SYF vs Peers Stock Comparison

Synchrony Financial Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SYF Synchrony Financial
$74.86 +2.7% 1M +0.0% 1Y
Market cap
$23.28B
P/E
7.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.31B
Div. yield
1.66%
Consumer Lending Financial Services

Percentile Scorecard

SYF

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

AxisSYF
Valuation 95 #4 of 66
Growth 45 #35 of 63
Profitability 93 #5 of 57
Financial Health 71 #19 of 64
Shareholder Returns 90 #5 of 42
Overall 79
  • SYF ranked among 71 companies in Lending and Credit

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSYFSPY
1 month +2.7% -0.8%
3 months -0.6% +3.5%
6 months -2.5% +7.0%
Year to date -10.3% +12.2%
1 year +0.0% +13.0%
3 years +166.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +38.7% +23.1%
5 years +60.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year +9.9% +11.0%
10 years +160.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year +10.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSYFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.00 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.4% -1.8%
52-week high $88.47 $779.14
52-week low $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.

MultipleSYF
P/E now vs peer median 7.4xmedian 11.0x
P/S now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 3.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 15.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 11.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 0.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.34median 0.26

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 monthsSYF
Revenue $19.31B
Net income $3.33B
Free cash flow $9.56B
EPS (diluted) $10.06
Cash & equivalents $15.90B
Total debt $8.11B
Shares (diluted) 322.40M
Enterprise value -$44.34B

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
MetricSYF
P/E 7.4x
P/FCF 2.4x
P/Operating cash flow 2.4x
P/S 1.2x
P/B 1.4x
P/Tangible book 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 1.8x
EV/EBIT 1.9x
EV/Revenue 0.8x
EV/FCF 1.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 1.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.34

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSYF
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) –
Net income growth (1Y) -6.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 6.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 21.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -2.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -2.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSYF
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin 45.8%
Operating margin –
Pretax margin 22.6%
Net margin 16.8%
FCF margin 49.5%
Operating cash flow margin 49.5%
Return on equity 19.9%
Return on assets 2.7%
Return on invested capital 25.7%
Return on capital employed –
Asset turnover 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.9x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSYF
Debt / assets 6.6%
Debt / equity 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.9x
Debt / FCF 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 86.5%
Equity / assets 13.5%
Interest coverage 2.1x
Current ratio –
Quick ratio –
Cash ratio –
Altman Z-score –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSYF
Dividend yield 1.7%
Net buyback yield 16.5%
Shareholder yield 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.

ConsensusSYF
Forward P/E 7.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $9.82FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.69BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSYF
Held by institutions 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,002
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.8%
Institutions buying 526
Institutions selling 345
Buyers to sellers 1.52

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Synchrony Financial (SYF) 1.66%.

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.