Key Points
- Insider sale: Vikram Gupta sold 1,548 shares on April 27 at an average price of $92.90 for $143,809.20 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, trimming his stake by 1.74% to 87,382 shares (about $8.12M), and he made several other sales earlier in February and April.
- Company and market context: SYNA shares opened down about 6% at $86.20, trading in a 52-week range of $53.17–$97.00 with a $3.34B market cap, after reporting a Q1 beat ($1.21 EPS vs $1.15 est) and 13.2% revenue growth; analysts hold a consensus "Moderate Buy" with an average target near $99.91 and Q3 2026 guidance of $0.85–1.15 EPS.
Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA - Get Free Report) insider Vikram Gupta sold 1,548 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.90, for a total transaction of $143,809.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 87,382 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,117,787.80. This trade represents a 1.74% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Vikram Gupta also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, April 20th, Vikram Gupta sold 1,548 shares of Synaptics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $80.95, for a total transaction of $125,310.60.
- On Wednesday, February 25th, Vikram Gupta sold 772 shares of Synaptics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $81.57, for a total transaction of $62,972.04.
- On Wednesday, February 18th, Vikram Gupta sold 772 shares of Synaptics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total transaction of $65,620.00.
Synaptics Stock Down 6.0%
Shares of SYNA opened at $86.20 on Wednesday. Synaptics Incorporated has a 52 week low of $53.17 and a 52 week high of $97.00. The firm has a market cap of $3.34 billion, a P/E ratio of -54.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.48 and a beta of 1.71. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $77.48 and its 200 day simple moving average is $76.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a current ratio of 2.93.
Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The software maker reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.06. Synaptics had a negative net margin of 5.41% and a positive return on equity of 4.77%. The business had revenue of $302.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $300.31 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.92 EPS. Synaptics's quarterly revenue was up 13.2% on a year-over-year basis. Synaptics has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.850-1.150 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that Synaptics Incorporated will post 1.18 earnings per share for the current year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
SYNA has been the topic of several recent research reports. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Synaptics from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, March 14th. Susquehanna raised their target price on shares of Synaptics from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a "positive" rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of Synaptics from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Craig Hallum reaffirmed a "hold" rating and set a $80.00 target price on shares of Synaptics in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "sell (d)" rating on shares of Synaptics in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $99.91.
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Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC increased its stake in Synaptics by 119.5% in the fourth quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 349 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares during the last quarter. Leonteq Securities AG bought a new position in Synaptics in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $43,000. 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 acquiring an additional 170 shares during the last quarter. 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 acquiring an additional 351 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Synaptics in the second quarter valued at approximately $54,000. 99.43% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
About Synaptics
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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.
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