HTT vs SHG vs SYF Stock Comparison

High Templar Tech, Shinhan Financial and Synchrony Financial Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HTT High Templar Tech Ltd
$1.90 -20.8% 1M -57.2% 1Y
Market cap
$820.37M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Consumer Lending Financial Services
SYF Synchrony Financial
$74.86 +2.7% 1M +0.0% 1Y
Market cap
$23.85B
P/E
7.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.31B
Div. yield
0.02%
Consumer Lending Financial Services
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Synchrony Financial leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Synchrony Financial 7, Shinhan Financial 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHTTSHGSYFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $820.37M $31.39B $23.85B SHG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 8.4x 7.4x SYF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 7.5x 7.6x SHG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -2.5% +2.6% SYF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 5.9% 16.8% SYF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 3.9% 25.7% SYF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 10.1x -0.9x SYF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -57.2% +26.5% +0.0% SHG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +1.8%/yr +14.3%/yr +9.9%/yr SHG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 56.9% 34.0% 31.7% SYF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 43/100 80/100 SYF

Percentile Scorecard

HTTSHGSYF

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHTTSHGSYF
Valuation – 80 #73 of 362 94 #12 of 170
Growth – 22 #173 of 221 51 #79 of 160
Profitability – 25 #151 of 200 91 #15 of 149
Financial Health 93 #12 of 158 3 #197 of 203 78 #35 of 158
Shareholder Returns – 87 #47 of 342 84 #22 of 135
Overall – 43 80
  • HTT ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit
  • SHG ranked among 370 companies in Banking
  • SYF ranked among 175 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHTTSHGSYFSPY
1 month -20.8%-19.4%+2.7% -0.8%
3 months -21.5%-8.8%-0.6% +3.5%
6 months -21.8%-2.3%-2.5% +7.0%
Year to date -46.5%+21.6%-10.3% +12.2%
1 year -57.2%+26.5%+0.0% +13.0%
3 years +5.6%+159.6%+166.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +1.8%+37.5%+38.7% +23.1%
5 years +9.2%+95.0%+60.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +1.8%+14.3%+9.9% +11.0%
10 years —+70.8%+160.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+5.5%+10.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHTTSHGSYFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 56.9%34.0%31.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 59.8%32.3%36.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.151.091.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.010.780.00 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -64.4%-36.5%-46.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -61.6%-22.8%-15.4% -1.8%
52-week high $4.95$84.56$88.47 $779.14
52-week low $1.90$51.42$63.78 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHTTSHGSYF
P/E now vs peer median —median 11.0x 8.5xmedian 12.1x 7.4xmedian 11.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.6x 0.5xmedian 3.4x 1.2xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.1x 15.5xmedian 5.0x 1.8xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 6.9x 4.4xmedian 11.0x 2.4xmedian 6.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.7x 0.8xmedian 1.2x 1.4xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.32 6.02median 1.36 0.34median 0.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHTTSHGSYF
Revenue – $64.00B $19.31B
Operating income – $4.92B –
Net income – $3.42B $3.33B
Free cash flow – $7.15B $9.56B
EPS (diluted) – $7.67 $10.06
Cash & equivalents $561.74M – $15.90B
Total debt $879.65M $246.90B $8.11B
Shares (diluted) 500.73M 488.92M 322.40M
Enterprise value -$2.21B $31.39B -$43.78B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHTTSHGSYF
P/E – 8.5x 7.4x
P/FCF – 4.4x 2.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 4.2x 2.4x
P/S – 0.5x 1.2x
P/B 0.5x 0.8x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 0.5x 0.8x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA – 15.5x 1.8x
EV/EBIT – 18.3x 1.9x
EV/Revenue – 1.4x 0.8x
EV/FCF – 12.6x 1.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 12.3x 1.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 6.02 0.34

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHTTSHGSYF
Revenue growth (1Y) – -2.5% 2.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -15.6% 4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – -52.3% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -10.7% –
Net income growth (1Y) – -7.8% -6.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -4.0% 12.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 5.5% 6.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 1.4% 21.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 100.5% -2.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 13.3% 5.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 106.6% -2.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.4% 5.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHTTSHGSYF
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 9.1% 45.8%
Operating margin – 7.7% –
Pretax margin – 12.1% 22.6%
Net margin – 5.9% 16.8%
FCF margin – 11.2% 49.5%
Operating cash flow margin – 11.4% 49.5%
Return on equity – 11.5% 19.9%
Return on assets – 0.9% 2.7%
Return on invested capital – 3.9% 25.7%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover – 0.1x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.1x 2.9x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHTTSHGSYF
Debt / assets 16.0% 10.8% 6.6%
Debt / equity 0.2x 1.5x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – 10.1x -0.9x
Debt / FCF – 8.2x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 21.2% 92.6% 86.5%
Equity / assets 78.8% 7.4% 13.5%
Interest coverage – 0.6x 2.1x
Current ratio 4.8x – –
Quick ratio 2.4x – –
Cash ratio 2.4x – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHTTSHGSYF
Dividend yield – 3.1% 1.7%
Net buyback yield – 2.7% 16.5%
Shareholder yield – 5.7% 18.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 12.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 4.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 0.5%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 1.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHTTSHGSYF
Forward P/E – 7.5xFY2026 7.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2024 $8.75FY2026 $9.82FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -233.3%FY2024 +31.0%FY2026 +5.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +9.6% +10.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $47.00MFY2024 $13.00BFY2026 $15.69BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +164.2%FY2024 +23.7%FY2026 +4.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -2.1% +7.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHTTSHGSYF
Held by institutions 2.2% 5.1% 100.0%
Institutions holding 42 301 1,002
Change in shares held, QoQ -26.1% +10.6% -0.8%
Institutions buying 14 206 526
Institutions selling 21 59 345
Buyers to sellers 0.67 3.49 1.52

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HTTSHGSYF
HTT 1.00 0.18 0.08
SHG 0.18 1.00 0.25
SYF 0.08 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HTT, SHG and SYF?

Shinhan Financial (SHG) is the largest by market capitalisation: High Templar Tech (HTT) $820.37M, Shinhan Financial (SHG) $31.39B, Synchrony Financial (SYF) $23.85B.

Which stock is cheaper, HTT, SHG and SYF?

Synchrony Financial (SYF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Shinhan Financial (SHG) 8.4x, Synchrony Financial (SYF) 7.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Shinhan Financial (SHG) is cheapest (Shinhan Financial (SHG) 7.5x, Synchrony Financial (SYF) 7.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Synchrony Financial (SYF) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Shinhan Financial (SHG) -2.5%, Synchrony Financial (SYF) +2.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Synchrony Financial (SYF) has the highest net margin (Shinhan Financial (SHG) 5.9%, Synchrony Financial (SYF) 16.8%). On return on invested capital, Synchrony Financial (SYF) leads (Shinhan Financial (SHG) 3.9%, Synchrony Financial (SYF) 25.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Shinhan Financial (SHG) returned the most: High Templar Tech (HTT) -57.2%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +26.5%, Synchrony Financial (SYF) +0.0%. Over five years, Shinhan Financial (SHG) compounded fastest (High Templar Tech (HTT) +1.8%/yr, Shinhan Financial (SHG) +14.3%/yr, Synchrony Financial (SYF) +9.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: High Templar Tech (HTT) 0.00%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 0.00%, Synchrony Financial (SYF) 0.02%. High Templar Tech (HTT) and Shinhan Financial (SHG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Synchrony Financial (SYF) has been the steadiest (High Templar Tech (HTT) 56.9%, Shinhan Financial (SHG) 34.0%, Synchrony Financial (SYF) 31.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HTT, SHG and SYF?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Synchrony Financial (SYF) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.