Synchrony Financial SYF

72.94 1.39 1.94% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$23.3B
P/E
7.4×
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Synchrony Financial (SYF) Free cash flow margin

Synchrony Financial's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 41.8%, down 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (42.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 38.2% (fiscal 2022) to 51.4% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 13.0% and above the Financial sector median of 15.6%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 42.6% 1.86
FY2024 40.8% (0.17)
FY2023 40.9% 2.73
FY2022 38.2% (6.88)
FY2021 45.1% (0.38)
FY2020 45.5% (0.74)
FY2019 46.2% (4.99)
FY2018 51.2% (0.18)
FY2017 51.4% 8.30
FY2016 43.1% (2.34)

Against its own ten years

Low 38.2% High 51.4%
Ten-year median 45.1%
Current reading's percentile 36

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
CACC Credit Acceptance Corporation compare 52.4%
OMF OneMain Holdings, Inc. compare 50.7%
SYF Synchrony Financial 41.8%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 28.8%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 23.3%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 19.4%
FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc. compare 12.9%
KLAR Klarna Group plc compare −94.3%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare −157.6%
Credit Services industry median 13.0%
Financial sector median 15.6%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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