Synchrony Financial [NYSE: SYF] jumped around 0.56 points on Wednesday, while shares priced at $56.31 at the close of the session, up 1.00%.
Compared to the average trading volume of 3.35M shares, SYF reached a trading volume of 4234863 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
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What do top market gurus say about Synchrony Financial [SYF]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for SYF shares is $60.60 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on SYF stock is a recommendation set at 2.09. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
BTIG Research have made an estimate for Synchrony Financial shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on September 16, 2024. The new note on the price target was released on August 09, 2024, representing the official price target for Synchrony Financial stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $56, while Compass Point analysts kept a Buy rating on SYF stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Synchrony Financial is set at 1.42, with the Price to Sales ratio for SYF stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.07. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.49, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 46.06. Price to Free Cash Flow for SYF in the course of the last twelve months was 2.23.
How has SYF stock performed recently?
Synchrony Financial [SYF] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.38. With this latest performance, SYF shares gained by 14.89% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 28.09% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 98.76% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for SYF stock in for the last two-week period is set at 64.57, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 64.35, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 63.54 for Synchrony Financial [SYF]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 50.84, while it was recorded at 55.85 for the last single week of trading, and 45.32 for the last 200 days.
Earnings analysis for Synchrony Financial [SYF]
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Synchrony Financial posted 1.03/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.93/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 0.1. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for SYF. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Synchrony Financial go to 38.63%.
Insider trade positions for Synchrony Financial [SYF]
There are presently around $105.27%, or 105.84%% of SYF stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of SYF stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 50.27 million shares, which is approximately 12.4208%. CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS, holding 43.62 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$2.06 billion in SYF stocks shares; and CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS, currently with $$1.69 billion in SYF stock with ownership which is approximately 8.8486%.
