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

Synchrony Financial posted quarterly Net Margin of 16.44% for Q1 2026, up 49.0% year-on-year from 11.04% in Q1 2025, and up 10.08% on a QoQ basis from 14.94% in Q4 2025.

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

Synchrony Financial (SYF) has 14 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 16.44% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 49.0% year-over-year to 16.44%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 18.37% (up 287.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 18.27%, up 73.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 16.44%, up from 14.94% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 23.05% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 9.46% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 16.07% (2022), against an average of 16.58%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Net Margin plunged 1543 bps; it then soared 1063 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 16.47% in 2022, then sank by 43 bps to 9.46% in 2023, then jumped by 69 bps to 15.95% in 2024, then decreased by 6 bps to 14.94% in 2025, then gained by 10 bps to 16.44% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 16.44% (Q1 2026), 14.94% (Q4 2025), and 21.81% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 53.62%
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 46.23%
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 15.71%
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 13.66%
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 13.32%
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 30.76%
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 16.44%
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 15.15%
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 13.84%
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 21.04%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 16.44%
Dec 31, 2025 14.94%
Sep 30, 2025 21.81%
Jun 30, 2025 20.39%
Mar 31, 2025 15.95%
Dec 31, 2024 15.95%
Sep 30, 2024 16.24%
Jun 30, 2024 13.80%
Mar 31, 2024 23.05%
Dec 31, 2023 9.46%
Sep 30, 2023 13.88%
Jun 30, 2023 13.37%
Mar 31, 2023 12.42%
Dec 31, 2022 16.47%
Sep 30, 2022 16.07%
Jun 30, 2022 18.88%
Mar 31, 2022 22.73%
Dec 31, 2021 19.35%
Sep 30, 2021 30.12%
Jun 30, 2021 34.31%