Synchrony Financial Ownership | Who Owns Synchrony Financial?

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Synchrony Financial Ownership Summary

Synchrony Financial is owned by 46.18% institutional investors, 0.31% insiders, and 53.51% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.51% of SYF shares. American Funds American Balanced A is the top mutual fund, with 5.45% of its assets in Synchrony Financial shares.

SYF Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Synchrony Financial	46.18%	0.31%	53.51%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	36.95%	15.48%	47.58%
Industry	Credit Services Stocks	45.07%	10.14%	44.79%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	47.00M	12.51%	$3.34B
Capital world investors	38.33M	10.20%	$2.72B
Blackrock	35.81M	8.85%	$1.69B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	33.22M	8.84%	$2.36B
State street	19.08M	5.08%	$1.36B
Geode capital management	10.12M	2.69%	$721.42M
Par capital management	7.50M	2.00%	$532.88M
Goldman sachs group	6.73M	1.79%	$478.51M
Morgan stanley	5.79M	1.54%	$411.23M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	5.79M	1.54%	$411.19M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Par capital management	7.50M	15.60%	$532.88M
Solel partners lp	739.00K	10.10%	$52.51M
Khrom capital management	1.25M	9.23%	$88.84M
Chou associates management	215.70K	7.38%	$15.33M
Parus finance (uk)	304.18K	5.68%	$21.61M
English capital management	111.41K	5.11%	$7.92M
Factorial partners	95.00K	4.65%	$6.75M
Sachem head capital management lp	2.19M	4.41%	$155.95M
Twin lions management	88.80K	4.15%	$6.31M
Southpoint capital advisors lp	2.00M	3.73%	$142.10M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.35M	0.05%	5.35M
Goldman sachs group	6.73M	0.06%	2.15M
Nuveen asset management	2.36M	0.04%	1.48M
Assetmark	4.35M	0.66%	1.42M
Jbf capital	1.28M	0.00%	1.26M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	-	-	-3.23M
Ninety one uk	-	-	-2.60M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	33.22M	0.04%	-1.93M
Australiansuper pty	1.31M	0.43%	-1.59M
Vanguard group	47.00M	0.05%	-1.49M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.35M	0.05%	5.35M	$347.90M
Duquesne family office	261.82K	0.46%	261.82K	$18.60M
Gillson capital lp	218.30K	1.35%	218.30K	$15.51M
Axa investment managers	140.96K	0.03%	140.96K	$10.02M
Azora capital lp	136.50K	0.45%	136.50K	$9.70M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
West branch capital	-1.00
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Cape investment advisory	-2.00
Halbert hargrove global advisors	-4.00
Colonial trust advisors	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	589	-34.48%	173,508,507	-52.39%	46	0.49%	282	-38.29%	196	-35.74%
Jun 30, 2025	897	-	380,931,729	1.61%	101	1.20%	455	-3.60%	304	5.56%
Mar 31, 2025	19	-97.98%	13,623,149	-96.40%	3	0.04%	10	-97.96%	2	-99.34%
Dec 31, 2024	559	-31.66%	177,155,529	-52.94%	45	0.49%	286	-27.41%	189	-29.48%
Sep 30, 2024	809	6.17%	376,208,905	-3.19%	95	1.01%	389	8.66%	265	-0.38%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
American Funds American Balanced A	20.74M	5.45%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	12.55M	3.23%	-130.98K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	11.95M	3.21%	-302.89K
American Funds Income Fund of Amer A	11.08M	2.98%	-
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	11.06M	2.90%	77.74K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	9.42M	2.53%	-1.38M
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	8.49M	2.28%	91.49K
Fidelity 500 Index	4.83M	1.30%	2.06K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	4.85M	1.25%	-71.45K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	4.61M	1.24%	56.67K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 17, 2025	MOTHNER JONATHAN S	See remarks	Sell	$873.60K
Nov 03, 2025	Owens Darrell	See remarks	Sell	$221.25K
Nov 03, 2025	COVIELLO ARTHUR W JR	-	Sell	$591.44K
Nov 03, 2025	Howse Curtis	See remarks	Sell	$894.61K
Aug 05, 2025	Wenzel Brian J. Sr.	See remarks	Sell	$595.98K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	4
2025 Q3	-	5
2025 Q2	-	3
2025 Q1	-	21
2024 Q4	-	3

SYF Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Synchrony Financial?

Synchrony Financial shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 46.18%, followed by 0.31% insiders and 53.51% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Synchrony Financial's industry, Credit Services Stocks, is 45.07%, which Synchrony Financial exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Synchrony Financial?

Synchrony Financial’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (47M shares, 12.51%), Capital world investors (38.33M shares, 10.20%), and Blackrock (35.81M shares, 8.85%). Together, they hold 31.56% of Synchrony Financial’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Synchrony Financial?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.85% of Synchrony Financial, totaling 35.81M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.04% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.69B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -1.11M shares, a -3.01% change.

Who is Synchrony Financial’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Par capital management is Synchrony Financial’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 15.60% of its assets in 7.5M Synchrony Financial shares, valued at 532.88M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Synchrony Financial shares?

American Funds American Balanced A is the top mutual fund holder of Synchrony Financial shares, with 5.45% of its total shares outstanding invested in 20.74M Synchrony Financial shares.

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