SYF vs. COOP, COIN, BAM, AER, AEG, SHG, HOOD, NMR, CINF, and NTRS
Should you be buying Synchrony Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synchrony Financial include Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Coinbase Global (COIN), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), AerCap (AER), Aegon (AEG), Shinhan Financial Group (SHG), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Nomura (NMR), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), and Northern Trust (NTRS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) and Mr. Cooper Group (NASDAQ:COOP) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Synchrony Financial received 644 more outperform votes than Mr. Cooper Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.16% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 61.26% of users gave Mr. Cooper Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Synchrony Financial had 2 more articles in the media than Mr. Cooper Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Synchrony Financial and 8 mentions for Mr. Cooper Group. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Mr. Cooper Group's score of 0.63 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mr. Cooper Group has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Synchrony Financial currently has a consensus target price of $43.74, indicating a potential upside of 0.94%. Mr. Cooper Group has a consensus target price of $85.13, indicating a potential upside of 2.88%. Given Mr. Cooper Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Mr. Cooper Group is more favorable than Synchrony Financial.
Mr. Cooper Group has a net margin of 31.75% compared to Synchrony Financial's net margin of 13.49%. Synchrony Financial's return on equity of 16.01% beat Mr. Cooper Group's return on equity.
Synchrony Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Mr. Cooper Group. Synchrony Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mr. Cooper Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Synchrony Financial beats Mr. Cooper Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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