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Synaptics (SYNA) Competitors

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$66.53 -2.18 (-3.17%)
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SYNA vs. ADI, DIOD, LRCX, LSCC, MCHP, MKSI, NXPI, ON, POWI, and SLAB

Should you be buying Synaptics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synaptics include Analog Devices (ADI), Diodes (DIOD), Lam Research (LRCX), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Microchip Technology (MCHP), MKS (MKSI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), ON Semiconductor (ON), Power Integrations (POWI), and Silicon Laboratories (SLAB). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Synaptics vs. Its Competitors

Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) and Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Analog Devices has a net margin of 18.65% compared to Synaptics' net margin of 15.90%. Analog Devices' return on equity of 9.56% beat Synaptics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Synaptics15.90% 3.16% 1.68%
Analog Devices 18.65%9.56%6.99%

Analog Devices has higher revenue and earnings than Synaptics. Synaptics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Analog Devices, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Synaptics$959.40M2.67$125.60M$4.1316.11
Analog Devices$9.43B12.73$1.64B$3.6765.89

99.4% of Synaptics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.8% of Analog Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Synaptics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Analog Devices shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Synaptics has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Analog Devices has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Synaptics presently has a consensus price target of $93.75, suggesting a potential upside of 40.91%. Analog Devices has a consensus price target of $253.31, suggesting a potential upside of 4.76%. Given Synaptics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Synaptics is more favorable than Analog Devices.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Synaptics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Analog Devices
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, Analog Devices had 40 more articles in the media than Synaptics. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Analog Devices and 0 mentions for Synaptics. Analog Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Synaptics' score of 0.89 indicating that Analog Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Synaptics Positive
Analog Devices Positive

Summary

Analog Devices beats Synaptics on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SYNA vs. The Competition

MetricSynapticsELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.65B$38.58B$27.83B$9.03B
Dividend YieldN/A2.14%3.13%4.07%
P/E Ratio16.1145.9836.8920.03
Price / Sales2.6770.322,048.68108.98
Price / Cash25.9332.5934.7728.59
Price / Book1.795.117.245.55
Net Income$125.60M$528.96M$763.56M$248.49M
7 Day Performance2.64%-0.15%1.71%5.37%
1 Month Performance6.35%9.83%5.17%6.63%
1 Year Performance-23.48%27.36%52,368.03%21.20%

Synaptics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYNA
Synaptics
3.7009 of 5 stars
$66.53
-3.2%
$93.75
+40.9%
-21.1%$2.65B$959.40M16.111,716
ADI
Analog Devices
4.653 of 5 stars
$238.02
+0.4%
$251.75
+5.8%
+6.6%$118.12B$9.43B64.8624,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DIOD
Diodes
1.9567 of 5 stars
$52.89
+0.1%
$55.00
+4.0%
-21.2%$2.45B$1.31B96.168,593
LRCX
Lam Research
4.517 of 5 stars
$97.34
+0.1%
$93.97
-3.5%
-9.3%$124.51B$14.91B27.1317,450Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LSCC
Lattice Semiconductor
3.3996 of 5 stars
$48.96
-2.5%
$63.15
+29.0%
-15.2%$6.73B$509.40M132.321,110
MCHP
Microchip Technology
3.7347 of 5 stars
$70.37
-0.2%
$70.15
-0.3%
-21.5%$37.96B$4.40B-7,037.0021,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MKSI
MKS
4.7248 of 5 stars
$99.36
-0.8%
$130.82
+31.7%
-21.9%$6.70B$3.59B29.6610,200News Coverage
Insider Trade
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
4.9807 of 5 stars
$218.49
+0.7%
$244.78
+12.0%
-14.9%$55.20B$12.61B23.8034,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ON
ON Semiconductor
4.1783 of 5 stars
$52.41
-1.0%
$56.08
+7.0%
-22.6%$21.90B$7.08B36.4031,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
POWI
Power Integrations
4.7497 of 5 stars
$55.88
+0.2%
$74.67
+33.6%
-15.6%$3.15B$418.97M85.97830Positive News
SLAB
Silicon Laboratories
1.4179 of 5 stars
$147.36
-0.3%
$126.50
-14.2%
+36.8%$4.80B$584.39M-28.841,889News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:SYNA) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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