Synchrony Financial Ownership | Who Owns Synchrony Financial?

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Synchrony Financial Ownership Summary

Synchrony Financial is owned by 3.34% institutional investors, 0.29% insiders, and 96.37% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.27% 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	3.34%	0.29%	96.37%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	71.97%	15.45%	12.58%
Industry	Credit Services Stocks	35.35%	9.08%	55.57%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	48.14M	12.27%	$3.13B
Capital world investors	42.51M	10.84%	$2.76B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	35.22M	8.98%	$2.29B
Blackrock	35.81M	8.85%	$1.69B
State street	18.80M	4.64%	$887.07M
Geode capital management	9.96M	2.54%	$650.68M
Par capital management	7.50M	1.84%	$397.05M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	6.54M	1.67%	$425.29M
Boston partners	6.31M	1.56%	$297.79M
First trust advisors lp	6.05M	1.54%	$393.46M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Par capital management	7.50M	13.28%	$397.05M
Solel partners lp	1.07M	10.45%	$56.43M
Khrom capital management	1.39M	9.85%	$73.70M
Chou associates management	215.70K	6.17%	$11.42M
Southpoint capital advisors lp	4.00M	6.10%	$260.00M
English capital management	117.56K	5.80%	$7.64M
Sachem head capital management lp	2.20M	4.66%	$116.34M
Factorial partners	101.00K	3.77%	$6.57M
Kerusso capital management	78.17K	3.25%	$5.08M
Round hill asset management	66.62K	3.05%	$4.33M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.35M	0.05%	5.35M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	2.51M	0.02%	1.94M
Nuveen asset management	2.36M	0.04%	1.48M
Khrom capital management	1.39M	9.85%	1.39M
Jacobs levy equity management	4.29M	0.84%	793.32K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	5.39M	0.28%	-2.69M
Ninety one uk	-	-	-2.60M
Azora capital lp	-	-	-2.11M
Vanguard group	48.14M	0.05%	-1.50M
Invesco	5.15M	0.06%	-1.23M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.35M	0.05%	5.35M	$347.90M
Raymond james financial	567.25K	0.01%	567.25K	$36.87M
Magnetar financial	214.91K	0.15%	214.91K	$11.38M
Interval partners, lp	122.28K	0.16%	122.28K	$7.95M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	109.30K	0.06%	109.30K	$5.16M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-1.00
West branch capital	-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 %
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%
Jun 30, 2024	750	0.54%	388,202,988	0.35%	95	1.05%	354	-0.56%	263	8.68%
Mar 31, 2024	746	3.18%	386,836,722	-1.32%	95	1.10%	356	14.10%	242	-13.26%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
American Funds American Balanced A	20.74M	5.45%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	12.25M	3.29%	-205.97K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	12.55M	3.23%	-130.98K
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	10.81M	2.90%	-252.60K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	8.40M	2.26%	-133.22K
Fidelity 500 Index	4.82M	1.30%	-81.11K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	4.85M	1.25%	-71.45K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	4.63M	1.24%	-19.26K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 05, 2025	Wenzel Brian J. Sr.	See remarks	Sell	$595.98K
Aug 04, 2025	Owens Darrell	See remarks	Sell	$40.77K
Aug 04, 2025	Gentleman Courtney	See remarks	Sell	$48.18K
Aug 01, 2025	NAYLOR JEFFREY G	-	Sell	$675.00K
Aug 05, 2025	NAYLOR JEFFREY G	-	Sell	$700.00K

Insider Transactions Trends

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

SYF Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Synchrony Financial?

Synchrony Financial shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 3.34%, followed by 0.29% insiders and 96.37% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Synchrony Financial's industry, Credit Services Stocks, is 35.35%, which Synchrony Financial falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Synchrony Financial?

Synchrony Financial’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (48.14M shares, 12.27%), Capital world investors (42.51M shares, 10.84%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (35.22M shares, 8.98%). Together, they hold 32.08% 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 13.28% of its assets in 7.5M Synchrony Financial shares, valued at 397.05M$.

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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