NYSE:SYFSynchrony Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Synchrony Financial Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $16.91 +0.79 (+4.90 %) (As of 04/8/2020 03:22 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$16.11Now: $16.91▼$17.0250-Day Range$12.80MA: $23.42▼$33.7552-Week Range$12.15Now: $16.91▼$38.18Volume845,664 shsAverage Volume9.13 million shsMarket Capitalization$10.37 billionP/E Ratio3.05Dividend Yield5.68%Beta1.62 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Synchrony Financial operates as a consumer financial services company in the United States. The company offers private label credit cards, dual cards, general purpose co-branded credit cards, and small and medium-sized business credit products; and promotional financing for consumer purchases, such as private label credit cards and installment loans. It also provides promotional financing to consumers for health, veterinary and personal care procedures, and services and products, such as dental, vision, audiology, and cosmetic; debt cancellation products; and deposit products, including certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, money market accounts, and savings accounts to retail and commercial customers, as well as accepts deposits through third-party securities brokerage firms. The company offers its credit products through programs established with a group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, buying groups, industry associations, and healthcare service providers; and deposit products through various channels, such as digital and print. Synchrony Financial was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 4.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingSynchrony Financial has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.58, and is based on 8 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $34.50, Synchrony Financial has a potential upside of 104.0% from its current price of $16.91.Amount of Analyst CoverageSynchrony Financial has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 3.0 Community Rank Outperform VotesSynchrony Financial has received 730 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesSynchrony Financial has received 467 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentSynchrony Financial has received 60.99% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Synchrony Financial and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe SYF will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe SYF will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 3.3 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipSynchrony Financial is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.68%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthSynchrony Financial has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Synchrony Financial is 20.51 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Synchrony Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.47 % next year. This indicates that Synchrony Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 1.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Synchrony Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $125,100.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.32% of the stock of Synchrony Financial is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions88.47% of the stock of Synchrony Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 3.8 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Synchrony Financial are expected to grow by 14.97% in the coming year, from $3.74 to $4.30 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Synchrony Financial is 3.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 12.21.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Synchrony Financial is 3.05, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 12.66.Price to Earnings Growth RatioSynchrony Financial has a PEG Ratio of 0.49. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioSynchrony Financial has a P/B Ratio of 0.76. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 4.3Community Rank: 3.0Dividend Strength: 3.3Insider Behavior: 1.0Valuation: 3.8 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™3.08 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Nondepository credit institutions Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:SYF Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIK1601712 Webhttp://www.synchronyfinancial.com/ Phone203-585-2400Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.38 Current Ratio1.35 Quick Ratio1.34Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio3.05 Forward P/E Ratio4.52 P/E Growth0.49 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$19.09 billion Price / Sales0.54 Cash Flow$6.43 per share Price / Cash Flow2.63 Book Value$22.21 per share Price / Book0.76Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$4.29 Net Income$3.75 billion Net Margins19.63% Return on Equity19.62% Return on Assets2.74%Miscellaneous Employees16,500 Outstanding Shares613,477,000Market Cap$10.37 billion Next Earnings Date4/21/2020 (Confirmed) OptionableOptionable Receive SYF News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for SYF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. SYF Rates by TradingView Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) Frequently Asked Questions How has Synchrony Financial's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Synchrony Financial's stock was trading at $24.49 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SYF stock has decreased by 31.0% and is now trading at $16.91. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Synchrony Financial? 12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Synchrony Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Synchrony Financial. When is Synchrony Financial's next earnings date? Synchrony Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 21st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Synchrony Financial. How can I listen to Synchrony Financial's earnings call? Synchrony Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available. How were Synchrony Financial's earnings last quarter? Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $4.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.97 billion. Synchrony Financial had a return on equity of 19.62% and a net margin of 19.63%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.09 earnings per share. View Synchrony Financial's earnings history. How often does Synchrony Financial pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Synchrony Financial? Synchrony Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, February 13th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 6th. View Synchrony Financial's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for SYF? 12 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Synchrony Financial's stock. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate Synchrony Financial's stock price to reach $34.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 104.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Synchrony Financial. Has Synchrony Financial been receiving favorable news coverage? Headlines about SYF stock have been trending very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Synchrony Financial earned a coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutSynchrony Financial. Are investors shorting Synchrony Financial? Synchrony Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 15,190,000 shares, an increase of 25.2% from the February 13th total of 12,130,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,560,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Synchrony Financial's Current Options Chain. Who are some of Synchrony Financial's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Synchrony Financial include HARGREAVES LANS/ADR (HRGLY), SBI (SBHGF), LexinFintech (LX), Green Dot (GDOT), 360 Finance (QFIN), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Qudian (QD), Blucora (BCOR), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), Yirendai (YRD), America First Multifamily Investors (ATAX), CNFinance (CNF), Curo Group (CURO), Wins Finance (WINS) and Oportun Financial (OPRT). What other stocks do shareholders of Synchrony Financial own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Synchrony Financial investors own include Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA), AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Walt Disney (DIS) and Ford Motor (F). Who are Synchrony Financial's key executives? Synchrony Financial's management team includes the following people: Ms. Margaret M. Keane, CEO & Director (Age 60)Mr. Brian D. Doubles, Pres (Age 43)Mr. Henry F. Greig, Exec. VP, Chief Credit Officer & Capital Management Leader (Age 56)Mr. Thomas M. Quindlen, Exec. VP & CEO of Retail Card (Age 56)Mr. Neeraj K. Mehta, Exec. VP, CEO of Payment Solutions & Chief Commercial Officer (Age 48) What is Synchrony Financial's stock symbol? Synchrony Financial trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SYF." Who are Synchrony Financial's major shareholders? Synchrony Financial's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Polianta Ltd (0.01%), Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%) and IBM Retirement Fund (0.00%). Company insiders that own Synchrony Financial stock include David P Melito, Henry F Greig, Laurel Richie, Margaret M Keane, Paul Whynott, Roy A Guthrie and Will W Graylin. View institutional ownership trends for Synchrony Financial. Which major investors are buying Synchrony Financial stock? SYF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Polianta Ltd, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, IBM Retirement Fund, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Synchrony Financial stock in the last two years include Laurel Richie, and Roy A Guthrie. View insider buying and selling activity for Synchrony Financial. How do I buy shares of Synchrony Financial? Shares of SYF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Synchrony Financial's stock price today? One share of SYF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.91. How big of a company is Synchrony Financial? Synchrony Financial has a market capitalization of $10.37 billion and generates $19.09 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $3.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.29 on an earnings per share basis. Synchrony Financial employs 16,500 workers across the globe. View additional information about Synchrony Financial. What is Synchrony Financial's official website? The official website for Synchrony Financial is http://www.synchronyfinancial.com/. How can I contact Synchrony Financial? Synchrony Financial's mailing address is 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, STAMFORD CT, 06902. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 203-585-2400 or via email at [email protected] This page was last updated on 4/8/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: Why are percentage gainers important?
