Earnings summaries and quarterly performance for SYNAPTICS.
Executive leadership at SYNAPTICS.
Rahul Patel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ken Rizvi
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Lisa Bodensteiner
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Satish Ganesan
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Intelligent Sensing Division, and Chief Strategy Officer
Vikram Gupta
Senior Vice President and General Manager, IoT Processors, and Chief Product Officer
Board of directors at SYNAPTICS.
Research analysts who have asked questions during SYNAPTICS earnings calls.
Christopher Rolland
Susquehanna Financial Group
4 questions for SYNA
Kevin Cassidy
Rosenblatt Securities
4 questions for SYNA
Peter Peng
Evercore ISI
4 questions for SYNA
Sreekrishnan Sankarnarayanan
Wolfe Research, LLC
3 questions for SYNA
Jacob Grandstaff
Mizuho
1 question for SYNA
Jing Xiao Liu
Mizuho Securities
1 question for SYNA
Krish Sankar
TD Cowen
1 question for SYNA
Martin Yang
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
1 question for SYNA
Neil Young
Needham & Company
1 question for SYNA
Nick Doyle
Needham & Company
1 question for SYNA
Nicolas Doyle
Needham & Company, LLC
1 question for SYNA
Quinn Bolton
Needham & Company, LLC
1 question for SYNA
Recent press releases and 8-K filings for SYNA.
- Synaptics is focusing on the edge AI and IoT market, differentiating from data center AI by addressing latency, privacy, and user experience needs.
- The company's IoT business, currently at a $400 million annual run rate, has grown 50% year-over-year on a quarterly basis and is projected to grow 25%-30% over the next three to four years. This growth is driven by Wi-Fi 7 leadership and upcoming processor products with edge AI capabilities.
- Synaptics has a strategic partnership with Google, integrating Google's Coral NPU into its Astra family of products, and acquired Broadcom's Wi-Fi IP and 130 engineers to enhance its wireless connectivity offerings, providing a 18-24 month competitive advantage.
- In capital allocation, Synaptics prioritizes investing in high-growth segments like AI at the edge and core IoT, pursuing tuck-in M&A, and returning capital to shareholders, including $128 million in share repurchases in fiscal 2025 and a new $150 million authorization.
- The auto business, currently about 10% of total revenue, is expected to become a smaller portion, while the mobile segment sees market share gains in foldables, offering greater than 2x revenue per device.
- Synaptics is strategically focusing on edge AI for IoT systems and personal interface solutions, anticipating the current $15-$20 billion IoT silicon market to evolve into agentic AI IoT, driven by needs for lower latency, privacy, and enhanced user experience.
- The company projects a 25%-30% growth rate in its IoT business over the next three to four years, with current growth propelled by its Wi-Fi connectivity solutions and early traction in edge AI processors.
- Strategic initiatives include a deep partnership with Google for software ecosystem development and NPU integration , and licensing industry-leading Wi-Fi 7 and 8 technology from Broadcom until 2030 to differentiate its connected processor offerings.
- Synaptics prioritizes capital allocation towards investing in high-growth segments like AI at the edge and core IoT, pursuing tuck-in M&A, and returning capital to shareholders through share repurchases, including $128 million in fiscal 2025 and a new $150 million authorization.
- While the auto segment is becoming a smaller revenue contributor (currently ~10%), the company is gaining market share in the foldable phone market, which offers more than double the revenue opportunity per device compared to standard smartphones.
- Synaptics anticipates its IoT business, including AI at the edge, to grow at a 25%-30% annual rate over the next three to four years, building on a current annual run rate of $400 million.
- The company's growth is currently propelled by Wi-Fi 7 wireless connectivity and is expected to be further driven by its edge AI processor business in 2027, with products like the Astra family and semi-custom solutions reaching production scale.
- Synaptics maintains a deep partnership with Google, integrating Google's Coral NPU into its Astra family of products and emphasizing an open-source, developer-friendly platform for edge AI.
- Strategic investments include the acquisition of Broadcom's Wi-Fi IP and engineering talent, securing industry-leading wireless connectivity through Wi-Fi 8 generations beyond 2030.
- Capital allocation priorities include continued investment in higher-growth segments like AI at the edge and core IoT, alongside returning capital to shareholders, evidenced by a $150 million share repurchase authorization in July.
- Synaptics is focusing its growth engine on core IoT and AI at the edge, reporting that its core IoT business has grown 50%+ on a year-over-year basis for the last six to seven quarters.
- The company's new Astra far-edge AI processor began sampling in October and is expected to go GA in calendar year Q2 2026. This platform was developed in collaboration with Google, embedding their RISC-V NPU.
- Synaptics has long-term financial targets of 57% gross margin and 30% operating margins at $1.6 billion in sales, with current non-GAAP gross margins in the 53%-54% range.
- In its mobile touch products segment, the company's new Multi-frequency Touch Architecture enables entry into horizontal foldable phones, which could more than double content opportunity.
- Capital allocation priorities include investing in the business, strategic tuck-in M&A, and returning capital to shareholders, highlighted by a $150 million share repurchase program announced in July.
- Synaptics is focusing its growth engine on the Core IoT segment, particularly AI at the Edge, with this business growing over 50% year-over-year for the past six to seven quarters.
- The company's new Astra platform, a Far-Edge AI processor developed in collaboration with Google, began sampling in October and is expected to go General Availability (GA) in Calendar Year Q2 2026.
- Synaptics aims for long-term financial targets of 57% gross margin and 30% operating margins at $1.6 billion in sales, an increase from its recent non-GAAP gross margins of 53%-54%.
- Key growth opportunities include a new Multi-frequency Touch Architecture for Horizontal Foldable phones and an anticipated PC refresh in Calendar Year 2026. The company also prioritizes returning capital to shareholders, including a $150 million share repurchase program announced in July.
- Synaptics is focusing its growth engine on the core IoT segment, specifically AI at the edge, which has grown over 50% year-over-year for the last six to seven quarters.
- The company began sampling its new Astra far-edge AI processor in October and anticipates it will go GA in calendar year Q2 2026. This platform, developed in collaboration with Google, features an AI engine called Torque.
- Synaptics targets a long-term financial model of 57% gross margin and approximately 30% operating margins at $1.6 billion in sales.
- The company announced a $150 million share repurchase program in July 2025, having used $128 million for share repurchases in the prior year.
- Synaptics Incorporated and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. have formed a strategic engagement to advance Touch and Fingerprint Sensor Technology across the mobile and compute industries.
- The collaboration aims to integrate Synaptics Touch and Qualcomm 3D Sonic Fingerprint technologies for OLED displays and combine Synaptics’ AI-ready sensing with Qualcomm’s biometric security for AI PCs.
- This partnership is designed to simplify integration for OEMs, accelerate time to market, and enhance security and user experience in rapidly evolving mobile and PC ecosystems.
- The companies are targeting a market where flexible OLED display shipments are projected to grow from approximately 600 million units in 2025 to over 800 million units by 2030.
- Synaptics reported Q1 FY26 revenue of $293 million, an increase of 14% year-over-year.
- Core IoT revenue grew significantly to $104 million, marking a 74% year-over-year and 23% quarter-over-quarter increase.
- The company achieved Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.09, up 35% year-over-year, while GAAP loss per share was $0.53.
- Synaptics introduced its Astra™ Scalable Edge AI Processors and the Torq™ Edge AI Architecture, which integrates the Google Coral NPU.
- Synaptics reported Q1 fiscal year 2026 revenue of $292.5 million, a 14% increase year-over-year, driven by a 74% year-over-year growth in its Core IoT portfolio. Non-GAAP earnings per share were $1.09, up 35% year-over-year.
- The company launched its Tenaptics Astra Edge AI processors (SL2600 series), securing design wins with initial revenue contributions anticipated in the second half of calendar year 2026.
- For Q2 fiscal year 2026, Synaptics expects revenue of approximately $300 million at the midpoint, with non-GAAP EPS projected at $1.15 at the midpoint.
- Synaptics repurchased $7.2 million of its shares during Q1, with total repurchases reaching $15 million through the date of the document.
- The company is seeing strong customer traction in mobile touch with its next-generation touch controller for foldable OLED phones, expecting revenue contributions in the next fiscal year, with content in foldable phones more than double current smartphone designs.
- Synaptics reported Q1 fiscal year 2026 revenue of $292.5 million, a 14% year-over-year increase, and non-GAAP EPS of $1.09, up 35% year-over-year.
- The Core IoT portfolio was a primary growth driver, with revenue increasing 74% year-over-year and comprising 35% of total revenue.
- The company launched its next-generation Synaptics Astra edge AI processors (SL2600 series), with initial revenue contributions expected in the second half of calendar year 2026.
- For Q2 fiscal year 2026, Synaptics anticipates revenue of approximately $300 million and non-GAAP EPS of $1.15 per share at the midpoint of its guidance.
- Synaptics repurchased $7.2 million of its shares during Q1, contributing to a total of $15 million in share repurchases to date.
Quarterly earnings call transcripts for SYNAPTICS.
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