SYNA - Valens Credit Report - 2024 04 12
- Credit markets are slightly overstating SYNA's credit risk with a YTW of 6.570% relative to an Intrinsic YTW of 6.020% and an Intrinsic CDS of 159bps. Furthermore, Moody's is overstating SYNA's fundamental credit risk with its speculative Ba2 credit rating four notches below Valens' IG4+ (Baa1) credit rating.Incentives Dictate Behavior™ analysis highlights mixed signals for credit holders. Although most management members are not material owners of SYNA equity relative to their annual compensation, CEO Hurlston's significant equity ownership indicates he may be able to convince other NEOs to align with shareholders to pursue long-term value creation. In addition, members of management have low change-in-control compensation relative to their annual compensation. This indicates they may not be sufficiently incentivized to pursue a takeover or sale of the company, decreasing event risk for creditors.
Earnings Call Forensics™ of the firm's Q2 2024 (2/08/2024) earnings call highlights that management is confident enterprise markets are bullish about docking station consumption and that they were able to achieve a 46% GAAP gross margin in the most recent quarter.
Synaptics is a developer and supplier of custom-designed human interface semiconductor product solutions that enable people to interact with a variety of mobile computing, communications, entertainment, and other electronic devices. The company targets the markets for smartphones, tablets, personal computer, products, Internet of Things, products and other select electronic devices, including devices in automobiles. The company's family of products includes: ClearPad?, ClearView?, TouchView?, Natural ID?, TouchPad?, SecurePad?, ClickPad?, ForcePad?, AudioSmart?, VideoSmart?, ImagingSmart?, and other product solutions.
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