Synchrony Financial (SYF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $50.78 +0.40 (+0.79%) (As of 07/26/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Short InterestStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsStock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Synchrony Financial Short Interest DataCurrent Short Interest18,220,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest17,100,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+6.55%Dollar Volume Sold Short$924.12 millionShort Interest Ratio4.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2024Outstanding Shares395,230,000 sharesFloat Size392,460,000 sharesShort Percent of Float4.64%Today's Trading Volume1,803,891 sharesAverage Trading Volume3,667,733 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average49% Short Selling Synchrony Financial ? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Synchrony Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSYF Short Interest Over TimeSYF Days to Cover Over TimeSYF Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ad Crypto Swap Profits625,000% GainImagine swapping your daily coffee expense for a future free of financial worries. It might seem far-fetched, but results like this are within reach with the right knowledge and timing in the altcoin market. Plus, you’ll get $10 in real Bitcoin when you stay to the end of the call and take a short quiz.>> Dive into the Workshop Here Synchrony Financial Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 7/15/202418,220,000 shares $924.12 million +6.6%4.6%4.5 $50.72 6/30/202417,100,000 shares $806.95 million +21.9%4.3%4.2 $47.19 6/15/202414,030,000 shares $584.91 million -5.3%3.5%3.4 $41.69 5/31/202414,820,000 shares $649.12 million +24.5%3.7%3.6 $43.80 5/15/202411,900,000 shares $525.27 million +3.9%3.0%2.7 $44.14 4/30/202411,450,000 shares $503.63 million -3.6%2.9%2.6 $43.99 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SYF and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Synchrony Financial and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 4/15/202411,880,000 shares $480.78 million +9.1%2.9%2.7 $40.47 3/31/202410,890,000 shares $469.58 million -6.9%2.7%2.4 $43.12 3/15/202411,700,000 shares $488.88 million -6.1%2.9%2.7 $41.79 2/29/202412,460,000 shares $513.73 million -6.9%3.1%2.8 $41.23 2/15/202413,380,000 shares $533.19 million +11.7%3.3%3 $39.85 1/31/202411,980,000 shares $465.66 million +0.6%2.9%2.7 $38.87 1/15/202411,910,000 shares $437.45 million -12.8%2.9%2.6 $36.73 12/31/202313,650,000 shares $521.29 million -7.7%3.3%3.2 $38.19 12/15/202314,780,000 shares $548.63 million -15.1%3.6%3.4 $37.12 11/30/202317,400,000 shares $562.72 million +13.3%4.2%4.2 $32.34 11/15/202315,360,000 shares $457.11 million +2.7%3.7%4 $29.76 10/31/202314,960,000 shares $419.63 million +8.3%3.6%3.9 $28.05 10/15/202313,810,000 shares $398.69 million +3.7%3.3%3.8 $28.87 9/30/202313,320,000 shares $407.19 million -6.5%3.2%3.5 $30.57 9/15/202314,250,000 shares $463.41 million +6.7%3.4%3.9 $32.52 8/31/202313,350,000 shares $430.94 million -3.1%3.2%3.3 $32.28 8/15/202313,780,000 shares $461.49 million +7.2%3.3%2.9 $33.49 7/31/202312,850,000 shares $443.84 million -13.8%3.1%2.4 $34.54 7/15/202314,910,000 shares $520.36 million -22.8%3.6%2.6 $34.90 6/30/202319,310,000 shares $654.61 million +16.4%4.5%3.3 $33.90 6/15/202316,590,000 shares $554.60 million +1.9%3.9%2.8 $33.43 5/31/202316,280,000 shares $504.03 million +7.7%3.8%2.6 $30.96 5/15/202315,110,000 shares $422.63 million +12.9%3.6%2.5 $27.97 4/30/202313,390,000 shares $395.14 million -12.5%3.2%2.5 $29.51 4/15/202315,300,000 shares $455.94 million +11.7%3.6%2.7 $29.80 3/31/202313,700,000 shares $398.40 million -4.9%3.2%2.4 $29.08 3/15/202314,410,000 shares $416.45 million -8.5%3.3%2.6 $28.90 2/28/202315,750,000 shares $562.43 million +5.4%3.6%2.9 $35.71 2/15/202314,950,000 shares $545.82 million +18.8%3.4%2.8 $36.51 1/31/202312,590,000 shares $462.43 million -16.6%2.8%2.3 $36.73 1/15/202315,100,000 shares $505.40 million -2.0%3.4%2.7 $33.47 12/30/202215,400,000 shares $506.04 million -14.3%3.4%2.8 $32.86 12/15/202217,960,000 shares $603.28 million -0.2%4.0%3.2 $33.59 11/30/202218,000,000 shares $676.44 million +1.6%4.0%3.3 $37.58Nvidia’s Quiet $1 Trillion Pivot (Ad)Nvidia recently added $277 billion in market cap … IN ONE DAY.Find out details on these three critical Nvidia partners immediately. 11/15/202217,720,000 shares $636.50 million +9.6%4.0%3.4 $35.92 10/31/202216,170,000 shares $575.01 million -1.9%3.6%3.2 $35.56 10/15/202216,490,000 shares $518.12 million +10.1%3.4%3.3 $31.42 9/30/202214,980,000 shares $422.29 million -3.7%3.1%3 $28.19 9/15/202215,560,000 shares $507.26 million -0.6%3.3%3.1 $32.60 8/31/202215,660,000 shares $512.87 million +30.3%3.3%2.8 $32.75 8/15/202212,020,000 shares $429.72 million +2.2%2.5%2 $35.75 7/31/202211,760,000 shares $393.72 million +4.1%2.5%1.8 $33.48 7/15/202211,300,000 shares $354.71 million -9.5%2.3%1.6 $31.39 6/30/202212,490,000 shares $344.97 million +1.5%2.5%1.8 $27.62 6/15/202212,300,000 shares $374.78 million +1.4%2.5%1.8 $30.47 5/31/202212,130,000 shares $449.30 million -2.5%2.4%1.8 $37.04 5/15/202212,440,000 shares $417.36 million -17.8%2.5%1.7 $33.55 4/30/202215,130,000 shares $556.94 million +13.3%3.0%2.1 $36.81 4/15/202213,350,000 shares $503.30 million -10.5%2.7%1.8 $37.70 3/31/202214,920,000 shares $519.37 million -10.3%2.9%2.1 $34.81 3/15/202216,640,000 shares $601.37 million -0.6%3.2%2.5 $36.14 2/28/202216,740,000 shares $716.14 million +0.1%3.2%2.6 $42.78 2/15/202216,730,000 shares $749.34 million +24.5%3.2%2.8 $44.79 1/31/202213,440,000 shares $572.41 million -2.8%2.6%2.4 $42.59 1/15/202213,820,000 shares $672.62 million -6.9%2.5%2.7 $48.67 12/31/202114,840,000 shares $688.43 million -2.8%2.7%2.9 $46.39 12/15/202115,270,000 shares $713.41 million +5.6%2.8%3 $46.72 11/30/202114,460,000 shares $647.66 million -0.9%2.7%2.9 $44.79 11/15/202114,590,000 shares $731.40 million -2.2%2.7%3 $50.13 10/29/202114,920,000 shares $693.03 million +37.9%2.7%3 $46.45 10/15/202110,820,000 shares $542.95 million +16.5%2.0%2.2 $50.18 9/30/20219,290,000 shares $454.10 million -2.0%1.6%1.9 $48.88 9/15/20219,480,000 shares $457.32 million -16.3%1.7%1.9 $48.24 8/31/202111,330,000 shares $563.67 million +8.0%2.0%2.2 $49.75 8/13/202110,490,000 shares $543.49 million -16.9%1.9%2.1 $51.81 7/30/202112,620,000 shares $593.39 million +15.0%2.2%2.4 $47.02 7/15/202110,970,000 shares $523.49 million -1.4%1.9%1.9 $47.72 6/30/202111,130,000 shares $540.03 million -1.4%1.9%2 $48.52 6/15/202111,290,000 shares $565.06 million -4.0%2.0%1.9 $50.05 5/28/202111,760,000 shares $557.54 million +0.2%2.0%1.9 $47.41 5/14/202111,740,000 shares $531.47 million +8.3%2.0%1.8 $45.27 4/30/202110,840,000 shares $481.73 million +15.2%1.9%1.7 $44.44 4/15/20219,410,000 shares $390.52 million -27.5%1.6%1.4 $41.50 3/31/202112,970,000 shares $532.55 million -27.6%2.2%1.9 $41.06 3/15/202117,910,000 shares $764.76 million +3.8%3.1%2.8 $42.70 2/26/202117,250,000 shares $673.10 million +9.3%3.0%2.9 $39.02 2/12/202115,780,000 shares $588.28 million +46.4%2.7%2.9 $37.28 1/29/202110,780,000 shares $386.89 million -10.2%1.9%2 $35.89 1/15/202112,000,000 shares $466.92 million +22.2%2.1%2.4 $38.91 12/31/20209,820,000 shares $336.73 million -9.9%1.7%2.1 $34.29 12/15/202010,900,000 shares $347.82 million +5.4%1.9%2.4 $31.91 11/30/202010,340,000 shares $321.47 million -12.7%1.8%2.1 $31.09 11/15/202011,850,000 shares $355.74 million +0.5%2.0%2.4 $30.02 10/30/202011,790,000 shares $300.17 million -7.4%2.0%2.4 $25.46Nvidia’s Quiet $1 Trillion Pivot (Ad)Nvidia recently added $277 billion in market cap … IN ONE DAY.Find out details on these three critical Nvidia partners immediately. 10/15/202012,730,000 shares $364.97 million -12.2%2.2%2.5 $28.67 9/30/202014,500,000 shares $379.47 million +1.5%2.5%2.8 $26.17 9/15/202014,290,000 shares $378.54 million -9.3%2.5%2.6 $26.49 8/31/202015,750,000 shares $390.76 million -0.4%2.7%2.5 $24.81 8/14/202015,810,000 shares $394.14 million +11.0%2.7%2.2 $24.93 7/31/202014,250,000 shares $315.35 million -14.8%2.5%1.9 $22.13 7/15/202016,730,000 shares $395.50 million -7.6%2.9%2 $23.64 6/30/202018,110,000 shares $401.32 million +28.4%3.1%2 $22.16 6/15/202014,100,000 shares $335.16 million -3.8%2.4%1.4 $23.77 5/29/202014,660,000 shares $298.62 million -3.7%2.5%1.4 $20.37 5/15/202015,220,000 shares $251.74 million -5.2%2.6%1.4 $16.54 4/30/202016,050,000 shares $317.63 million +16.1%2.8%1.5 $19.79 4/15/202013,830,000 shares $206.76 million +6.9%2.4%1.3 $14.95 3/31/202012,940,000 shares $219.59 million -24.7%2.1%1.4 $16.97 3/13/202017,183,600 shares $302.78 million +13.1%2.8%2.6 $17.62 2/28/202015,190,000 shares $194.43 million +25.2%2.5%2.3 $12.80 2/14/202012,130,000 shares $318.66 million +4.5%2.0%2.2 $26.27 1/31/202011,610,000 shares $355.15 million -22.9%1.8%2.2 $30.59 1/15/202015,060,000 shares $501.95 million -10.3%2.3%3.1 $33.33 12/31/201916,780,000 shares $547.53 million +9.0%2.6%3.7 $32.63 8/15/20199,229,800 shares $293.78 million -12.8%1.3%1.7 $31.83 SYF Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Synchrony Financial's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Synchrony Financial shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of July 15th, traders have sold 18,220,000 shares of SYF short. 4.64% of Synchrony Financial's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Synchrony Financial's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Synchrony Financial? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. SYF shares currently have a short interest ratio of 4.0. Learn More on Synchrony Financial's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Synchrony Financial? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Synchrony Financial: Summit Securities Group LLC, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., Walleye Trading LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Interval Partners LP, Kingdon Capital Management L.L.C., PEAK6 Investments LLC, Twin Tree Management LP, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Synchrony Financial? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 4.64% of Synchrony Financial's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Synchrony Financial's short interest increasing or decreasing? Synchrony Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,220,000 shares, an increase of 6.5% from the previous total of 17,100,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Synchrony Financial's float size? Synchrony Financial currently has issued a total of 395,230,000 shares. Some of Synchrony Financial's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Synchrony Financial currently has a public float of 392,460,000 shares. How does Synchrony Financial's short interest compare to its competitors? 4.64% of Synchrony Financial's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "nondepository credit institutions" compare to Synchrony Financial: Nu Holdings Ltd. (3.08%), Coinbase Global, Inc. (5.17%), SoFi Technologies, Inc. (18.31%), Mr. Cooper Group Inc. (1.91%), CleanSpark, Inc. (16.13%), Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (3.89%), Riot Platforms, Inc. (18.95%), Qifu Technology, Inc. (2.39%), Upstart Holdings, Inc. (32.53%), Cipher Mining Inc. (12.54%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.13 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($2.77 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.76 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.36 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.22 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.02 billion), Tractor Supply ($1.81 billion), Enphase Energy, Inc. ($1.65 billion), Chesapeake Energy Co. ($1.62 billion), and Lululemon Athletica Inc. ($1.58 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Synchrony Financial stock? Short selling SYF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Synchrony Financial as its price is falling. SYF shares are trading up $0.40 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Synchrony Financial? A short squeeze for Synchrony Financial occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of SYF, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Synchrony Financial's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including SYF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2024. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies: NU Short Squeeze Coinbase Global Short Squeeze SoFi Technologies Short Squeeze Mr. Cooper Group Short Squeeze CleanSpark Short Squeeze Walker & Dunlop Short Squeeze Riot Platforms Short Squeeze Qifu Technology Short Squeeze Upstart Short Squeeze Cipher Mining Short Squeeze Short Interest Tools: Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSE:SYF) was last updated on 7/27/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners625,000% GainImagine swapping your daily coffee expense for a future free of financial worries. 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