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SYF (Synchrony Financial) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 4.38 (As of Jul. 14, 2025)


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What is Synchrony Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-14), Synchrony Financial's current share price is $70.88. Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $16.18. Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 4.38.

The historical rank and industry rank for Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

SYF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.1   Med: 2.98   Max: 4.5
Current: 4.36

During the past years, Synchrony Financial's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 4.50. The lowest was 2.10. And the median was 2.98.

SYF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
63.39% of 112 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 7.895 vs SYF: 4.36

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Synchrony Financial's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $5.650. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $16.18 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Synchrony Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Synchrony Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Synchrony Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Synchrony Financial Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Credit Services subindustry, Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Synchrony Financial Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=70.88/16.18
=4.38

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Synchrony Financial's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Synchrony Financial's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=5.65/134.9266*134.9266
=5.650

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Synchrony Financial Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.572 100.684 2.107
201509 1.575 100.392 2.117
201512 2.257 99.792 3.052
201603 1.795 100.470 2.411
201606 1.760 101.688 2.335
201609 2.185 101.861 2.894
201612 2.093 101.863 2.772
201703 1.811 102.862 2.376
201706 2.135 103.349 2.787
201709 3.669 104.136 4.754
201712 3.150 104.011 4.086
201803 2.486 105.290 3.186
201806 2.856 106.317 3.625
201809 3.634 106.507 4.604
201812 3.575 105.998 4.551
201903 3.229 107.251 4.062
201906 2.864 108.070 3.576
201909 3.626 108.329 4.516
201912 3.666 108.420 4.562
202003 2.530 108.902 3.135
202006 4.074 108.767 5.054
202009 2.536 109.815 3.116
202012 3.556 109.897 4.366
202103 3.130 111.754 3.779
202106 2.477 114.631 2.916
202109 3.209 115.734 3.741
202112 3.693 117.630 4.236
202203 2.687 121.301 2.989
202206 3.668 125.017 3.959
202209 3.471 125.227 3.740
202212 4.117 125.222 4.436
202303 4.314 127.348 4.571
202306 4.498 128.729 4.715
202309 5.932 129.860 6.163
202312 5.590 129.419 5.828
202403 5.507 131.776 5.639
202406 6.170 132.554 6.280
202409 6.968 133.029 7.067
202412 5.954 133.157 6.033
202503 5.650 134.927 5.650

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Synchrony Financial  (NYSE:SYF) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Synchrony Financial Business Description

Address
777 Long Ridge Road, Stamford, CT, USA, 06902
Synchrony Financial, originally a spinoff of GE Capital's retail financing business, is the largest provider of private-label credit cards in the United States by both outstanding receivables and purchasing volume. Synchrony partners with other firms to market its credit products in their physical stores as well as on their websites and mobile applications. Synchrony operates through three segments: retail card (private-label and co-branded general-purpose credit cards), payment solutions (promotional financing for large ticket purchases), and CareCredit (financing for elective healthcare procedures).
Executives
Jonathan S Mothner officer: See Remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL C/O CORP. SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Curtis Howse officer: See remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Carol Juel officer: See remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Bart Schaller officer: See remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Wenzel Brian J. Sr. officer: See remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Alberto Casellas officer: See remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Brian D Doubles officer: See Remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL C/O CORP. SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Maran Nalluswami officer: See remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, C/O CORPORATE SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
David P Melito officer: See Remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL C/O CORP. SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Margaret M Keane director, officer: President and CEO 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL C/O CORP. SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Kamila K Chytil director 2828 N. HARWOOD STREET, 15TH FLOOR, DALLAS TX 75201
Henry F Greig officer: See Remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL C/O CORP. SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Paul Whynott officer: See remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL C/O CORP. SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
Thomas M Quindlen officer: See Remarks 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD, SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL C/O CORP. SECRETARY, STAMFORD CT 06902
P.w. Parker director U.S. BANCORP, 800 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402