Insightful Analysis on SYF Stock for Potential Investors

By Harris Dyer • Tuesday, May 20 09:55 • Permanent Link

Synchrony Financial logged a -0.1% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $60.0 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. SYF's trading volume is 125,973 compared to the stock's average volume of 5,010,249.

Synchrony Financial trades -5.12% away from its average analyst target price of $63.24 per share. The 21 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $48.0 to $88.0, and on average have given Synchrony Financial a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in SYF, you'll want to know the following:

Synchrony Financial's current price is -32.8% below its Graham number of $89.23, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Synchrony Financial has moved 34.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.1%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 7.3, Synchrony Financial has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.2 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
SYF has a forward P/E ratio of 9.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.47 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.49 compared to its sector average of 1.78
Synchrony Financial, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer financial services company in the United States.
Based in Stamford, the company has 20,000 full time employees and a market cap of $22.84 Billion. Synchrony Financial currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.7%.

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