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Synaptics Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Synaptics Inc had return on equity of -42.2% and a net margin of -41.0%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Jun 20102011Jun 20112012Jun 20122013Jun 20132014Jun 20142015Jun 20152016Jun 20162017Jun 20172018Jun 20182019Jun 20192020Jun 20202021Jun 20212022Jun 20222023Jun 20232024Jun 20242025Jun 20252026Jun 2026
Net margin10.3%10.7%9.9%14.9%4.9%6.5%4.3%2.8%−7.6%−1.6%8.9%5.9%14.8%5.4%13.1%−4.4%−41.0%
Return on equity18.5%20.4%14.7%21.5%7.6%14.8%9.6%6.7%−16.7%−3.3%16.1%8.9%23.1%5.9%9.3%−3.3%−42.2%
Return on assets12.8%14.7%10.9%16.0%5.5%8.7%5.1%3.8%−9.0%−1.6%7.7%4.1%10.1%2.7%4.6%−1.8%−20.9%
Effective tax rate12.1%13.2%21.0%2.8%37.3%31.1%4.5%19.9%——24.2%26.1%20.2%41.6%———
R&D as % of revenue16.8%17.5%21.5%21.8%20.3%17.2%18.7%17.0%22.3%23.3%22.7%23.4%21.1%25.9%35.1%32.3%31.9%
SG&A as % of revenue11.7%11.5%12.8%12.0%10.6%7.5%9.7%8.0%9.4%8.9%9.5%10.8%9.7%12.9%16.8%16.8%16.6%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · June 27, 2026
What it owns · $2.1bn
Short-term assets $787mLonger-term assets $1.3bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.1bn
Short-term liabilities $701mLonger-term liabilities $471mShareholders' equity $930m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $787m of assets due within a year against $701m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $787m short-term assets against $471m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $442m of cash against $837m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 90% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 92% to 90% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $149m of operating cash flow against $837m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Synaptics Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

52 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Synaptics's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 22.2% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Pricing power 10 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 45.2%, moving by 7.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 5.3%; its worst year was -10.6%.

  • Cash conversion 15 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 10.8% of revenue.

  • Discipline 7 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 12.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 6.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Synaptics Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Synaptics Inc.