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Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) was upgraded by KeyBanc Capital Markets after the firm's analysts met with the human interface developer's partners and competitors at CES 2018 in Las Vegas.
The Analyst
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KeyBanc analyst John Vinh upgraded shares of Synaptics from Sector Weight to Overweight with a $60 price target.
The Thesis
Synaptics' smart home opportunity — not only with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)(NASDAQ:GOOG), but also with Asian operators — is appreciable, Vinh said in a Thursday note. (See the analyst's track record here.)
The upgrade comes after KeyBanc met at CES with Synaptics supply partners and competitors, the analyst said.
Synaptics is well-positioned with in-display fingerprint sensing, given the limited competition, Vinh said.
The analyst saw a full reveal of Vivo's smartphone at CES with a demo of its sensor performance and said he's confident on follow-on design wins, as Vivo's smartphone uses a rigid display.
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Winning SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC (OTC:SSNLF) with the Note 9 looks less certain now, as Synaptics has chosen to come to the market with a Chinese OEM first, Vinh said. The analyst projects that Synaptics can bid and compete for the socket later this year.
Synaptics is less dependent on a single product opportunity than it has ever been, and therefore can return to growth and achieve $2 billion by 2020.
KeyBanc raised its estimates for Synaptics, a move Vinh said reflects the firm's increased confidence in the company's ability to return to growth; in-display fingerprint sensing; a chip on film DDIC opportunity at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and other OEMs; and smart home and IoT.
The Price Action
Synaptics shares have lost about 20 percent over the past year.
The stock was up 11.34 percent at $48.88 early in Friday's trading session.
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