Synchrony Financial (SYF)☆

Synchrony Financial is a leading U.S. consumer-finance and store-card lender. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Financials sector — banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy.

Synchrony Financial trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol SYF. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $73.62, down 0.89% on the session, giving Synchrony Financial a market capitalization of roughly $24.76B.

Over the past 52 weeks, SYF has traded between $63.08 and $88.77. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 7.7, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. Synchrony Financial also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 1.62%.

As one of the larger companies in the Financials sector, Synchrony Financial is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy. Traders watch SYF for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.