SYF (Synchrony Financial) may reap gains as insiders became active recently

Synchrony Financial’s filing revealed that its Director NAYLOR JEFFREY G acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.68 million on Aug 01 ’25. In the deal valued at $67.50 per share,10,000 shares were bought.

Then, Howse Curtis sold 11,380 shares, generating $739,700 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $65.00, the insider now owns 108,062 shares.

Before that, NAYLOR JEFFREY G sold 10,000 shares. Synchrony Financial shares valued at $650,000 were divested by the Director at a price of $65.00 per share. As a result of the transaction, NAYLOR JEFFREY G now holds 78,570 shares, worth roughly $5.31 million.

Rothschild & Co Redburn initiated its Synchrony Financial [SYF] rating to a Neutral in a research note published on August 01, 2025; the price target was $72. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including BTIG Research’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid July from “a Neutral” to “a Buy”. Morgan Stanley also remained covering SYF and has decreased its forecast on April 07, 2025 with a “an Equal-weight” recommendation from previously “an Overweight” rating. Compass Point revised its rating on January 28, 2025. It rated SYF as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.

Price Performance Review of SYF

On Friday, Synchrony Financial [NYSE:SYF] saw its stock fall -3.07% to $67.53. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -7.37%. Synchrony Financial shares have risen nearly 32.44% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 3.89% over the past one year.

How much short interest is there in Synchrony Financial?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Synchrony Financial stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -1.77 million shares to a total of 13.76 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 15.53 million shares. There was a decline of -12.83%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

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