93,703 Shares in Synaptics Incorporated $SYNA Bought by WINTON GROUP Ltd

WINTON GROUP Ltd bought a new position in shares of Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm bought 93,703 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $6,404,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of SYNA. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its stake in shares of Synaptics by 632.6% during the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 31,485 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $2,152,000 after buying an additional 27,187 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Synaptics in the 2nd quarter worth about $25,876,000. Icon Advisers Inc. Co. acquired a new stake in Synaptics in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,381,000. Inceptionr LLC acquired a new stake in Synaptics in the 2nd quarter valued at about $342,000. Finally, Fox Run Management L.L.C. purchased a new position in Synaptics during the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,200,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.43% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Synaptics

In other news, insider Vikram Gupta sold 772 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $81.57, for a total transaction of $62,972.04. Following the sale, the insider owned 95,996 shares in the company, valued at $7,830,393.72. This trade represents a 0.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Lisa Bodensteiner sold 576 shares of Synaptics stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.93, for a total value of $48,919.68. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 72,307 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,141,033.51. This represents a 0.79% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 3,844 shares of company stock valued at $310,609 over the last ninety days. 0.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Synaptics from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Craig Hallum reissued a “hold” rating and set a $80.00 price objective on shares of Synaptics in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Mizuho lifted their price objective on Synaptics from $94.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Wall Street Zen raised Synaptics from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. Finally, Oppenheimer reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of Synaptics in a 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 given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Synaptics currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $99.91.

Synaptics Price Performance

NASDAQ:SYNA opened at $74.44 on Tuesday. Synaptics Incorporated has a 12-month low of $41.80 and a 12-month high of $97.00. The firm has a market cap of $2.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -46.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 1.68. The company’s 50-day moving average is $83.80 and its two-hundred day moving average is $75.00. The company has a current ratio of 2.93, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60.

Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The software maker reported $1.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $302.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $300.31 million. Synaptics had a negative net margin of 5.41% and a positive return on equity of 4.77%. The company’s revenue was up 13.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.92 earnings per share. Synaptics has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.850-1.150 EPS. Research analysts expect that Synaptics Incorporated will post 0.96 EPS for the current year.

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.