Synchrony Financial

SYF Financial Credit Services

Synchrony Financial’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $23.1 billion, down 4.32% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.60%
EPS
−6.23%
Free cash flow
−5.27%
Total debt
+18.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

74.44 0.37 +0.50%
Market cap
$23.1B
P/E
7.7×
Fwd P/E
7.9×
Dividend yield
1.72%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Synchrony Financial (SYF) Free cash flow margin

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Synchrony Financial's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 41.2%, down 1.4 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 8.73% and above the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

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 53.7%
OMF OneMain Holdings, Inc. compare 49.3%
SYF Synchrony Financial 41.2%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 30.9%
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 18.4%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 17.8%
FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc. compare 12.1%
KLAR Klarna Group plc compare −94.3%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare −167.0%
Credit Services industry median 8.73%
Financial sector median 11.4%
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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