Invesco Distributors, Inc., an investment management firm, released its “Invesco Small Cap Value Fund” third quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the third quarter, the fund underperformed the benchmark due to stock selection and an overweight in industrials. A lack of exposure to real estate also detracted from relative performance. In addition, you can check the fund’s top 5 holdings to determine its best picks for 2024.
Invesco Small Cap Value Fund highlighted stocks like MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL) in the third quarter 2024 investor letter. MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL) is a global provider of communications systems-on-chip solutions. The one-month return of MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL) was 23.25%, and its shares lost 16.13% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On December 18, 2024, MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL) stock closed at $19.40 per share with a market capitalization of $1.637 billion.
Invesco Small Cap Value Fund stated the following regarding MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL) in its Q3 2024 investor letter:
“MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL): The company is a semiconductor designer for broadband internet, wifi, data center and industrial applications. The stock price fell after the company reported weaker-than-expected earnings and revenues due to customer inventory destocking and weak end market demand.”
A scientist in a lab examining a prototype RF chip for broadband radio transceiver front ends.
MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL) is not on our list of 31 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 18 hedge fund portfolios held MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL) at the end of the third quarter which was 17 in the previous quarter. MaxLinear, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:MXL) third quarter sales of $81.1 million and non-GAAP gross margin of 58.7% were just above the midpoint of guidance. While we acknowledge the potential of MaxLinear, Inc. (NASDAQ:MXL) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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