Synchrony Financial - SYF Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $39.27
Forecasted Upside: 5.95%
Number of Analysts: 13
Breakdown:
2 Sell Ratings
5 Hold Ratings
6 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$37.06 As of 01/27/2023 01:00 AM ET

▲ +0.51 (1.40%)

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Analyst Price Target for SYF

^$39.27

▲ +5.95% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 13 analysts offering 12 month price targets for Synchrony Financial in the last 3 months. The average price target is $39.27, with a high forecast of $53.00 and a low forecast of $22.00. The average price target represents a 5.95% upside from the last price of $37.06.

Current Consensus is Hold

The current consensus among 13 contributing investment analysts is to hold stock in Synchrony Financial. This rating has held steady since June 2022, when it changed from a Buy consensus rating.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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

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8/7/2021

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

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11/5/2021

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

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2/3/2022

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

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5/4/2022

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

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8/2/2022

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
3 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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10/31/2022

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
5 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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12/30/2022

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
5 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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1/29/2023

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
1/24/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Underweight	$29.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
1/24/2023	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$56.00 ➝ $53.00	Low
1/24/2023	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target	Outperform	$38.00 ➝ $37.00	Low
1/24/2023	JMP Securities	Boost Target	Market Outperform	$39.00 ➝ $42.00	Low
1/24/2023	Citigroup	Boost Target	Buy	$44.00 ➝ $45.00	Low
1/10/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target		$39.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
1/6/2023	Barclays	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$41.00 ➝ $38.00	Low
12/15/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $37.00	Low
12/13/2022	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		Low
12/1/2022	Morgan Stanley	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$31.00 ➝ $29.00	N/A
11/21/2022	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$42.00	Low
11/15/2022	Bank of America	Boost Target		$39.00 ➝ $45.00	Low
10/26/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target		$42.00 ➝ $52.00	Low
10/26/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Boost Target	Buy	$35.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
10/26/2022	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$38.00 ➝ $39.00	Low
10/26/2022	Citigroup	Boost Target	Buy	$42.00 ➝ $44.00	N/A
10/13/2022	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target		$38.00	Low
10/13/2022	Citigroup	Lower Target	Buy	$50.00 ➝ $42.00	Low
10/13/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Overweight	$49.00 ➝ $41.00	Low
10/7/2022	JMP Securities	Lower Target	Market Outperform	$40.00 ➝ $39.00	Low
10/5/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
9/26/2022	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Overweight	$41.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
7/19/2022	Piper Sandler	Set Target		$41.00	Low
7/19/2022	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$46.00 ➝ $47.00	Low
7/19/2022	Stephens	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$29.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
7/15/2022	JMP Securities	Lower Target	Market Outperform	$50.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
7/13/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$45.00 ➝ $32.00	N/A
7/12/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$40.00 ➝ $31.00	N/A
7/11/2022	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Lower Target		$59.00 ➝ $46.00	N/A
7/11/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Overweight	$64.00 ➝ $49.00	N/A
6/29/2022	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Overweight	$49.00 ➝ $42.00	Low
5/12/2022	Wolfe Research	Downgrade	Peer Perform ➝ Underperform	$22.00	High
4/19/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Boost Target	Buy	$40.00 ➝ $45.00	Low
4/19/2022	Stephens	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$54.00 ➝ $47.00	Low
4/19/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$49.00 ➝ $52.00	Low
4/6/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Overweight	$52.00 ➝ $45.00	Medium
4/6/2022	Piper Sandler	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$48.00 ➝ $49.00	Medium
4/4/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Lower Target	Buy	$45.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
3/28/2022	Morgan Stanley	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$56.00 ➝ $40.00	High
3/17/2022	Bank of America	Lower Target		$52.00 ➝ $45.00	High
3/17/2022	Wolfe Research	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Low
1/31/2022	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target	Outperform	$60.00 ➝ $58.00	Medium
1/31/2022	Stephens	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$58.00 ➝ $54.00	Medium
1/31/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$54.00 ➝ $50.00	Medium
1/31/2022	Piper Sandler	Lower Target	Neutral	$52.00 ➝ $48.00	Medium
1/31/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$66.00 ➝ $56.00	Medium
1/19/2022	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target		$55.00 ➝ $51.00	Medium
1/10/2022	Barclays	Boost Target		$63.00 ➝ $64.00	Low
1/3/2022	Stephens	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight		Medium
12/6/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$65.00 ➝ $66.00	Medium
11/29/2021	Piper Sandler	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$52.00	Medium
10/29/2021	Citigroup	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$56.00 ➝ $59.00	Low
10/20/2021	JMP Securities	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$56.00	Low
10/20/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Buy	$58.00 ➝ $65.00	High
10/20/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Outperform	$51.00 ➝ $55.00	Medium
10/20/2021	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral	$51.00 ➝ $56.00	Low
10/20/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$57.00 ➝ $55.00	Low
9/10/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$58.00	High
9/10/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$59.00 ➝ $63.00	Medium
8/30/2021	Seaport Res Ptn	Reiterated Rating	Buy		High
7/29/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$56.00 ➝ $65.00	Low
7/19/2021	JMP Securities	Boost Target	Market Outperform	$43.00 ➝ $55.00	High
7/12/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Overweight	$48.00 ➝ $55.00	Low
7/9/2021	Barclays	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Overweight	$52.00 ➝ $63.00	High
7/6/2021	The Goldman Sachs Group	Boost Target	Buy	$59.00 ➝ $62.00	Medium
7/2/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$53.00 ➝ $59.00	Low
6/15/2021	Evercore ISI	Initiated Coverage	Buy		High
6/14/2021	Evercore ISI	Boost Target	Outperform	$49.00 ➝ $56.00	Low
6/2/2021	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$56.00	Medium
5/10/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$55.00 ➝ $56.00	Medium
4/28/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$54.00 ➝ $55.00	High
4/28/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Buy	$54.00 ➝ $58.00	High
4/20/2021	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Medium
4/15/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower 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 Target	Overweight	$53.00 ➝ $54.00	Medium
3/15/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$41.00 ➝ $48.00	Low
2/1/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$51.00 ➝ $53.00	Low
2/1/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Buy	$51.00 ➝ $54.00	Low
1/26/2021	JMP Securities	Boost 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 Target	Buy	$31.00 ➝ $51.00	N/A
1/4/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$32.00 ➝ $41.00	N/A
12/23/2020	Compass Point	Boost 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 Target	Outperform	$28.00 ➝ $32.00	Medium
10/9/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Neutral	$24.50 ➝ $30.00	High
10/5/2020	The Goldman Sachs Group	Boost Target		$30.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
10/5/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$21.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
9/16/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost 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 Target	Equal Weight	$19.00 ➝ $20.00	Medium
7/22/2020	Barclays	Lower 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 Target	Neutral	$19.00 ➝ $22.00	High
6/25/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$18.00 ➝ $19.00	Medium
6/22/2020	UBS Group	Boost Target	Neutral	$18.00 ➝ $26.00	Low
6/17/2020	JMP Securities	Boost Target	Market Outperform	$21.00 ➝ $27.50	High
6/8/2020	Stephens	Boost Target	Overweight	$25.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
4/28/2020	BTIG Research	Lower 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 Target	Market Outperform	$39.00 ➝ $21.00	Medium
4/22/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform	$31.00 ➝ $30.00	Medium
4/22/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$19.00 ➝ $18.00	High
4/21/2020	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$22.00	High
4/14/2020	Nomura Securities	Lower 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 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 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 Target	Buy	$43.00	Low
10/15/2019	Oppenheimer	Set Target	Buy	$39.00	Low
9/11/2019	Nomura Securities	Boost 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 Target	Buy	$43.00	N/A
7/15/2019	BTIG Research	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$42.00	Low
5/9/2019	Nomura Securities	Boost 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 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 Target	Sell ➝ Equal Weight	$35.00	Low
1/3/2019	Stephens	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight		Low
11/5/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower 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 Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$37.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
10/22/2018	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
10/22/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Boost 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 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 Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$41.00 ➝ $39.00	Medium
4/30/2018	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$41.00 ➝ $38.00	Low
4/23/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Lower 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

(Data available from 1/29/2018 forward)

News Sentiment Rating

0.41 (Hold)

Our news sentiment rating is based on the average sentiment of articles about this company published in the media in the last 30 days of headlines and can range from 2 (very positive sentiment) to -2 (very negative sentiment).

News Sentiment Over Time

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7/3/2022

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8/2/2022

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9/1/2022

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10/1/2022

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10/31/2022

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11/30/2022

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12/30/2022

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1/29/2023

Current Sentiment

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Very Negative

No very negative mentions tracked during this time.

Synchrony Financial engages in the provision of consumer financial services. It operates through three sales platforms: Retail Card, Payment Solutions, and CareCredit. The Retail Card platform is a provider of private label credit cards, and also provides Dual Cards and small-and medium-sized business credit products. The Payment Solutions platform is a provider of promotional financing for major consumer purchases, offering private label credit cards and installment loans. The CareCredit platform is a provider of promotional financing to consumers for elective healthcare procedures or services, such as dental, veterinary, cosmetic, vision and audiology. The company was founded on September 12, 2003, and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Today's Range

Now: $37.06

$36.67

$37.35

50 Day Range

MA: $34.32

$31.98

$37.58

52 Week Range

Now: $37.06

$27.22

$45.56

Volume

3,206,407 shs

Average Volume

6,057,976 shs

Market Capitalization

$16.70 billion

P/E Ratio

6.08

Dividend Yield

2.48%

Beta

1.61

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: Bank of America Co., Barclays PLC, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG, JMP Securities, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Stephens, StockNews.com, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., TheStreet, UBS Group AG, Wells Fargo & Company, and Wolfe Research.
View the latest analyst ratings for SYF.
What is the current price target for Synchrony Financial?: 15 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for Synchrony Financial in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $39.27, suggesting a possible upside of 6.0%. BMO Capital Markets has the highest price target set, predicting SYF will reach $53.00 in the next twelve months. Wolfe Research has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $22.00 for Synchrony Financial in the next year.
View the latest price targets for SYF.
What is the current consensus analyst rating for Synchrony Financial?: Synchrony Financial currently has 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Hold." A "hold" rating indicates that analysts believe investors should keep any existing positions they have in SYF, but not buy more shares or sell existing shares.
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What other companies compete with Synchrony Financial?: Other companies that are similar to Synchrony Financial include Coinbase Global, Lufax, Brown & Brown, Cincinnati Financial and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Learn More about companies similar to Synchrony Financial.
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. Learn More about contacing Synchrony Financial investor relations.

Synchrony Financial - SYF Stock Price Target and Predictions

Analyst Price Target for SYF

Current Consensus is Hold

Past Monthly Recommendations

Latest Recommendations

News Sentiment Rating

0.41 (Hold)

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is the current price target for Synchrony Financial?

What is the current consensus analyst rating for Synchrony Financial?

What other companies compete with Synchrony Financial?

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