Synchrony Financial - SYF Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Synchrony Financial in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" SYF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SYF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Synchrony Financial's stock. Their SYF share price forecasts range from $22.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $39.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.6% from the stock's current price.
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Synchrony Financial's stock was trading at $32.86 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, SYF stock has increased by 10.0% and is now trading at $36.15.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 17th 2023.
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Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $1.26 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.14. The financial services provider earned $4.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.04 billion. Synchrony Financial had a net margin of 17.51% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.07%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.48 earnings per share.
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Synchrony Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Friday, February 17th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 3rd.
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Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.52%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 15.08%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SYF will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.29% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Synchrony Financial announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Monday, April 18th 2022, which allows the company to buyback $2,800,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 13.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

598 employees have rated Synchrony Financial Chief Executive Officer Margaret M. Keane on Glassdoor.com. Margaret M. Keane has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Margaret M. Keane in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Synchrony Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SYF."

Synchrony Financial's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.51%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.20%), Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (0.19%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Wilsey Asset Management Inc. (0.14%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Carol Juel, David P Melito, Laurel Richie, Margaret M Keane, Paul Whynott, PW Parker and Will W Graylin.
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Shares of SYF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SYF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.15.

Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) has a market capitalization of $16.29 billion and generates $16.01 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $3.02 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.10 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 18,000 workers across the globe.

Synchrony Financial's mailing address is 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, STAMFORD CT, 06902. The official website for the company is www.synchronyfinancial.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (203) 585-2400 or via email at investorrelations@syf.com.