SYF vs. COIN, NU, SOFI, COOP, CLSK, WD, QFIN, RIOT, LU, and UPST
Should you be buying Synchrony Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synchrony Financial include Coinbase Global (COIN), NU (NU), SoFi Technologies (SOFI), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), CleanSpark (CLSK), Walker & Dunlop (WD), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Lufax (LU), and Upstart (UPST). These companies are all part of the "nondepository credit institutions" industry.
Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) and Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Synchrony Financial currently has a consensus target price of $43.74, indicating a potential downside of 0.14%. Coinbase Global has a consensus target price of $214.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.98%. Given Synchrony Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Synchrony Financial is more favorable than Coinbase Global.
Synchrony Financial received 704 more outperform votes than Coinbase Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.16% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 42.81% of users gave Coinbase Global an outperform vote.
Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coinbase Global has a beta of 3.46, meaning that its share price is 246% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Coinbase Global had 30 more articles in the media than Synchrony Financial. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Coinbase Global and 8 mentions for Synchrony Financial. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Coinbase Global's score of 0.72 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coinbase Global has a net margin of 33.98% compared to Synchrony Financial's net margin of 13.49%. Synchrony Financial's return on equity of 16.01% beat Coinbase Global's return on equity.
96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Coinbase Global shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Coinbase Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Synchrony Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Coinbase Global. Synchrony Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coinbase Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Synchrony Financial beats Coinbase Global on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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