SYF Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own SYF shares is 1167, representing 101.66% of the company's common stock.

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in SYF by -39.64% restricting it's holding to 3.16 million shares of worth nearly $136.19M. VANGUARD GROUP INC also lessened -4.1% of the SYF shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 51.02 million shares of worth $2.20B. FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP also shunned SYF shares holding by -1.72% last quarter which brought its holding to 6.79 million shares worth $292.84M.

As per its latest 13F filing, AVIVA PLC increased its stake in SYF by 32.94% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 719.74 thousand shares having worth more than $31.04M. AUSTRALIANSUPER PTY LTD also added 1.67% more shares of SYF to its portfolio, raising its holding to 3.34 million shares of worth $139.32M. INVESCO LTD. also increased its SYF shares holding by 21.19% which brought its holding to 6.43 million shares worth $277.43M.

The insider with the most stakes in SYF is KEANE MARGARET M , See remarks at the company. Additionally, SYF stock is highly held by See remarks DOUBLES BRIAN D and See remarks GREIG HENRY F among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.53% percent of Synchrony Financial's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 3 transaction(s) in which SYF insiders have sold stock, totaling 114.63K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MOTHNER JONATHAN S, HOWSE CURTIS, and WENZEL BRIAN J. SR..

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Synchrony Financial insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 303.58K Synchrony Financial shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.53% of SYF stock.

SYF See remarks, KEANE MARGARET M holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. SYF shares owned by KEANE total nearly 762.79 thousand.

AVIVA PLC is the largest institutional owner in SYF which holds 719.74 thousand shares worth $31.04M or 0.17% of the total SYF shares outstanding followed by AUSTRALIANSUPER PTY LTD with ownership of 3.34 million shares representing 0.82% of the SYF ownership. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC is the third largest stakeholder with 3.16 million shares or 0.75% of the ownership worth more than $136.19M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the SYF is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of SYF shares short is 10.55M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 388.30M shares of SYF are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, SYF has 385.93M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for SYF is 3.49.