Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF): Think Like A Lender, Not An Investor

Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.37M but it saw 2444210 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 20.55B USD, the company’s current market price of $52.00 came rising about 1.58 while comparing to the previous closing price of $51.19. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $52.67 and as low as $27.30. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $51.145 while lowest mark touched by it was $52.089.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Synchrony Financial (SYF) gives us an average price of $49.50, while its current price level is -1.27% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 90.51% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $48.18 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $44.04. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.01% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.52%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 62.96 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

BofA Securities upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Neutral” on August 09, 2024 while assigning a price target of $54. Compass Point issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $56.

Over the week, SYF’s stock price is moving 4.88% up while it is 12.68% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 36.16% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 77.11%.

Currently, Synchrony Financial’s total number of outstanding shares is 406.88M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 10.11% and return on equity (ROE) at 20.77%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 7.22 while having a 8.76 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.61. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.43 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.02. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.62% on average.