SYF vs. COOP, COIN, RF, CINF, NMR, CRBG, NTRS, AER, L, and SHG
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), Regions Financial (RF), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Nomura (NMR), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Northern Trust (NTRS), AerCap (AER), Loews (L), and Shinhan Financial Group (SHG). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Mr. Cooper Group (NASDAQ:COOP) and Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Synchrony Financial had 12 more articles in the media than Mr. Cooper Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Synchrony Financial and 6 mentions for Mr. Cooper Group. Mr. Cooper Group's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Synchrony Financial's score of 0.43 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mr. Cooper Group currently has a consensus target price of $85.13, indicating a potential upside of 1.38%. Synchrony Financial has a consensus target price of $43.74, indicating a potential downside of 4.36%. Given Synchrony Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Mr. Cooper Group is more favorable than Synchrony Financial.
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.
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.
Mr. Cooper Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Mr. Cooper Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Mr. Cooper Group has a net margin of 31.75% compared to Mr. Cooper Group's net margin of 13.49%. Mr. Cooper Group's return on equity of 16.01% beat Synchrony Financial's return on equity.
Summary
Synchrony Financial beats Mr. Cooper Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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