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Barclays Upgrades Synchrony Financial (SYF) to an Overweight from an Equal weight

Synchrony Financial’s recently made public that its insider MOTHNER JONATHAN S unloaded Company’s shares for reported $2.22 million on Nov 15 ’24. In the deal valued at $64.99 per share,34,163 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, MOTHNER JONATHAN S now holds 127,587 shares worth roughly $8.27 million.

Then, MOTHNER JONATHAN S bought 34,163 shares, generating $2,220,253 in total proceeds.

Before that, Howse Curtis sold 21,934 shares. Synchrony Financial shares valued at $1,209,221 were divested by the insider at a price of $55.13 per share. As a result of the transaction, Howse Curtis now holds 99,743 shares, worth roughly $6.46 million.

Barclays upgraded its Synchrony Financial [SYF] rating to an Overweight from a an Equal weight in a research note published on January 06, 2025; the price target was increased to $79 from $59. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Morgan Stanley’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid December from “an Underweight” to “an Overweight”. JP Morgan also remained covering SYF and has increased its forecast on December 09, 2024 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. Wells Fargo revised its rating on December 03, 2024. It rated SYF as “an Overweight” which previously was an “an Equal weight”.

Price Performance Review of SYF

On Monday, Synchrony Financial [NYSE:SYF] saw its stock jump 1.63% to $64.81. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.95%. Synchrony Financial shares have fallen nearly -0.29% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 70.82% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $69.39 was reached on 01/06/25, a 52-week low of $35.29 was recorded on 01/13/25. SMA at 50 days reached $65.06, while 200 days put it at $51.48.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For SYF Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 63.60, which if violated will result in even more drops to 62.38. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 65.49. A further resistance level may holdings at 66.17. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 46.82, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.99, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 67.75%. Stochastics %K at 29.56% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in Synchrony Financial?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Synchrony Financial stocks on 2024-12-31, dropping by -1.92 million shares to a total of 10.78 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-11-29 was 12.69 million shares. There was a decline of -17.79%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

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