Synchrony Financial (SYF) Shares Repurchased (2016 - 2026)

Synchrony Financial posted quarterly Shares Repurchased of $900.0 million for Q1 2026, up 48.76% year-on-year from $605.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 6.44% on a QoQ basis from $962.0 million in Q4 2025.

Synchrony Financial (SYF) Shares Repurchased (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Synchrony Financial (SYF) has 11 years of Shares Repurchased data on file, last reported at $900.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Shares Repurchased rose 48.76% year-over-year to $900.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $3.2 billion (up 146.46% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $2.9 billion, up 191.77% from the prior year.
  • Shares Repurchased for Q1 2026 stood at $900.0 million, down from $962.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Shares Repurchased topped out at $968.0 million in Q1 2022 and bottomed at $101.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Shares Repurchased is $504.0 million (2025), against an average of $545.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Shares Repurchased plunged 84.0%; it then jumped 852.48% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Shares Repurchased shows it stood at $701.0 million in 2022, then tumbled by 63.91% to $253.0 million in 2023, then tumbled by 60.08% to $101.0 million in 2024, then surged by 852.48% to $962.0 million in 2025, then slipped by 6.44% to $900.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Shares Repurchased figures came in at $900.0 million (Q1 2026), $962.0 million (Q4 2025), and $870.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Shares Repurchased (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 7.90 Bn
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 4.04 Bn
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 1.91 Bn
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 2.79 Bn
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 1.50 Bn
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn -
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 900.00 Mn
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 147.00 Mn
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 191.40 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 900.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 900.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 962.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 962.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 870.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 870.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 504.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 504.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 605.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 605.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 101.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 101.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 302.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 302.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 305.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 305.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 300.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 300.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 253.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 253.00 Mn