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How Synchrony Financial stacks up
SYF · against 40 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Growth
42/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #31 of 41 · scores higher than 23% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score5 peers with a growth score of 40–49, including SYF · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 42?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.A mix: stronger earnings per share growth, but weaker revenue growth than most Financial Services peers.
- slower revenue growth over the last year: weaker than 70% of peers. Revenue growth: -0.5% vs peer median 7.4%
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 8.7% vs peer median 10.0%
- faster growth in earnings per share: stronger than 66% of peers. Earnings per share growth: 22.4% vs peer median 10.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SYF, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SYF | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 42 reported | -0.5% | 11.9% | 12% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 36 reported | 22.4% | 19.8% | 57% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 39 reported | 8.7% | 9.7% | 39% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SYF| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16.5B GBP (≈$21.4B) | 99 | 41 | |
| 2 | 226.5B SEK (≈$22.7B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 3 | 24.3B USD | 95 | 67 | |
| 4 | 18.9B USD | 94 | 56 | |
| 5 | 1.49T INR (≈$17.9B) | 93 | 71 | |
| 27 | 24.1B USD | 51 | 54 | |
| 28 | 391.0B SEK (≈$39.1B) | 48 | 57 | |
| 29 | 19.0B CAD (≈$13.9B) | 47 | 60 | |
| 30 | 12.7B USD | 46 | 63 | |
| 31 | 24.5B USD | 42 | 47 | |
| 31 | 22.7B USD | 42 | 64 | |
| 33 | 18.7B EUR (≈$20.6B) | 37 | 52 | |
| 34 | 14.1B USD | 36 | 57 | |
| 34 | 15.3B EUR (≈$16.8B) | 36 | 57 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score