Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) is -7.94% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $40.54 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 $60.05 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.21%.
Currently trading at $59.84, the stock is 7.55% and 13.58% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.8 million and changing -0.35% at the moment leaves the stock 4.88% off its SMA200. SYF registered 37.63% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -7.78%.
The stock witnessed a 26.70% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.77%, and is -2.48% 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 1.57% over the week and 2.76% over the month.
Synchrony Financial (SYF) has around 20000 employees, a market worth around $22.78B and $19.60B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 8.21 and Fwd P/E is 6.88. Profit margin for the company is 14.70%. Distance from 52-week low is 47.59% and -15.64% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.75%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 16.90% this year.
Synchrony Financial (SYF) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 380.54M, and float is at 378.89M with Short Float at 4.51%.
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 12.5888% 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 8.9683% and valued at over $1.69 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.7077 of the shares totaling 18.8 million with a market value of $887.07 million.
Synchrony Financial (SYF) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by MOTHNER JONATHAN S,. SEC filings show that MOTHNER JONATHAN S sold 40,639 shares of the company’s common stock on May 19 ’25 at a price of $60.07 per share for a total of $2.44 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.15 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 28 ’25, DOUBLES BRIAN D disposed off 148,747 shares at an average price of $60.09 for $8.94 million. The insider now directly holds 677,421 shares of Synchrony Financial (SYF).
