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Synchrony Financial (SYF) Competitors

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$65.45 +1.18 (+1.84%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

SYF vs. UBS, SMFG, TD, SAN, BNS, MFG, CM, BBVA, NU, and ING

Should you be buying Synchrony Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synchrony Financial include UBS Group (UBS), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), NU (NU), and ING Groep (ING). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Synchrony Financial vs.

Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) and UBS Group (NYSE:UBS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UBS Group has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Synchrony Financial has a net margin of 13.98% compared to UBS Group's net margin of 5.13%. Synchrony Financial's return on equity of 16.64% beat UBS Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Synchrony Financial13.98% 16.64% 1.96%
UBS Group 5.13%4.69%0.25%

Synchrony Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. UBS Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Synchrony Financial pays out 13.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UBS Group pays out 18.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, UBS Group had 47 more articles in the media than Synchrony Financial. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for UBS Group and 18 mentions for Synchrony Financial. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat UBS Group's score of 0.65 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Synchrony Financial
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
UBS Group
17 Very Positive mention(s)
19 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

UBS Group has higher revenue and earnings than Synchrony Financial. Synchrony Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UBS Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Synchrony Financial$15.98B1.59$2.24B$7.668.54
UBS Group$45.33B2.11$27.85B$1.2024.82

Synchrony Financial received 182 more outperform votes than UBS Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.67% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 55.36% of users gave UBS Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Synchrony FinancialOutperform Votes
853
70.67%
Underperform Votes
354
29.33%
UBS GroupOutperform Votes
671
55.36%
Underperform Votes
541
44.64%

96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of UBS Group shares are held by 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 presently has a consensus target price of $63.63, indicating a potential downside of 2.79%. Given Synchrony Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Synchrony Financial is more favorable than UBS Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Synchrony Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
UBS Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Summary

Synchrony Financial beats UBS Group on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SYF vs. The Competition

MetricSynchrony FinancialNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.48B$7.99B$10.83B$19.18B
Dividend Yield1.49%5.10%9.98%3.58%
P/E Ratio8.5418.4529.5741.22
Price / Sales1.5911.28186.7917.58
Price / Cash10.4557.6330.5321.28
Price / Book2.062.392.725.32
Net Income$2.24B$468.09M$1.03B$989.67M
7 Day Performance-3.83%-7.12%-2.87%-3.45%
1 Month Performance0.48%-4.45%-2.83%-3.73%
1 Year Performance72.01%26.75%11.21%12.06%

Synchrony Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYF
Synchrony Financial
4.8066 of 5 stars
$65.45
+1.8%
$63.63
-2.8%
+75.4%$25.48B$15.98B8.5420,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
UBS
UBS Group
2.004 of 5 stars
$31.80
-0.2%
N/A-1.8%$101.96B$65.28B26.48112,842Positive News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
2.8676 of 5 stars
$14.65
-1.6%
N/A+53.6%$95.82B$5.00T12.63120,000
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
4.5106 of 5 stars
$53.05
-0.4%
$80.50
+51.7%
-16.2%$92.85B$88.27B15.35103,257Analyst Downgrade
SAN
Banco Santander
3.9471 of 5 stars
$4.88
-0.6%
N/A+11.4%$77.23B$62.14B6.14212,764
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
4.5711 of 5 stars
$55.12
-0.5%
$72.00
+30.6%
+14.9%$68.63B$33.62B12.8389,483
MFG
Mizuho Financial Group
4.2426 of 5 stars
$5.00
-0.4%
N/A+47.4%$63.36B$3.40T13.5752,307News Coverage
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
4.7881 of 5 stars
$66.18
+0.0%
$89.00
+34.5%
+37.6%$62.51B$25.53B12.3648,074
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
3.4278 of 5 stars
$10.28
+0.9%
N/A+9.8%$60.01B$31.97B5.86121,486Short Interest ↓
NU
NU
4.3932 of 5 stars
$11.74
-1.7%
$15.63
+33.2%
+28.1%$55.95B$7.85B32.867,686
ING
ING Groep
2.8975 of 5 stars
$15.55
+0.1%
N/A+3.7%$54.40B$22.45B6.9646,000

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This page (NYSE:SYF) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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