NYSE:SYF - Synchrony Financial Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Buy
Consensus Price Target: $44.36
Forecasted Upside: -7.38 %
Number of Analysts: 11
Breakdown:
0 Sell Ratings
2 Hold Ratings
9 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$47.90 As of 06/22/2021 01:00 AM ET

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Analyst Price Target for SYF

^$44.36

▼ -7.38% Downside Potential

This price target is based on 11 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Synchrony Financial in the last 3 months. The average price target is $44.36, with a high forecast of $58.00 and a low forecast of $22.00. The average price target represents a -7.38% upside from the last price of $47.90.

Current Consensus is Buy

The current consensus among 11 investment analysts is to buy stock in Synchrony Financial. This Buy consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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0 strong buy ratings
11 buy ratings
2 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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12/31/2019

0 strong buy ratings
8 buy ratings
2 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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3/30/2020

0 strong buy ratings
10 buy ratings
3 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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6/28/2020

0 strong buy ratings
11 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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9/26/2020

0 strong buy ratings
10 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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12/25/2020

0 strong buy ratings
10 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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3/25/2021

0 strong buy ratings
10 buy ratings
3 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

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5/24/2021

0 strong buy ratings
9 buy ratings
2 hold ratings
0 sell ratings

Ratings as of

6/23/2021

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
6/15/2021	Evercore ISI	Initiated Coverage	Buy		High
6/14/2021	Evercore ISI	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$49.00 ➝ $56.00	Low
6/2/2021	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$56.00	Medium
5/10/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$55.00 ➝ $56.00	Medium
4/28/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$54.00 ➝ $55.00	High
4/28/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Buy	$54.00 ➝ $58.00	High
4/20/2021	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Medium
4/15/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$49.00 ➝ $48.00	Low
4/14/2021	Evercore ISI	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$49.00	N/A
4/14/2021	Oppenheimer	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Medium
4/8/2021	Evercore ISI	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$49.00	Low
4/1/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$53.00 ➝ $54.00	Medium
3/15/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$41.00 ➝ $48.00	Low
2/1/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$51.00 ➝ $53.00	Low
2/1/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Buy	$51.00 ➝ $54.00	Low
1/26/2021	JMP Securities	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$36.00 ➝ $43.00	High
1/19/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$46.00	Medium
1/6/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Buy	$31.00 ➝ $51.00	N/A
1/4/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$32.00 ➝ $41.00	N/A
12/23/2020	Compass Point	Boost Price Target		$33.00 ➝ $44.00	N/A
12/10/2020	Barclays	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$33.00 ➝ $47.00	Medium
11/30/2020	Morgan Stanley	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$51.00	High
10/21/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$28.00 ➝ $32.00	Medium
10/9/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$24.50 ➝ $30.00	High
10/5/2020	The Goldman Sachs Group	Boost Price Target		$30.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
10/5/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$21.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
9/16/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$20.00 ➝ $21.00	High
9/9/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Initiated Coverage	Buy ➝ Buy	$30.00	Low
7/31/2020	Wolfe Research	Initiated Coverage	Outperform		High
7/22/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$19.00 ➝ $20.00	Medium
7/22/2020	Barclays	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$27.00 ➝ $25.00	Medium
7/15/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$24.00	High
7/8/2020	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$19.00 ➝ $22.00	High
6/25/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$18.00 ➝ $19.00	Medium
6/22/2020	UBS Group	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$18.00 ➝ $26.00	Low
6/17/2020	JMP Securities	Boost Price Target	Market Outperform	$21.00 ➝ $27.50	High
6/8/2020	Stephens	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$25.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
4/28/2020	BTIG Research	Lower Price Target		$42.00 ➝ $23.00	Low
4/22/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$20.00	Low
4/22/2020	JMP Securities	Lower Price Target	Market Outperform	$39.00 ➝ $21.00	Medium
4/22/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$31.00 ➝ $30.00	Medium
4/22/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$19.00 ➝ $18.00	High
4/21/2020	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$22.00	High
4/14/2020	Nomura Securities	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$34.00 ➝ $16.00	High
4/12/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$20.00	High
4/8/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$40.00 ➝ $28.00	High
4/3/2020	Cfra	Downgrade	Sell ➝ Strong Sell	$28.00 ➝ $11.00	Medium
3/18/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$20.00	High
2/9/2020	Nomura Securities	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$34.00	Low
1/28/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$37.00	Low
1/27/2020	Nomura Securities	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$38.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
1/27/2020	Stephens	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$40.00	Medium
1/3/2020	Stephens	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight		Low
12/5/2019	Nomura Securities	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Neutral	$43.00 ➝ $38.00	Low
12/2/2019	Bank of America	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$42.00	Medium
10/21/2019	Nomura Securities	Set Price Target	Buy	$43.00	Low
10/15/2019	Oppenheimer	Set Price Target	Buy	$39.00	Low
9/11/2019	Nomura Securities	Boost Price Target	Buy	$39.00 ➝ $43.00	Low
7/22/2019	Buckingham Research	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$42.00	Low
7/22/2019	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$42.00	Low
7/21/2019	BMO Capital Markets	Set Price Target	Buy	$43.00	N/A
7/15/2019	BTIG Research	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$42.00	Low
5/9/2019	Nomura Securities	Boost Price Target	Buy	$35.00 ➝ $39.00	High
5/3/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$39.00	Low
4/22/2019	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$31.00 ➝ $34.00	Medium
3/13/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Buy		High
2/14/2019	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$38.00	Medium
1/30/2019	Bank of America	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$37.00	Low
1/27/2019	Stephens	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$34.00	Low
1/24/2019	CIBC	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$43.00	Low
1/24/2019	Oppenheimer	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$43.00	Low
1/24/2019	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Equal Weight	$35.00	Low
1/3/2019	Stephens	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight		Low
11/5/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$35.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
11/2/2018	Stephens	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Sell	$26.00	High
11/1/2018	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		High
11/1/2018	Citigroup	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$37.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
10/22/2018	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
10/22/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$37.00 ➝ $40.00	Medium
9/26/2018	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$34.00	High
8/6/2018	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
8/3/2018	UBS Group	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$32.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
7/30/2018	Compass Point	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$39.00	Low
7/30/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$51.00 ➝ $37.00	Low
7/30/2018	Barclays	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$53.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
7/27/2018	Stephens	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$32.00	Low
7/27/2018	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
7/27/2018	Edward Jones	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold		Low
7/27/2018	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$41.00 ➝ $39.00	Medium
4/30/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$41.00 ➝ $38.00	Low
4/23/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$55.00 ➝ $51.00	Medium
4/22/2018	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
4/17/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$45.00	Low
4/5/2018	Citigroup	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$37.00	High
3/27/2018	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Sell	$32.00	Medium
3/14/2018	Buckingham Research	Initiated Coverage	Buy ➝ Buy	$42.00	Medium
1/22/2018	Barclays	Set Price Target	Buy	$53.00	Low
1/22/2018	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
1/11/2018	Barclays	Set Price Target	Buy	$55.00	Low
1/9/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$35.00	N/A
12/26/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$44.00	Low
12/18/2017	Bank of America	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy		High
12/17/2017	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$44.00	High
12/12/2017	Barclays	Set Price Target	Buy	$53.00	Medium
12/11/2017	Wedbush	Set Price Target	Hold	$33.00 ➝ $41.00	Low
12/1/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Positive ➝ Top Pick	$44.00	Low
11/21/2017	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$43.00	N/A
10/31/2017	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		N/A
10/23/2017	Barclays	Set Price Target	Buy	$36.00 ➝ $40.00	N/A
10/23/2017	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$33.00 ➝ $35.00	N/A
10/23/2017	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $35.00	N/A
10/23/2017	JMP Securities	Boost Price Target	Market Outperform	$35.00 ➝ $37.00	N/A
10/20/2017	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		N/A
10/12/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$39.00	N/A
10/10/2017	Wells Fargo & Company	Initiated Coverage	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$33.00	N/A
10/6/2017	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$35.00 ➝ $33.00	N/A
9/21/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$40.00	Low
9/8/2017	Morgan Stanley	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$35.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
8/25/2017	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$40.00	Low
7/25/2017	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$33.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
7/22/2017	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
7/21/2017	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
7/14/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$40.00	Low
7/12/2017	Nomura Instinet	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$38.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
6/9/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$40.00	Low
5/24/2017	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$36.00	Low
5/3/2017	Guggenheim	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$38.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
5/1/2017	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$36.00 ➝ $47.00	Low
5/1/2017	Citigroup	Lower Price Target	Buy	$43.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
5/1/2017	JMP Securities	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$41.00 ➝ $35.00	Medium
5/1/2017	BTIG Research	Lower Price Target	Buy	$42.00 ➝ $36.00	Medium
5/1/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Lower Price Target	Buy	$45.00 ➝ $40.00	Medium
5/1/2017	DA Davidson	Lower Price Target	Buy	$45.00 ➝ $41.00	Low
5/1/2017	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$47.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
5/1/2017	Stephens	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$44.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
4/30/2017	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Medium
4/28/2017	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Conviction-Buy ➝ Neutral	$44.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
4/11/2017	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$44.00	Low
4/11/2017	CIBC	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform		Low
4/11/2017	Oppenheimer	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform		Medium
4/11/2017	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$38.00	Low
3/29/2017	Wells Fargo & Company	Initiated Coverage	Outperform ➝ Outperform		Low
2/14/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$45.00	N/A
1/23/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$45.00	N/A
1/23/2017	Sanford C. Bernstein	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$39.00 ➝ $45.00	N/A
1/23/2017	JMP Securities	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$37.00 ➝ $41.00	N/A
1/9/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$43.00 ➝ $45.00	N/A
1/8/2017	Barclays	Set Price Target	Buy	$47.00	N/A
1/8/2017	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Reiterated Rating	Buy		N/A
12/15/2016	DA Davidson	Reiterated Rating	Buy		N/A
12/15/2016	Bank of America	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$40.50	N/A
12/7/2016	Wedbush	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$23.25 ➝ $37.00	N/A
12/4/2016	Guggenheim	Reiterated Rating	Buy		N/A
12/1/2016	Wedbush	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$32.00 ➝ $37.00	N/A
11/22/2016	JMP Securities	Boost Price Target	Market Outperform	$33.00 ➝ $37.00	N/A
11/21/2016	Barclays	Set Price Target	Buy	$41.00	N/A
11/18/2016	Stephens	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$40.00	N/A
11/4/2016	Compass Point	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$34.00	N/A
10/23/2016	BTIG Research	Set Price Target	Buy	$42.00	N/A
10/12/2016	BTIG Research	Set Price Target	Buy	$42.00	N/A
10/10/2016	Wedbush	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$31.00	N/A
9/22/2016	Credit Suisse Group	Set Price Target	Buy	$37.00	N/A
9/22/2016	Nomura Securities	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$34.00	N/A
8/18/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$31.50	N/A
7/26/2016	Bank of America	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$28.00 ➝ $30.00	N/A
7/25/2016	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$42.00	N/A
7/18/2016	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$42.00	N/A
7/15/2016	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$41.00	N/A
7/11/2016	Nomura Securities	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$34.00	N/A
7/11/2016	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Positive		N/A
7/10/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$35.00	N/A
7/10/2016	BTIG Research	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$42.00	N/A
7/9/2016	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Buy		N/A
7/9/2016	Nomura Securities	Reiterated Rating	Buy		N/A
7/9/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Reiterated Rating	Buy		N/A
7/9/2016	JMP Securities	Reiterated Rating	Buy		N/A
7/5/2016	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$108.00	N/A
6/29/2016	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Overweight		N/A
6/29/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$35.00	N/A
6/26/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Reiterated Rating	Buy		N/A
6/23/2016	Sanford C. Bernstein	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$39.00	N/A

(Data available from 6/23/2016 forward)

Synchrony Financial operates as a consumer financial services company in the United States. It provides a range of specialized financing programs and consumer banking products to digital, retail, home, auto, travel, health, and pet industries. The company also offers private label credit cards, dual cards, general purpose co-branded credit cards, and small and medium-sized business credit products; and promotional financing for consumer purchases, such as private label credit cards, dual cards, and installment loans. In addition, it provides promotional financing to consumers for health, veterinary and personal care procedures, and services and products, such as dental, vision, audiology, and cosmetic; debt cancellation products; and deposit products, including certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, money market accounts, and savings accounts to retail and commercial customers, as well as accepts deposits through third-party securities brokerage firms. The company offers its credit products through programs established with a group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, buying groups, industry associations, and healthcare service providers; and deposit products through various channels, such as digital and print. Synchrony Financial was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Today's Range

Now: $47.90

$47.37

$48.32

50 Day Range

MA: $45.76

$39.57

$50.80

52 Week Range

Now: $47.90

$21.04

$50.96

Volume

6,240,250 shs

Average Volume

6,368,250 shs

Market Capitalization

$27.86 billion

P/E Ratio

13.49

Dividend Yield

1.83%

Beta

1.84

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of Synchrony Financial?

The following Wall Street analysts have issued research reports on Synchrony Financial in the last twelve months: Barclays PLC, Citigroup Inc., Compass Point, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Evercore ISI, JMP Securities, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer Holdings Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., TheStreet, Wells Fargo & Company, Wolfe Research, and Zacks Investment Research.
View the latest analyst ratings for SYF.

What is the current price target for Synchrony Financial?

11 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for Synchrony Financial in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $44.36, suggesting a possible downside of 7.4%. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft has the highest price target set, predicting SYF will reach $58.00 in the next twelve months. Citigroup Inc. has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $22.00 for Synchrony Financial in the next year.
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What is the current consensus analyst rating for Synchrony Financial?

Synchrony Financial currently has 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Buy." A "buy" rating indicates that analysts believe SYF will outperform the market and that investors should add to their positions of Synchrony Financial.
View the latest ratings for SYF.

What other companies compete with Synchrony Financial?

Other companies that are similar to Synchrony Financial include Zurich Insurance Group, Coinbase Global, Lufax, Hargreaves Lansdown, Upstart, 360 DigiTech, SBI, loanDepot, Walker & Dunlop, Mr. Cooper Group, Green Dot, LexinFintech, AMTD International, Sprott and Blucora.

How do I contact Synchrony Financial's investor relations team?

Synchrony Financial's physical mailing address is 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, STAMFORD CT, 06902. The financial services provider's listed phone number is 203-585-2400 and its investor relations email address is [email protected] The official website for Synchrony Financial is www.synchronyfinancial.com.