SYNA vs. IMMR, IVAC, NTAP, WDC, QRVO, LSCC, RMBS, ENPH, CRUS, and ALGM
Should you be buying Synaptics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synaptics include Immersion (IMMR), Intevac (IVAC), NetApp (NTAP), Western Digital (WDC), Qorvo (QRVO), Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC), Rambus (RMBS), Enphase Energy (ENPH), Cirrus Logic (CRUS), and Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM).
Synaptics vs. Its Competitors
Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) and Immersion (NASDAQ:IMMR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Synaptics presently has a consensus price target of $93.75, suggesting a potential upside of 43.96%. Immersion has a consensus price target of $12.25, suggesting a potential upside of 53.53%. Given Immersion's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Immersion is more favorable than Synaptics.
99.4% of Synaptics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of Immersion shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Synaptics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.5% of Immersion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Immersion had 5 more articles in the media than Synaptics. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Immersion and 5 mentions for Synaptics. Synaptics' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Immersion's score of 0.72 indicating that Synaptics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Synaptics received 380 more outperform votes than Immersion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.03% of users gave Immersion an outperform vote while only 63.63% of users gave Synaptics an outperform vote.
Synaptics has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Immersion has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Synaptics has higher revenue and earnings than Immersion. Immersion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synaptics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Synaptics has a net margin of 16.73% compared to Immersion's net margin of 11.79%. Immersion's return on equity of 28.08% beat Synaptics' return on equity.
Summary
Synaptics beats Immersion on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:SYNA) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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