Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) Receives $87.88 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Shares of Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) have earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the fourteen ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have given a hold recommendation, nine have given a buy recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $88.6667.

Several analysts recently commented on SYNA shares. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $85.00 target price on shares of Synaptics in a report on Friday, November 7th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Synaptics in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $95.00 price objective on shares of Synaptics in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Northland Capmk upgraded shares of Synaptics to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Synaptics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday.

Synaptics Price Performance

SYNA stock opened at $73.41 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.86 billion, a P/E ratio of -63.28, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 1.76. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $70.42 and a 200-day moving average price of $68.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 2.31 and a current ratio of 2.86. Synaptics has a 52-week low of $41.80 and a 52-week high of $89.81.

Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The software maker reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.06 by $0.03. Synaptics had a positive return on equity of 4.35% and a negative net margin of 4.08%.The firm had revenue of $292.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $289.93 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.81 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Synaptics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.000-1.300 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Synaptics will post 0.96 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Synaptics news, insider Vikram Gupta sold 694 shares of Synaptics stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.00, for a total value of $52,050.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 100,082 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,506,150. The trade was a 0.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Lisa Bodensteiner sold 7,182 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.68, for a total value of $565,079.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 75,542 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,943,644.56. This trade represents a 8.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 8,906 shares of company stock valued at $698,177. Corporate insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Synaptics

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Quarry LP lifted its position in shares of Synaptics by 220.0% during the 1st quarter. Quarry LP now owns 528 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 363 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp grew its holdings in Synaptics by 443.1% in the second quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 630 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 514 shares during the period. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in Synaptics by 143.9% in the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 595 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 351 shares in the last quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. increased its stake in Synaptics by 40.2% in the third quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. now owns 593 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 170 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Signaturefd LLC raised its holdings in shares of Synaptics by 480.3% during the second quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 708 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 586 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.43% of the company’s stock.

Synaptics Company Profile

Synaptics Incorporated is a global developer and supplier of human interface solutions for computing, networking, communications, and entertainment devices. The company specializes in the design, development and integration of custom chips and software that enable intuitive, natural user interactions. Synaptics solutions support touch, display, audio and biometrics functions, facilitating seamless human-to-machine interfaces across a broad range of end markets.

Key product offerings include touch controllers for laptops and tablets, capacitive touchscreens and display drivers for mobile devices, fingerprint sensors and secure authentication modules, as well as advanced audio processing and voice enhancement technologies.