Vikram Gupta Sells 694 Shares of Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) Stock

Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) insider Vikram Gupta sold 694 shares of Synaptics stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.00, for a total transaction of $52,050.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 100,082 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,506,150. This trade represents a 0.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Vikram Gupta also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, December 12th, Vikram Gupta sold 694 shares of Synaptics stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.07, for a total transaction of $55,568.58.

Synaptics Trading Up 0.6%

SYNA stock opened at $74.12 on Friday. Synaptics Incorporated has a 1-year low of $41.80 and a 1-year high of $89.81. The company has a current ratio of 2.86, a quick ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The business’s 50 day moving average is $70.12 and its 200-day moving average is $68.13. The firm has a market cap of $2.89 billion, a P/E ratio of -63.90, a P/E/G ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 1.76.

Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The software maker reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $292.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $289.93 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. Synaptics’s quarterly revenue was up 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. Synaptics has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.000-1.300 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Synaptics Incorporated will post 0.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of SYNA. Nordea Investment Management AB acquired a new stake in shares of Synaptics during the second quarter worth $6,991,000. Norges Bank bought a new position in Synaptics during the second quarter worth about $25,876,000. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Synaptics during the 2nd quarter worth about $750,000. Inceptionr LLC bought a new stake in shares of Synaptics in the 2nd quarter valued at about $342,000. Finally, Icon Advisers Inc. Co. acquired a new stake in shares of Synaptics in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,381,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.43% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on SYNA shares. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Synaptics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $95.00 target price on shares of Synaptics in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. TD Cowen raised their price target on Synaptics from $80.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. Northland Capmk upgraded Synaptics to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft initiated coverage on Synaptics in a report on Thursday, September 11th. They set a “buy” rating and a $85.00 target price on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Synaptics currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $88.67.

About Synaptics

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.