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NYSE:SYF

Synchrony Financial - SYF Competitors

$28.56
+0.40 (+1.42%)
(As of 03/29/2023 12:22 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$28.38
$28.83
50-Day Range
$28.01
$37.79
52-Week Range
$27.15
$41.88
Volume
1.45 million shs
Average Volume
5.79 million shs
Market Capitalization
$12.48 billion
P/E Ratio
4.68
Dividend Yield
3.22%
Price Target
$38.13

SYF vs. COIN, LU, UDR, AER, L, BAM, ESS, BEN, GLPI, and CBOE

Should you be buying Synchrony Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synchrony Financial include Coinbase Global (COIN), Lufax (LU), UDR (UDR), AerCap (AER), Loews (L), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Franklin Resources (BEN), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), and Cboe Global Markets (CBOE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Synchrony Financial vs.

Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) and Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Synchrony Financial has a net margin of 17.51% compared to Coinbase Global's net margin of -82.18%. Synchrony Financial's return on equity of 24.07% beat Coinbase Global's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Synchrony Financial 17.51% 24.07% 3.03%
Coinbase Global -82.18% -44.89% -3.21%

Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coinbase Global has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Synchrony Financial presently has a consensus target price of $38.13, indicating a potential upside of 35.39%. Coinbase Global has a consensus target price of $68.32, indicating a potential upside of 8.38%. Given Synchrony Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Synchrony Financial is more favorable than Coinbase Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Synchrony Financial
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Coinbase Global
6 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08

Synchrony Financial received 714 more outperform votes than Coinbase Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.96% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 44.78% of users gave Coinbase Global an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Synchrony FinancialOutperform Votes
804
72.96%
Underperform Votes
298
27.04%
Coinbase GlobalOutperform Votes
90
44.78%
Underperform Votes
111
55.22%

96.0% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.1% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Synchrony Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Coinbase Global. Coinbase Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Synchrony Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Synchrony Financial$17.53 billion0.70$3.02 billion$6.104.62
Coinbase Global$3.19 billion4.57-$2.62 billion-$11.85-5.32

In the previous week, Coinbase Global had 84 more articles in the media than Synchrony Financial. MarketBeat recorded 92 mentions for Coinbase Global and 8 mentions for Synchrony Financial. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Coinbase Global's score of 0.02 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Synchrony Financial
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Coinbase Global
13 Very Positive mention(s)
18 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
25 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Synchrony Financial beats Coinbase Global on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SYF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SYF vs. The Competition

MetricSynchrony FinancialNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.25B$6.82B$5.79B$14.09B
Dividend Yield3.28%5.54%8.50%3.93%
P/E Ratio4.623.86136.4318.80
Price / Sales0.7015.925,922.5310.41
Price / Cash3.7013.1231.3216.39
Price / Book1.052.033.506.76
Net Income$3.02B$591.42M$642.56M$866.29M
7 Day Performance-2.70%-1.06%3.00%1.35%
1 Month Performance-21.14%-10.47%-5.73%-6.31%
1 Year Performance-23.39%-39.95%8.94%-15.29%

Synchrony Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COIN
Coinbase Global
1.7197 of 5 stars
$77.14
-8.2%
$70.33
-8.8%
-68.7%$17.86B$3.19B-6.514,510Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
LU
Lufax
2.9442 of 5 stars
$1.89
-4.1%
$2.57
+36.0%
-67.7%$4.32B$8.43B3.4492,380Short Interest ↓
UDR
UDR
2.3806 of 5 stars
$38.18
-2.7%
$47.87
+25.4%
-33.5%$12.57B$1.52B152.721,326Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
AER
AerCap
2.9273 of 5 stars
$51.60
-2.7%
$71.29
+38.2%
-2.8%$12.75B$7.01B-16.70376Short Interest ↑
L
Loews
2.1154 of 5 stars
$54.44
-2.8%
N/A-14.5%$12.79B$14.04B13.0912,050
BAM
Brookfield Asset Management
2.9643 of 5 stars
$31.05
-2.0%
$47.06
+51.6%
-45.6%$12.80B$3.76B0.00180,000Short Interest ↑
ESS
Essex Property Trust
3.147 of 5 stars
$199.22
-3.4%
$256.15
+28.6%
-41.9%$12.85B$1.61B31.721,772Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
BEN
Franklin Resources
2.6925 of 5 stars
$26.30
-2.4%
$25.27
-3.9%
-5.8%$13.16B$8.28B13.429,800Short Interest ↑
GLPI
Gaming and Leisure Properties
2.6819 of 5 stars
$48.78
-3.5%
$56.60
+16.0%
+10.5%$13.26B$1.31B18.1317
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
1.8802 of 5 stars
$127.06
-1.0%
N/AN/A$13.44B$3.96B58.281,543
This page (NYSE:SYF) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff