SYF - Synchrony Financial
Synchrony Financial, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer financial services company in the United States. It provides credit products, such as credit cards, commercial credit products, and consumer installment loans. The company also offers private label credit cards, dual cards, co-brand and general purpose credit cards, short- and long-term installment loans, and consumer banking products; and deposit products, including certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, money market accounts, and savings accounts to retail and commercial customers, as well as accepts deposits through third-party securities brokerage firms.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $71.14, ATM IV 32.1%, max pain $70.00, net GEX -$41.6K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Credit Services
- Market Cap
- $23.52B
- P/E Ratio
- 6.64
- Beta
- 1.36
- 52-Week Range
- 55.67-88.77
- Dividend Yield
- $1.20
- CEO
- Brian D. Doubles
- Employees
- 20,000
- IPO Date
- Jul 31, 2014
- Exchange
- NYSE
What SYF Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 14.6% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); negative net gamma exposure (-$41.6K) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (0.043) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The SYF overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked SYF overview questions
- What is SYF?
- SYF is the ticker symbol for Synchrony Financial, a listed security. Synchrony Financial, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer financial services company in the United States. It provides credit products, such as credit cards, commercial credit products, and consumer installment loans. Listed on NYSE. SYF is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the SYF options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the SYF options snapshot shows spot at $71.14, ATM IV 32.1%, IV rank 14.6%, max pain $70.00, net GEX -$41.6K, expected move 9.20%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are SYF's key statistics?
- Synchrony Financial (SYF) carries a market capitalization of $23.52B, trailing P/E ratio of 6.64, beta of 1.36 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 55.67-88.77. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does SYF belong to?
- Synchrony Financial operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Financial - Credit Services industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare SYF's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the SYF data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).