Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) is -13.68% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $39.67 and a high of $70.93 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The SYF stock was last observed hovering at around $58.02 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.91%.
Currently trading at $56.11, the stock is -11.19% and -14.35% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.94 million and changing -3.29% at the moment leaves the stock 1.49% off its SMA200. SYF registered 35.86% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.72%.
The stock witnessed a -18.66% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.53%, and is -5.71% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.22% over the week and 3.57% over the month.
Synchrony Financial (SYF) has around 20000 employees, a market worth around $21.81B and $20.76B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 6.57 and Fwd P/E is 6.33. Profit margin for the company is 16.51%. Distance from 52-week low is 41.44% and -20.89% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.98%).
with sales reaching $3.8B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 16.96% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -4.22% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -20.86% in year-over-year returns.
Synchrony Financial (SYF) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 388.26M, and float is at 386.58M with Short Float at 3.22%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 50.27 million shares valued at $2.37 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.4208% of the SYF Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS with 43.62 million shares valued at $$2.06 billion to account for 10.9248 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 35.81 million shares representing 8.8486% and valued at over $1.69 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.6449 of the shares totaling 18.8 million with a market value of $887.07 million.
Synchrony Financial (SYF) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Synchrony Financial (SYF) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by DOUBLES BRIAN D. SEC filings show that DOUBLES BRIAN D sold 148,747 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 28 ’25 at a price of $60.09 per share for a total of $8.94 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.68 million shares.
Synchrony Financial disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 03 ’25 that Casellas Alberto sold a total of 58,026 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 03 ’25 and was made at $60.01 per share for $3.48 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 56462.0 shares of the SYF stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 03 ’25, Wenzel Brian J. Sr. disposed off 62,702 shares at an average price of $60.01 for $3.76 million. The insider now directly holds 68,249 shares of Synchrony Financial (SYF).
Synchrony Financial (SYF): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Apple Inc. (AAPL) that is trading 39.50% up over the past 12 months. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) that is 32.04% higher over the same period.
