SYF vs. SMFG, SAN, BMO, BBVA, MFG, NU, BNS, ING, ITUB, and CM
Should you be buying Synchrony Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synchrony Financial include Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), NU (NU), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), ING Groep (ING), Itaú Unibanco (ITUB), and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Synchrony Financial vs.
Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (NYSE:SMFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Synchrony Financial received 608 more outperform votes than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.39% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 65.78% of users gave Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group an outperform vote.
Synchrony Financial has a net margin of 15.36% compared to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's net margin of 12.61%. Synchrony Financial's return on equity of 18.30% beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's return on equity.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Synchrony Financial. Synchrony Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Synchrony Financial had 13 more articles in the media than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Synchrony Financial and 7 mentions for Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Synchrony Financial's score of 0.98 indicating that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Synchrony Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Synchrony Financial pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Synchrony Financial presently has a consensus target price of $69.30, suggesting a potential upside of 11.21%. Given Synchrony Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Synchrony Financial is more favorable than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.
Summary
Synchrony Financial beats Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SYF) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
