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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Synchrony Financial beats Coinbase Global on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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