Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, March 26, with the stock price down by -1.16% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $55.20.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $55.85, falling within a range of $54.88 and $56.56. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.67 whereas the PE ratio was 6.47 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $70.93, and the low was $39.67. On the whole, SYF has fluctuated by -7.24% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Synchrony Financial currently standing at about $21.46 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Jan-27. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.00, with its dividend yield at 1.81%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 15.46B, with a low estimate of 3.74B and a high estimate of 3.85B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 3.8B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that SYF’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of Hold while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 0.37, with the price of SYF currently trading nearly 0.57% and -10.69% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 43.26, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.70% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 3.70%. Furthermore, Synchrony Financial (SYF)’s beta value is 1.44, and its average true range (ATR) is 2.03.
A comparison of Synchrony Financial (SYF) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. SYF showed an intraday change of -1.16% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 32.85%%.
Data on historical trading for Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 5.18 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 4.07 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 388.26 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.46% of Synchrony Financial’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 99.10% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 12.68 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 2.59. According to the data, the short interest in Synchrony Financial (SYF) stood at 510.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 12.45 million. The stock has fallen by -15.08% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the SYF stock heading into the next quarter.
