Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) has a beta value of 1.41 and has seen 1.56 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $18.28B, closed the recent trade at $47.01 per share which meant it lost -$0.22 on the day or -0.47% during that session. The SYF stock price is -50.88% off its 52-week high price of $70.93 and 13.76% above the 52-week low of $40.54. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 6.06 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 5.03 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Synchrony Financial (SYF) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.00. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 5 out of 15 have rated it as a Hold, with 9 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 1.65.
Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) trade information
Sporting -0.47% in the red today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the SYF stock price touched $47.01 or saw a rise of 3.13%. Year-to-date, Synchrony Financial shares have moved -27.68%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 0.11%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) have changed -12.98%. Short interest in the company has seen 12.34 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.38.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $54, which means that the shares’ value could jump 12.94% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $40.0 while the price target rests at a high of $68.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -44.65% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 14.91% from the levels at last check today..
Synchrony Financial (SYF) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -17.09% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -5.10%.
10 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 3.73B for the current quarter. 10 have an estimated revenue figure of 3.87B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 3.71B and 3.81B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 0.52% for the current quarter and -5.10% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 8.99% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 14.68% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 12.89%.
SYF Dividends
Synchrony Financial is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Jan-27 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.75 at a share yield of 1.60%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 2.52%.
Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF)’s Major holders
Insiders own 0.31% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 100.13% with a share float percentage of 100.44%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Synchrony Financial having a total of 1285.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 50.27 million shares worth more than $2.37 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 12.5888% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS, with the holding of over 43.62 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $2.06 billion and represent 10.9248% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are AMERICAN BALANCED FUND and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Mar 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 5.33% shares in the company for having 20.74 shares of worth $979.44 million while later fund manager owns 12.19 shares of worth $575.74 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 3.14% of company’s outstanding stock.
