SYF vs. IBN, TD, SMFG, SAN, BMO, BNS, MFG, BBVA, CM, and ING
Should you be buying Synchrony Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Synchrony Financial include ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), and ING Groep (ING). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Synchrony Financial vs.
ICICI Bank (NYSE:IBN) and Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Synchrony Financial received 596 more outperform votes than ICICI Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.54% of users gave Synchrony Financial an outperform vote while only 63.02% of users gave ICICI Bank an outperform vote.
18.2% of ICICI Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Synchrony Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ICICI Bank has a net margin of 24.31% compared to Synchrony Financial's net margin of 13.98%. Synchrony Financial's return on equity of 16.64% beat ICICI Bank's return on equity.
ICICI Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Synchrony Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. ICICI Bank pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Synchrony Financial pays out 13.1% 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.
Synchrony Financial has a consensus target price of $65.45, suggesting a potential downside of 4.76%. Given Synchrony Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Synchrony Financial is more favorable than ICICI Bank.
In the previous week, Synchrony Financial had 10 more articles in the media than ICICI Bank. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Synchrony Financial and 7 mentions for ICICI Bank. Synchrony Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat ICICI Bank's score of 0.32 indicating that Synchrony Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ICICI Bank has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Synchrony Financial has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ICICI Bank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Synchrony Financial. Synchrony Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICICI Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Synchrony Financial beats ICICI Bank on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SYF) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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