus competition. These solutions also enable shorter design cycles, significant design flexibility and low system-level cost across a range of markets.
Our customers primarily include electronics distributors, module makers, original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, and original design manufacturers, or ODMs, which incorporate our products in a wide range of electronic devices. Examples of such devices include radio transceivers and modems for 4G/5G base-station and backhaul infrastructure; optical transceivers targeting hyperscale data centers; Wi-Fi and wireline routers for home networking; broadband modems compliant with Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications, or DOCSIS, passive optical network, or PON, and digital subscriber line, or DSL; as well as power management and interface products used in these and many other markets.
In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, net revenue was $331.2 million, which was derived in part from sales of RF receivers and RF receiver SOC and connectivity solutions into broadband operator voice and data modems and gateways and connectivity adapters, global analog and digital RF receiver products, radio and modem solutions into wireless carrier access and backhaul infrastructure platforms, high-speed optical interconnect solutions sold into optical modules for data-center, metro and long-haul networks, and high-performance interface and power management solutions into a broad range of communications, industrial, automotive and multi-market applications. We are currently experiencing growth in sales demand across our broadband, connectivity and infrastructure end markets driven by new product wins and market growth along with a recovery from excess inventory in the channels. Geopolitical tensions and changing trade policies, including escalating tariffs between the United States and China, and other countries, continue to influence the semiconductor industry as well as the global economy. We continue to develop and innovate with new products for new solutions in advanced semiconductor process nodes such as 16nm and 5nm and beyond, while addressing opportunities capturing and processing high quality broadband communications and high-speed optical interconnect signals.
Products shipped to Asia accounted for 81% and 72% of net revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, including 48% from products shipped to Hong Kong and 12% from products shipped to Vietnam during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 37% from products shipped to Hong Kong during nine months ended September 30, 2024. Although a large percentage of our products is shipped to Asia, we believe that a significant number of the systems designed by these customers and incorporating our semiconductor products are then sold outside Asia. For example, revenue generated from sales of our products during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 related principally to sales to Asian ODMs and contract manufacturers delivering products into European and North American markets. To date, all of our sales have been denominated in United States dollars.
A significant portion of our net revenue has historically been generated by a limited number of customers through sales of our products. Sales of products to customers comprise both direct sales to customers and indirect sales through distributors. In the three months ended September 30, 2025, two customers accounted for 29% of our net revenue, and our ten largest customers collectively accounted for 69% of our net revenue. In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, two customers accounted for 30% of our net revenue, and our ten largest customers collectively accounted for 67% of our net revenue. For certain customers, we sell multiple products into disparate end user applications such as PON outdoor units, or PON ODUs, Wi-Fi routers, broadband gateways, and cable modems.
Our business depends on winning competitive bid selection processes, known as design wins, to develop integrated circuits for use in our customers' products. These selection processes are typically lengthy, and as a result, our sales cycles will vary based on the specific market served, whether the design win is with an existing or a new customer and whether our product being designed in our customer's device is a first generation or subsequent generation product. Our customers' products can be complex and, if our engagement results in a design win, can require significant time to move into volume production. Because the sales cycle for our products is long, we can incur significant design and development expenditures in circumstances where we do not ultimately recognize any revenue. We do not have any long-term purchase commitments with any of our customers, all of whom purchase our products on a purchase order basis. Once one of our products is incorporated into a customer's design, however, we believe that our product is likely to remain a component of the customer's product for its life cycle because of the time and expense associated with redesigning the product or substituting an alternative chip. Product life cycles in our target markets will vary by application. For example, in the broadband data modem and gateway sectors, a design-in can have a product life cycle of 24 to 60 months. In the industrial and wired and wireless infrastructure markets, a design-in can have a product life cycle of 24 to 84 months and beyond.
Terminated Silicon Motion Merger
On May 5, 2022, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger, or the Merger Agreement, with Silicon Motion Technology Corporation, or Silicon Motion, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the Law of the Cayman Islands, pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, we agreed to acquire Silicon Motion pursuant to a statutory merger of Shark Merger Sub, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MaxLinear, with and into Silicon Motion, with Silicon Motion surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of MaxLinear. Silicon Motion is a provider of NAND flash controllers for solid state drives and other solid state storage devices.
On July 26, 2023, we terminated the Merger Agreement and notified Silicon Motion that we were relieved of our obligations to close because, among other reasons, (i) certain conditions to closing set forth in the Merger Agreement were not satisfied and were incapable of being satisfied, (ii) Silicon Motion had suffered a Material Adverse Effect that was continuing, (iii) Silicon Motion was in material breach of representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements in the Merger Agreement that gave rise to the right of the Company to terminate, and (iv) in any event, the First Extended Outside Date had passed and was not automatically extended because certain conditions in Article 6 of the Merger Agreement were not satisfied or waived as of May 5, 2023. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, MaxLinear was not required to pay a break-up fee or other fee as a result of the termination of the Merger Agreement on these grounds. On August 16, 2023, Silicon Motion delivered a notice to us, which Silicon Motion publicly disclosed, that it was purporting to terminate the Merger Agreement and that Silicon Motion would be commencing an arbitration to seek damages from us arising from our alleged breaches of the Merger Agreement. Undefined capitalized terms in this paragraph have the same meaning as in the Merger Agreement.
On October 5, 2023, Silicon Motion filed a Notice of Arbitration with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre alleging that we breached the Merger Agreement. See Part II, Item 1 (Legal Proceedings) of this report for more information on legal proceedings related to the termination of the Merger Agreement.
Restructuring
In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we incurred $24.7 million in restructuring costs which included $17.2 million in charges under contracts associated with computer-aided design, or CAD, software licenses, which we ceased using during the period, and $6.3 million in severance costs and related expenses and $1.2 million from exiting facilities in connection with a workforce reduction.
We may also incur other charges or cash expenditures not currently contemplated due to events that may occur as a result of, or associated with, our restructuring plans.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements which are prepared in accordance with accounting principles that are generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We continually evaluate our estimates and judgments, the most critical of which are those related to business combinations, revenue recognition, inventory valuation, production masks, goodwill and other intangible assets valuation, and income taxes. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Materially different results can occur as circumstances change and additional information becomes known.
We believe that accounting estimates we have identified as critical involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity than our other accounting estimates. Accordingly, those are the policies we believe are the most critical to understanding and evaluating our consolidated financial condition and results of operations.
For a summary of our critical accounting policies and estimates, refer to Management's Discussion and Analysis section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on January 29, 2025, or our Annual Report. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for recently adopted accounting pronouncements as of the date of this report, if any.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted as of the date of this report, if any.
Results of Operations
The following describes the line items set forth in our unaudited consolidated statements of operations.
Net Revenue.Net revenue is generated from sales of radio-frequency, analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits and intellectual property for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications, as well as patent and intellectual property licenses. A significant portion of our sales are to distributors, who then resell our products.
Cost of Net Revenue.Cost of net revenue includes the cost of finished silicon wafers processed by third-party foundries; costs associated with our outsourced packaging and assembly, test and shipping; costs of personnel, including salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation; equipment associated with manufacturing support, logistics and quality assurance; amortization of acquired developed technology and purchased licensed technology intangible assets; inventory fair value adjustments, if any; amortization of certain production mask costs and CAD software license costs; cost of production load boards and sockets; and an allocated portion of our occupancy costs.
Research and Development.Research and development, or R&D, expense includes personnel-related expenses, including salaries and benefits and stock-based compensation, new product engineering mask costs, prototype integrated circuit packaging and test costs, CAD software license costs, intellectual property license costs, reference design development costs, development testing and evaluation costs, depreciation expense, and allocated occupancy costs, partially offset by income from joint R&D projects and/or governmental R&D grants, if any. Research and development activities include the design of new products, refinement of existing products and design of test methodologies to ensure compliance with required specifications. All research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Income from joint R&D projects and governmental R&D grants are reflected as a credit to research and development expense when such income has been earned and any contingencies associated with retaining such income have been resolved.
Selling, General and Administrative.Selling, general and administrative expense includes personnel-related expenses, including salaries and benefits and stock-based compensation, amortization of certain acquired intangible assets, merger, acquisition and integration costs, if any, third-party sales commissions, field application engineering support, travel costs, professional and consulting fees, legal fees, depreciation expense and allocated occupancy costs.
Restructuring Charges. Restructuring charges consist of severance, lease and leasehold impairment charges, and other charges related to restructuring plans.
Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net.Interest and other income (expense), net includes interest income, interest expense and other income (expense). Interest income consists of interest earned on our cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash balances. Interest expense consists of interest accrued on debt and amortization of discounts on debt and other liabilities. Other income (expense) generally consists of income (expense) generated from non-operating transactions.
Income Tax Provision (Benefit).We make certain estimates and judgments in determining income taxes for financial statement purposes. These estimates and judgments occur in the calculation of certain tax assets and liabilities, which arise from differences in the timing of recognition of revenue and expenses for tax and financial statement purposes and the realizability of assets in future years.
The following table sets forth our consolidated statement of operations data as a percentage of net revenue for the periods indicated:
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025 2024 2025 2024
Net revenue 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 %
Cost of net revenue 43 46 43 47
Gross profit 57 54 57 53
Operating expenses:
Research and development 43 65 47 65
Selling, general and administrative 38 37 36 37
Impairment losses - 2 - -
Restructuring charges 9 33 7 19
Total operating expenses 90 137 90 121
Loss from operations (33) (82) (34) (68)
Interest income 1 2 1 2
Interest expense (2) (3) (2) (3)
Other income (expense), net - (18) (2) (5)
Total other income (expense), net (2) (19) (3) (6)
Loss before income taxes (34) (102) (37) (74)
Income tax provision (benefit) 2 (8) - (4)
Net loss (36) % (93) % (37) % (70) %
Net Revenue
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025 2024 $ Change % Change 2025 2024 $ Change % Change
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Broadband $ 58,236 $ 32,275 $ 25,961 80 % $ 146,675 $ 87,157 $ 59,518 68 %
% of net revenue 46 % 40 % 44 % 32 %
Connectivity 18,968 12,726 6,242 49 % 59,944 35,700 24,244 68 %
% of net revenue 15 % 16 % 18 % 13 %
Infrastructure 40,343 23,046 17,297 75 % 101,613 87,436 14,177 16 %
% of net revenue 32 % 28 % 31 % 33 %
Industrial and multi-market 8,912 13,055 (4,143) (32) % 22,973 58,068 (35,095) (60) %
% of net revenue 7 % 16 % 7 % 22 %
Total net revenue $ 126,459 $ 81,102 $ 45,357 56 % $ 331,205 $ 268,361 $ 62,844 23 %
Net revenue increased $45.4 million to $126.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $81.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024, driven by increased demand in our broadband, connectivity, and infrastructure markets. The increase in broadband net revenue of $26.0 million was driven by increases in the volume of broadband SoC and cable data shipments in this category. The increase in connectivity net revenue of $6.2 million was driven by improvements in the volume of Wi-Fi and MoCA product shipments. The increase in infrastructure net revenue of $17.3 million was driven by increases in various infrastructure-focused products. The decrease in industrial and multi-market net revenue of $4.1 million was driven by decreased volume of shipments of high-performance analog products, much of which has end-market exposure in China markets. Price changes did not have a material impact to revenues period over period.
Net revenue increased $62.8 million to $331.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $268.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, due to increased demand in our broadband, connectivity and infrastructure markets, while demand in the industrial and multi-market category decreased. The increase in broadband net revenue of $59.5 million was driven by increases in the volume of broadband SoC and cable data shipments in this category. The increase in connectivity net revenue of $24.2 million was driven by improvements in the volume of Wi-Fi, ethernet, and MoCA product shipments. The increase in infrastructure net revenue of $14.2 million was driven by the increases in the volume of shipments of wireless backhaul, optical products, storage products and high-performance analog products, partially offset by decreases in intellectual property licensing revenue in this category. The decrease in industrial and multi-market net revenue of $35.1 million was driven by decreased volume of shipments of high-performance analog and component products in this category. Price changes did not have a material impact to revenues period over period.
We currently expect that revenue will fluctuate in the future, from period-to-period, consistent with the cyclical nature of our industry.
Cost of Net Revenue and Gross Profit
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025 2024 $ Change % Change 2025 2024 $ Change % Change
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Cost of net revenue $ 54,558 $ 37,022 $ 17,536 47 % $ 143,948 $ 124,827 $ 19,121 15 %
% of net revenue 43 % 46 % 43 % 47 %
Gross profit 71,901 44,080 27,821 63 % 187,257 143,534 43,723 30 %
% of net revenue 57 % 54 % 57 % 53 %
Cost of net revenue increased $17.5 million to $54.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $37.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase was driven by an increase in the volume of sales as described above. Gross profit percentage improved for the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, also due to a decrease in intangible asset amortization.
Cost of net revenue increased $19.1 million to $143.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $124.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase was driven by an increase in the
volume of sales as described above. Gross profit percentage improved for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, also due to decrease in intangible asset amortization.
We currently expect that gross profit percentage will fluctuate in the future, from period-to-period, based on changes in product mix, average selling prices, and average manufacturing costs.
Research and Development
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025 2024 $ Change % Change 2025 2024 $ Change % Change
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Research and development $ 54,252 $ 52,604 $ 1,648 3 % $ 156,908 $ 173,911 $ (17,003) (10) %
% of net revenue 43 % 65 % 47 % 65 %
Research and development expense increased $1.6 million to $54.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $52.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase was driven by increases in bonuses of $9.2 million and stock-based compensation of $2.3 million. These increases were partially offset by decreases in payroll and benefits expense of $4.9 million, CAD software license costs of $2.8 million, and consulting, prototype, occupancy and other miscellaneous expenses of $2.2 million. The increase in stock-based compensation is due to incremental grants made to employees for retention purposes. The increase in bonuses is due to improved financial performance over the prior period.
Research and development expense decreased $17.0 million to $156.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $173.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease was driven by decreases in payroll and benefits expense of $18.7 million, CAD software license costs of $7.8 million, consulting expenses of $3.5 million, the impact of an increase to income from joint R&D projects and government grants of $2.8 million, offset against R&D expense, and occupancy, supplies, outside services and other miscellaneous expenses of $2.7 million. These decreases were partially offset by increases in bonuses of $14.4 million and stock-based compensation of $4.1 million. The amount of income from research and development funded by others varies from period to period depending on availability of such funding, including governmental grants. The increase in bonuses is due to improved performance over the prior period. The increase in stock-based compensation is due to incremental grants made to employees for retention purposes.
We have reduced our research and development spending to align with current project demands and expect our research and development expenses to increase in future years as we develop products to drive future growth.
Selling, General and Administrative
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025 2024 $ Change % Change 2025 2024 $ Change % Change
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Selling, general and administrative $ 47,674 $ 30,154 $ 17,520 58 % $ 117,624 $ 100,242 $ 17,382 17 %
% of net revenue 38 % 37 % 36 % 37 %
Selling, general and administrative expense increased $17.5 million to $47.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $30.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The increase was driven by increases in professional fees of $8.0 million, stock-based compensation of $6.3 million, and bonus expense of $4.5 million. The increase in professional fees is mainly due to higher legal fees related to the ongoing litigation. The increase in stock-based compensation is attributable to incremental grants made to employees for retention purposes in the fourth quarter of 2024 as well as improved financial performance relative to baseline metrics under performance-based awards over the prior period. The increase in bonuses is also due to improved financial performance over the prior period. These increases were partially offset by decreases in outside services, payroll and other miscellaneous expenses of $1.2 million.
Selling, general and administrative expense increased $17.4 million to $117.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to $100.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase was driven by increases in professional fees of $10.7 million, bonuses of $7.4 million, and stock-based compensation of $6.1 million. The increase in professional fees is mainly due to higher legal fees related to the ongoing litigation. The increase in stock-based compensation is attributable to incremental grants made to employees for retention purposes. The increase in bonuses is due to
improved financial performance over the prior period. These increases were partially offset by decreases payroll and other benefits of $3.9 million and miscellaneous expenses of $3.0 million, which include commissions, outside services, consulting, and amortization of intangibles, and are attributable to cost reduction measures and timing of project completion.
Our selling, general and administrative expenses have increased over the prior year due to the unique factors described above, while certain costs within such expenses have been reduced via our cost reduction measures. We expect selling, general and administrative expenses to increase in future years when we return to growing our sales and marketing organization to expand into existing and new markets.
Impairment losses
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025 2024 $ Change % Change 2025 2024 $ Change % Change
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Impairment losses $ - $ 1,237 $ (1,237) (100) % $ - $ 1,237 $ (1,237) (100) %
% of net revenue - % 2 % - % - %
Impairment losses were $1.2 million and $1.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. The impairment losses were attributable to abandonment of certain purchased licensed technology.
Restructuring Charges
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025 2024 $ Change % Change 2025 2024 $ Change % Change
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Restructuring charges $ 11,264 $ 26,828 $ (15,564) (58) % $ 24,723 $ 50,323 $(25,600) (51) %
% of net revenue 9 % 33 % 7 % 19 %
Restructuring charges decreased $15.6 million to $11.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $26.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Restructuring charges for the three months ended September 30, 2025 included $10.9 million in charges under contracts associated with CAD tool licenses which we ceased using.
Restructuring charges decreased $25.6 million to $24.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to $50.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Restructuring charges for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 included $17.2 million in charges under contracts associated with CAD tool licenses which we ceased using, and $6.3 million in employee severance and related charges and $1.2 million in charges related to reduction of space leased for office facilities in connection with a workforce reduction.
Interest and Other Income (Expense)
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025 2024 $ Change % Change 2025 2024 $ Change % Change
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Interest and other income (expense), net $ (2,099) $ (15,755) $ 13,656 (87) % $ (11,093) $ (15,716) $ 4,623 (29) %
% of net revenue (2) % (19) % (3) % (6) %
Interest and other income (expense), net changed by $13.7 million from expense of $15.8 million in the three months ended September 30, 2024 to expense of $2.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025. The change was driven by various factors, including impairment of privately held investments and notes receivables of $12.3 million that occurred in the prior year, and currency exchange gains resulting in an increase in other income (expense) of $2.1 million, partially offset by a decrease in interest income of $0.8 million due to lower average interest-bearing cash balances and decreased interest rates.
Interest and other income (expense), net changed by $4.6 million from expense of $15.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 to expense of $11.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The change was driven by various factors, including impairment of privately held investments and notes receivables of $12.3 million that occurred in the prior year, and a decrease in interest expense of $0.4 million due to decreased interest rates, partially offset by currency exchange losses resulting in a decrease in other income (expense) of $4.7 million, a decrease in interest income of $2.8 million due to lower average interest-bearing cash balances and decreased interest rates, and a decrease in gain on sales of investments of $0.6 million that occurred in the prior year.
Income Tax Provision (Benefit)
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025 2024 $ Change % Change 2025 2024 $ Change % Change
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Income tax provision (benefit) $ 2,097 $ (6,713) $ 8,810 (131) % $ (1,307) $ (10,535) $ 9,228 (88) %
The income tax provision for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was $2.1 million compared to an income tax benefit of $6.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
The income tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $1.3 million compared to an income tax benefit of $10.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
The difference between our effective tax rate and the 21.0% U.S. federal statutory rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 primarily related to the mix of pre-tax income among jurisdictions, permanent tax items, stock based compensation, and the impact of the valuation allowance against the Company's Singapore deferred tax assets.
The difference between our effective tax rate and the 21.0% U.S. federal statutory rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 primarily related to the mix of pre-tax income among jurisdictions, permanent tax items, and stock based compensation.
We continue to maintain a valuation allowance to offset state and certain federal and foreign deferred tax assets, as realization of such assets does not meet the more-likely-than-not threshold required under accounting guidelines. In making such determination, we consider all available positive and negative evidence quarterly, including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies, and recent financial performance. Based upon our review of all positive and negative evidence, we continue to have a valuation allowance on state deferred tax assets, certain federal deferred tax assets, and certain foreign deferred tax assets in jurisdictions where we have cumulative losses or otherwise are not expected to utilize certain tax attributes. We do not incur income tax expense or benefit in certain tax-free jurisdictions in which we operate.
Our subsidiary in Singapore operates under certain tax incentives in Singapore, which are effective through March 2027. Under these incentives, qualifying income derived from certain sales of our integrated circuits is taxed at a concessionary rate over the incentive period. We also receive a reduced withholding tax rate on certain intercompany royalty payments made by our Singapore subsidiary during the incentive period. During the quarter ended December 31, 2024, we recorded a full valuation allowance against our Singapore deferred tax assets. Due to this Singapore valuation allowance position, no income tax provision was recorded in Singapore for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. We recorded income taxes in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 at the incentive rate. The incentives are conditional upon our meeting certain minimum employment and investment thresholds within Singapore over time, and we may be required to return certain tax benefits in the event we do not achieve compliance related to that incentive period. We currently believe that we will be able to satisfy these conditions without material risk.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents of $111.9 million, restricted cash of $1.4 million and net accounts receivable of $52.9 million. Additionally, as of September 30, 2025, our working capital, which we define as current assets less current liabilities, was $100.6 million. Financial instruments, which potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. Collateral is generally not required for customer receivables. We limit our exposure to credit loss by placing our cash with high credit quality financial institutions. At times, such deposits may be in excess of insured limits. We have not experienced any losses on our deposits of cash and cash equivalents.
Our primary uses of cash are to fund operating expenses and purchases of inventory, property and equipment, and from time to time, the acquisition of businesses. In May 2022, we entered into the Merger Agreement to acquire Silicon Motion. However, on July 26, 2023, we terminated the Merger Agreement and were relieved of our obligations to close.
From time to time, we may also use cash to pay down outstanding debt and/or make investments. As of September 30, 2025, $125.0 million of principal was outstanding under a senior secured term B loan facility or the "Initial Term Loan under the June 23, 2021 Credit Agreement." The Company also has available, subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement, a senior secured revolving credit facility, in an aggregate principal amount of up to $100.0 million which remained undrawn as of September 30, 2025. The proceeds of the revolving facility may be used to finance the working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries.
We could be subject to substantial variable interest rate risk because our interest rate under term loans typically vary based on a fixed margin over an indexed rate or an adjusted base rate. While we had been mitigating the impact of high interest rates with large amounts of prepayments on our outstanding debt, if interest rates were to further increase substantially, it could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and could affect our ability to service the indebtedness. Please refer to the Risk Factor entitled "As of September 30, 2025, our aggregate indebtedness was $125.0 million, and we are subject to a variable amount of interest on the principal balance of our credit agreements and could continue to be adversely impacted by high interest rates in the future. Such indebtedness adversely affects our operating results and cash-flows as we satisfy our underlying interest and principal payment obligations and contains financial and operational covenants that could adversely affect our operational freedom or ability to pursue strategic transactions that we would otherwise consider to be in the best interests of stockholders, including obtaining additional indebtedness to finance such transactions. In addition, high interest rates may make it more difficult for us, our customers, and our distributors to obtain financing and service our respective interest and debt obligations, which in turn has an impact on customer demand for our products and our distributors'business" for a discussion of how our indebtedness could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and capital resources.
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including changes in revenue, the expansion or contraction of our engineering, sales and marketing activities, the timing and extent of our expansion into new territories, the timing of introductions of new products and enhancements to existing products, the continuing market acceptance of our products, any damages from legal proceedings related to the termination of the Merger Agreement with Silicon Motion or any alleged breaches of the Merger Agreement that we are required to pay, or any amounts we agree to pay in any settlement and any other potential material investments in, or acquisitions of, complementary businesses, services or technologies. Additional funds may not be available on terms favorable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional funds when needed, we may not be able to sustain our operations or execute our strategic plans.
Our cash and cash equivalents are impacted by the timing of when we pay expenses as reflected in the change in our outstanding accounts payable and accrued expenses. Cash used to fund operating expenses in our consolidated statements of cash flows excludes the impact of non-cash items such as, but not limited to, amortization and depreciation of acquired intangible assets and leased right-of-use assets and property and equipment, stock-based compensation, and any impairment of assets. Cash used to fund capital purchases and acquisitions of businesses and investments are included in investing activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. Cash paid to satisfy minimum tax withholdings on behalf of employees for restricted stock units, cash proceeds from issuance of common stock and debt, and cash used to pay down outstanding debt, if any, are included in financing activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows.
As of September 30, 2025, our material cash requirements include long-term debt, non-cancelable operating leases, inventory purchase obligations and other obligations, which primarily consist of contractual payments due for CAD software licenses, as follows:
Payments due
Total Less than 1 year 1-3 years 3-5 years More than 5 years
(in thousands)
Long-term debt obligations $ 125,000 $ - $ 125,000 $ - $ -
Operating lease obligations 23,377 2,848 16,370 4,159 -
Purchase obligations 75,283 37,142 38,141 - -
Other obligations 45,723 7,994 32,553 1,739 3,437
Total $ 269,383 $ 47,984 $ 212,064 $ 5,898 $ 3,437
Total inventory purchase and other contractual obligations increased from $106.5 million as of December 31, 2024 to $121.0 million as of September 30, 2025 driven by increased sales demand which resulted in incremental purchase orders.
Our planned capital expenditures as of September 30, 2025 were not material. Our consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2025 included $4.2 million in other long-term liabilities for uncertain tax positions, some of which may result in cash payment and $15.0 million received from other parties for jointly funded research and development projects which will be recognized into income when the contingencies associated with the repayment conditions have been resolved. The future payments related to uncertain tax positions recorded as other long-term liabilities have not been presented in the table above due to the uncertainty of the amounts and timing of cash settlement with the taxing authorities.
Our primary sources of cash are cash receipts on accounts receivable from our shipment of products to distributors and direct customers. Aside from the amounts billed to our customers, net cash collections of accounts receivable are impacted by the efficiency of our cash collections process, which can vary from period to period depending on the payment cycles of our major distributor customers, and relative linearity of shipments period-to-period.
The June 23, 2021 Credit Agreement, under which we entered into a senior secured term B loan facility and a revolving credit facility, permits us to request incremental loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the sum of an amount equal to the greater of (x) $175.0 million and (y) 100% of "Consolidated EBITDA" (as defined in such agreement), plus the amount of certain voluntary prepayments, plus an unlimited amount that is subject to pro forma compliance with certain first lien net leverage ratio, secured net leverage ratio and total net leverage ratio tests.
The following is a summary of our working capital, cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash for the periods indicated:
September 30, 2025 December 31, 2024
(in thousands)
Working capital $ 100,581 $ 141,158
Cash and cash equivalents $ 111,859 $ 118,575
Short-term restricted cash 1,380 1,003
Long-term restricted cash 24 25
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash $ 113,263 $ 119,603
We believe that our $111.9 million of cash and cash equivalents at September 30, 2025 will be sufficient to fund our projected operating requirements for at least the next twelve months. As of September 30, 2025, our indebtedness totaled $125.0 million, which consists of outstanding principal under the Initial Term Loan under the June 23, 2021 Credit Agreement. The June 23, 2021 Credit Agreement also provides the Company with the Revolving Facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $100.0 million, which remained undrawn as of September 30, 2025. The June 23, 2021 Credit Agreement was amended on June 29, 2023 to implement a benchmark replacement of SOFR for LIBOR. The Initial Term Loan under the June 23, 2021 Credit Agreement has a seven-year term expiring in June 2028 and subsequent to the benchmark replacement amendment, bears interest, at the Company's option, at a per annum rate equal to either (i) a base rate equal to the highest of (x) the federal funds rate, plus 0.50%, (y) the prime rate then in effect and (z) an adjusted SOFR rate determined on the basis of a one-month interest period plus 1.00%, in each case, plus an applicable margin of 1.25% or (ii) an adjusted SOFR rate, subject to a floor of 0.50%, plus an applicable margin of 2.25%. Loans under the Revolving Facility initially bear interest, at a per annum
rate equal to either (i) a base rate (as calculated above) plus an applicable margin of 0.00%, or (ii) an adjusted SOFR rate (as calculated above) plus an applicable margin of 1.00%. Following delivery of financial statements for the Company's fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2021, the applicable margin for loans under the Revolving Facility ranges from 0.00% to 0.75% in the case of base rate loans and 1.00% to 1.75% in the case of SOFR rate loans, in each case, depending on the Company's secured net leverage ratio as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter. The Company is required to pay commitment fees ranging from 0.175% to 0.25% per annum on the daily undrawn commitments under the Revolving Facility, depending on the Company's secured net leverage ratio as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter.
The following is a summary of our cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, investing activities and financing activities for the periods indicated:
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025 2024
(in thousands)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $ 9,213 $ (17,457)
Net cash used in investing activities (16,109) (20,448)
Net cash used in financing activities (46) (135)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 602 (824)
Decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash $ (6,340) $ (38,864)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was $9.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $17.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in operating cash flows was driven by increased revenues from increased volume of shipments of our products as a result of growth in customer demand for our broadband, connectivity, and infrastructure end markets (as discussed under the heading, "Results of Operations," above). Operating cash flows were also impacted by changes in our working capital, which decreased $40.8 million, in particular, in 2025, we made severance and other payments from workforce reductions of $11.2 million and against our price protection liability of $8.8 million.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Our use of cash in investing activities decreased by $4.3 million. Net cash used in investing activities was $16.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and consisted of purchases of property and equipment of $8.9 million, and purchases of intangible assets of $7.2 million.
Net cash used in investing activities was $20.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and consisted of purchases of property and equipment of $15.5 million, and purchases of intangible assets of $5.0 million.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Our use of cash in financing activities did not materially change and was substantially comprised of minimum tax withholding paid on behalf of employees for restricted stock units, partially offset by net proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plans for both periods.
Warranties and Indemnifications
In connection with the sale of products in the ordinary course of business, we often make representations affirming, among other things, that our products do not infringe on the intellectual property rights of others, and agree to indemnify customers against third-party claims for such infringement. Further, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws require us to indemnify our officers and directors against any action that may arise out of their services in that capacity, and we have also entered into indemnification agreements with respect to all of our directors and certain controlling persons.
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