Synchrony Financial (SYF) is expecting 9.19% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) kicked off on Friday, down -0.20% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $55.26. Over the past 52 weeks, SYF has traded in a range of $27.42-$57.26.

Here's Your FREE Report on the #1 Small-Cap Uranium Stock of '24.

Small-cap Uranium stocks are booming in 2024! The company we're about to show you is the ONLY small-cap stock in the space that benefits from ALL aspects of the global Uranium industry with none of the risks of running a mine. Smart investors will not be hesitating on this one!

Get the FREE Report with all the details here.


Sponsored

Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Financial sector was 4.33%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 24.40%. With a float of $386.74 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $406.88 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 20000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 79.88%, operating margin of 42.67%, and the pretax margin is 21.12%.

Synchrony Financial (SYF) Insider Activity

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Credit Services Industry. The insider ownership of Synchrony Financial is 0.67%, while institutional ownership is 102.03%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 19 ’24, was worth 3,490,638. In this transaction an insider of this company sold 74,698 shares at a rate of $46.73, taking the stock ownership to the 76,251 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 19 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 74,698 for $46.73, making the entire transaction worth $3,490,638.

Synchrony Financial (SYF) Earnings and Forecasts

In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 1.03 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 0.93) by 0.1. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.66 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 24.40% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 38.63% during the next five years compared to 6.75% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Synchrony Financial’s (SYF) current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.04. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 2.19.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 7.66, a number that is poised to hit 1.82 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.23 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Synchrony Financial (SYF)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 3.94 million, its volume of 2.79 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 54.60%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.38.

During the past 100 days, Synchrony Financial’s (SYF) raw stochastic average was set at 86.44%, which indicates a significant increase from 66.13% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 29.53% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 33.74% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $50.29, while its 200-day Moving Average is $45.03. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $56.12 in the near term. At $57.10, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $57.64. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $54.60, it is likely to go to the next support level at $54.06. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $53.08.

Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 21.47 billion has total of 401,544K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 20,999 M in contrast with the sum of 2,238 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 5,904 M and last quarter income was 789,000 K.