Synchrony Financial - SYF Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Synchrony Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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15 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Synchrony Financial's stock. Their SYF share price forecasts range from $22.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $38.13 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.6% from the stock's current price.
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Synchrony Financial's stock was trading at $32.86 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, SYF shares have decreased by 13.8% and is now trading at $28.32.
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Synchrony Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,950,000 shares, an increase of 18.7% from the January 31st total of 12,590,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,250,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 3.4% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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 data on Monday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $1.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.14. The financial services provider had revenue of $4.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 period in the previous year, the company posted $1.48 EPS.
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Synchrony Financial announced 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 3.25%. The ex-dividend date 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 3.28%. 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 17.83% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Synchrony Financial declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, April 18th 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $2,800,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 13.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Geode Capital Management LLC (2.08%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.57%), Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (1.34%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.31%), Morgan Stanley (1.21%) and Norges Bank (1.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Alberto Casellas, Bart Schaller, 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 $28.32.

Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) has a market capitalization of $12.38 billion and generates $17.53 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 18,500 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.