Lisa Bodensteiner Sells 576 Shares of Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) Stock

Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) insider Lisa Bodensteiner sold 576 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.93, for a total transaction of $48,919.68. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 72,307 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,141,033.51. The trade was a 0.79% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Lisa Bodensteiner also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, December 18th, Lisa Bodensteiner sold 336 shares of Synaptics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.83, for a total transaction of $25,478.88.
• On Tuesday, December 9th, Lisa Bodensteiner sold 7,182 shares of Synaptics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.68, for a total value of $565,079.76.

Synaptics Price Performance

Shares of Synaptics stock opened at $83.08 on Friday. Synaptics Incorporated has a 52 week low of $41.80 and a 52 week high of $97.00. The company has a current ratio of 2.93, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. The stock has a market cap of $3.22 billion, a PE ratio of -52.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.21 and a beta of 1.72. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $82.70 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $73.72.

Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The software maker reported $1.21 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 the consensus estimate of $300.31 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.92 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.2% on a year-over-year basis. Synaptics has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.850-1.150 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Synaptics Incorporated will post 0.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of SYNA. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Synaptics by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 3,216 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $238,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC boosted its stake in shares of Synaptics by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 8,724 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $646,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC raised its stake in shares of Synaptics by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 15,135 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,146,000 after acquiring an additional 134 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its holdings in Synaptics by 4.0% in the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 4,262 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $315,000 after purchasing an additional 163 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Optiver Holding B.V. boosted its position in Synaptics by 40.2% during the third quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. now owns 593 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 170 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.43% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently weighed in on SYNA. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Synaptics from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Mizuho raised their target price on shares of Synaptics from $94.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating and set a $100.00 price target on shares of Synaptics in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Synaptics in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Oppenheimer reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Synaptics in a research report on Tuesday, December 16th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $99.91.

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.