Synchrony Financial (SYF) Tax Rate (2013 - 2026)

Synchrony Financial posted quarterly Tax Rate of 23.11% for Q1 2026, up 4.0% year-on-year from 22.22% in Q1 2025, and up 9.47% on a QoQ basis from 21.11% in Q4 2025.

Synchrony Financial (SYF) Tax Rate (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Synchrony Financial (SYF) has 14 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 23.11% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 4.0% year-over-year to 23.11%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 23.14% (up 53.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 23.13%, down 2.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 23.11%, up from 21.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 24.63% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 18.37% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 23.32% (2023), against an average of 23.05%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Tax Rate soared 236 bps; it then plunged 376 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 22.13% in 2022, then dropped by 17 bps to 18.37% in 2023, then gained by 11 bps to 20.45% in 2024, then advanced by 3 bps to 21.11% in 2025, then advanced by 9 bps to 23.11% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 23.11% (Q1 2026), 21.11% (Q4 2025), and 24.63% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 16.07
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 19.33
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 21.36
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 19.19
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 20.10
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 4.19
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 23.11
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn 16.45
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 20.25
10 Credit Acceptance 6.46 Bn 6.44 Bn 562.70 Mn 22.29

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.11%
Mar 31, 2026 23.11%
Dec 31, 2025 21.11%
Dec 31, 2025 21.11%
Sep 30, 2025 24.63%
Sep 30, 2025 24.63%
Jun 30, 2025 23.01%
Jun 30, 2025 23.01%
Mar 31, 2025 23.07%
Mar 31, 2025 23.07%
Dec 31, 2024 20.45%
Dec 31, 2024 20.45%
Sep 30, 2024 23.25%
Sep 30, 2024 23.25%
Jun 30, 2024 23.82%
Jun 30, 2024 23.82%
Mar 31, 2024 24.30%
Mar 31, 2024 24.30%
Dec 31, 2023 18.37%
Dec 31, 2023 18.37%