Synchrony Financial (SYF) EBT Margin (2013 - 2026)

Synchrony Financial posted quarterly EBT Margin of 21.96% for Q1 2026, up 63.0% year-on-year from 13.47% in Q1 2025, and up 12.72% on a QoQ basis from 19.48% in Q4 2025.

Synchrony Financial (SYF) EBT Margin (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Synchrony Financial (SYF) has 14 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 21.96% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 63.0% year-over-year to 21.96%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 24.47% (up 387.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 24.34%, up 103.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 21.96%, up from 19.48% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 30.71% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 11.88% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 21.41% (2022), against an average of 22.04%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBT Margin slumped 2032 bps; it then jumped 1408 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 21.53% in 2022, then tumbled by 45 bps to 11.88% in 2023, then surged by 74 bps to 20.61% in 2024, then decreased by 6 bps to 19.48% in 2025, then climbed by 13 bps to 21.96% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 21.96% (Q1 2026), 19.48% (Q4 2025), and 29.48% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 63.88%
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 57.30%
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 19.98%
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 17.72%
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 16.68%
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 32.10%
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 21.96%
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 18.14%
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 19.03%
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 27.07%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 21.96%
Dec 31, 2025 19.48%
Sep 30, 2025 29.48%
Jun 30, 2025 27.07%
Mar 31, 2025 21.33%
Dec 31, 2024 20.61%
Sep 30, 2024 21.74%
Jun 30, 2024 18.66%
Mar 31, 2024 30.71%
Dec 31, 2023 11.88%
Sep 30, 2023 18.70%
Jun 30, 2023 17.75%
Mar 31, 2023 16.63%
Dec 31, 2022 21.53%
Sep 30, 2022 21.41%
Jun 30, 2022 25.38%
Mar 31, 2022 30.39%
Dec 31, 2021 25.23%
Sep 30, 2021 39.98%
Jun 30, 2021 45.70%