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) Return on invested capital

Synchrony Financial's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 16.8%, down 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.63% (fiscal 2020) to 17.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 4.09% and above the Financial sector median of 4.85%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 17.0% 0.59
FY2024 16.4% 4.80
FY2023 11.6% (3.15)
FY2022 14.8% (2.58)
FY2021 17.4% 10.72
FY2020 6.63% (6.76)
FY2019 13.4% 5.61
FY2018 7.78% (1.09)
FY2017 8.87% (0.05)
FY2016 8.92% (0.07)

Against its own ten years

Low 6.63% High 17.4%
Ten-year median 11.6%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. compare 16.9%
SYF Synchrony Financial 16.8%
CACC Credit Acceptance Corporation compare 10.0%
FCFS FirstCash Holdings, Inc. compare 8.97%
ALLY Ally Financial Inc. compare 4.64%
SOFI SoFi Technologies, Inc. compare 4.26%
OMF OneMain Holdings, Inc. compare 2.45%
AFRM Affirm Holdings, Inc. compare 2.16%
KLAR Klarna Group plc compare 0.00%
Credit Services industry median 4.09%
Financial sector median 4.85%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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