SYF vs. COIN, NU, SOFI, COOP, CLSK, WD, QFIN, RIOT, UPST, and IREN
Should you be buying Synchrony Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synchrony Financial include Coinbase Global (COIN), NU (NU), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), CleanSpark (CLSK), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Upstart (UPST), and Iris Energy (IREN). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) and Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Synchrony Financial received 705 more outperform votes than Coinbase Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.15% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 43.00% of users gave Coinbase Global an outperform vote.
96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Coinbase Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.44, meaning that its share price is 244% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coinbase Global has a net margin of 33.98% compared to Synchrony Financial's net margin of 13.49%. Synchrony Financial's return on equity of 16.01% beat Coinbase Global's return on equity.
Synchrony Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Coinbase Global. Synchrony Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coinbase Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Coinbase Global had 13 more articles in the media than Synchrony Financial. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Coinbase Global and 13 mentions for Synchrony Financial. Coinbase Global's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Synchrony Financial's score of 0.74 indicating that Coinbase Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Synchrony Financial presently has a consensus price target of $44.55, indicating a potential upside of 2.06%. Coinbase Global has a consensus price target of $214.67, indicating a potential downside of 15.80%. Given Synchrony Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Synchrony Financial is more favorable than Coinbase Global.
Summary
Synchrony Financial beats Coinbase Global on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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