Synchrony Financial

SYF • NYSE

Synchrony Financial is a financial - credit services company in the financial services sector on NYSE, led by Brian D. Doubles, with a market cap of $28.0B. As of Q3 2025, 98% of shares are held by 895 institutional investors, with VANGUARD GROUP INC as the largest holder at 12.63%.

CEOBrian D. Doubles

Market Cap$28.0B

Financial - Credit Services

Financial Services

Employees20.0K

Websitesynchronyfinancial.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in SYF as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $26.4B

All Institutions

Institutions: 895
Value Held: $26.0B
Shares Held: 365.5M
Avg Position: $29.0M
Median Position: $1.0M

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 70
Value Held: $2.2B
Shares Held: 30.6M
Avg Position: $31.1M
Median Position: $3.0M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

90.11%

$23.8B

Hedge Funds

8.23%

$2.2B

Retail & Other

1.66%

$439.7M

Based on market cap of $26.4B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in SYF as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$3.3B 0.05% of portfolio	12.63% 47.0M shares	Q3 2014 Held for 11y 3m	$6.69T
C Capital World Investors Institution	-	$2.7B 0.37% of portfolio	10.30% 38.3M shares	Q1 2020 Held for 5y 9m	$730.00B
BlackRock, Inc. Institution	Laurence D. Fink CEO	$2.4B 0.04% of portfolio	8.93% 33.2M shares	Q3 2014 Held for 11y 3m	$5.67T
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$1.4B 0.05% of portfolio	5.13% 19.1M shares	Q3 2014 Held for 11y 3m	$2.88T
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ Institution	Brian T. Moynihan CEO	$1.0B 0.08% of portfolio	3.85% 14.3M shares	Q3 2014 Held for 11y 3m	$1.33T
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ETF Provider	David Kenneth Lane CEO	$721.4M 0.05% of portfolio	2.72% 10.1M shares	Q3 2014 Held for 11y 3m	$1.57T
P PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	William David Moeykens President	$532.9M 15.73% of portfolio	2.02% 7.5M shares	Q2 2017 Held for 8y 6m	$3.4B
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC Institution	David M. Solomon CEO	$478.5M 0.07% of portfolio	1.81% 6.7M shares	Q3 2014 Held for 11y 3m	$691.37B
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	Jed Finn CEO	$411.2M 0.02% of portfolio	1.56% 5.8M shares	Q3 2014 Held for 11y 3m	$1.65T
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Long Only Manager	David Paul Butler CEO	$411.2M 0.09% of portfolio	1.56% 5.8M shares	Q3 2015 Held for 10y 3m	$466.34B

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for SYF in Q3 2025

Traded: −$654.1M
Buyers: 437
Sellers: 392
Total Bought: +$1.3B
Total Sold: −$1.9B
Avg Position: $27.2M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC Institution	+$152.6M +2.1M shares	$478.5M 6.7M shares
GENWORTH FINANCIAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC Long Only Manager	+$100.7M +1.4M shares	$309.0M 4.3M shares
ING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC Insurance Manager	+$76.6M +1.1M shares	$127.8M 1.8M shares
LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT & EQUITY RESEARCH INC Long Only Manager	+$68.1M +958.6K shares	$207.1M 2.9M shares
Q Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Institution	+$62.0M +873.2K shares	$231.3M 3.3M shares
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ Institution	+$52.6M +739.8K shares	$1.0B 14.3M shares
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	+$43.6M +613.7K shares	$45.7M 643.9K shares
S Squarepoint Ops LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	+$40.9M +576.1K shares	$51.5M 725.5K shares
FMR LLC Institution	+$37.0M +521.0K shares	$176.4M 2.5M shares
R ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Institution	+$34.1M +479.7K shares	$116.2M 1.6M shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Hedge Fund•Quant	−$215.3M −3.2M shares	Sold Off 0 shares
BlackRock, Inc. Institution	−$136.9M −1.9M shares	$2.4B 33.2M shares
A AustralianSuper Pty Ltd Institution	−$113.1M −1.6M shares	$93.1M 1.3M shares
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	−$105.7M −1.5M shares	$3.3B 47.0M shares
Z Zurich Insurance Group Ltd/FI Institution	−$89.6M −1.3M shares	Sold Off 0 shares
S Southpoint Capital Advisors LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	−$85.3M −1.2M shares	$142.1M 2.0M shares
C Capital World Investors Institution	−$71.6M −1.0M shares	$2.7B 38.3M shares
BARCLAYS PLC Institution	−$59.8M −841.1K shares	$70.7M 995.6K shares
F Freestone Grove Partners LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	−$49.6M −698.6K shares	$13.5M 190.2K shares
Khrom Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Value	−$45.8M −645.0K shares	$88.8M 1.3M shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited SYF in Q3 2025

New Positions: 40
New Value: $9.4M
Exited Positions: 60
Exited Value: $434.3M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
Nilsine Partners, LLC RIA/Wealth	$1.8M 25.8K shares
F Fisher Asset Management, LLC Institution	$1.7M 23.7K shares
Catalytic Wealth RIA, LLC RIA/Wealth	$794.3K 11.2K shares
A AMJ Financial Wealth Management RIA/Wealth	$778.7K 11.0K shares
Requisite Capital Management, LLC RIA/Wealth	$601.2K 8.5K shares
W WESBANCO BANK INC Institution	$487.4K 6.9K shares
T TEMA ETFS LLC Institution	$454.9K 6.4K shares
HBK Sorce Advisory LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$335.9K 4.7K shares
WEST MICHIGAN ADVISORS, LLC RIA/Wealth	$308.2K 4.3K shares
T TRANSCEND WEALTH COLLECTIVE, LLC RIA/Wealth	$301.7K 4.2K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Hedge Fund•Quant	$215.3M 3.2M shares
Z Zurich Insurance Group Ltd/FI Institution	$89.6M 1.3M shares
A Andra AP-fonden Institution	$34.0M 509.3K shares
E Eisler Capital Management Ltd. Institution	$22.8M 341.0K shares
C CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD Institution	$17.1M 255.8K shares
D D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. Institution	$8.8M 131.5K shares
W Winton Capital Group Ltd Institution	$7.8M 117.2K shares
T Twin Tree Management, LP Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$5.7M 85.8K shares
A AXA Institution	$5.6M 84.0K shares
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$5.5M 82.8K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in SYF as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 28
Call Value: $141.0M
Put Positions: 28
Put Value: $124.0M

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$32.8M 4.6K contracts
N NOMURA HOLDINGS INC Institution	$17.8M 2.5K contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$12.1M 1.7K contracts
P PEAK6 LLC Institution	$10.0M 1.4K contracts
CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. Hedge Fund•Quant Macro	$9.3M 1.3K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$8.8M 1.2K contracts
B BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE, SA Institution	$7.3M 10.3 contracts
T Troluce Capital Advisors LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$7.1M 1.0K contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	$6.3M 880.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$5.8M 794.0 contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$19.6M 2.8K contracts
CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. Hedge Fund•Quant Macro	$16.2M 2.3K contracts
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$11.9M 1.7K contracts
Nishkama Capital, LLC Hedge Fund•Sector	$11.4M 1.6K contracts
P PEAK6 LLC Institution	$8.9M 1.2K contracts
UBS Group AG Institution	$8.2M 1.2K contracts
J JANE STREET GROUP, LLC Institution	$6.7M 950.0 contracts
K KINGDON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$5.3M 750.0 contracts
Walleye Trading LLC RIA/Wealth	$4.8M 682.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$4.7M 636.0 contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with SYF as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
P PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC Hedge Fund•Long/Short	William David Moeykens President	15.73% $532.9M	2.02% 7.5M shares	Q2 2017 Held for 8y 6m	$3.4B
S Solel Partners LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	William Cronin Stone CFO	10.10% $52.5M	0.20% 739.0K shares	Q2 2023 Held for 2y 6m	$519.8M
Khrom Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund•Value	Eric Eleazar Khrom CIO	9.23% $88.8M	0.34% 1.3M shares	Q4 2022 Held for 3 years	$962.3M
C Chou Associates Management Inc. Institution	-	7.38% $15.3M	0.06% 215.7K shares	Q4 2022 Held for 3 years	$207.6M
P PARUS FINANCE Ltd Institution	-	5.68% $21.6M	0.08% 304.2K shares	Q2 2020 Held for 5y 6m	$380.8M
ENGLISH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Value	Riley P English Managing Partner	5.17% $7.9M	0.03% 111.4K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 2 years	$153.0M
F Factorial Partners, LLC Hedge Fund•Value	Mark Philip Kleiman Managing Partner	4.88% $6.7M	0.03% 95.0K shares	Q4 2023 Held for 2 years	$138.3M
Sachem Head Capital Management LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Scott David Ferguson Managing Partner	4.15% $156.0M	0.59% 2.2M shares	Q4 2024 Held for 1 year	$3.8B
Twin Lions Management LLC RIA/Wealth	Deborah Ann Sagurs Director	4.15% $6.3M	0.02% 88.8K shares	Q2 2025 Held for 6 months	$152.0M
S Southpoint Capital Advisors LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Anthony Joseph Buffalano CFO	3.83% $142.1M	0.54% 2.0M shares	Q1 2022 Held for 3y 9m	$3.7B

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in SYF

Freestone Grove Partners LP

Hedge Fund • Multi-Strategy

Portfolio ManagerTodd Keefe Barker

Portfolio Value: $13.5B
Positions: 680
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in Synchrony Financial

Market Value: $13.5M
Shares Held: 190.2K
Portfolio Weight: 0.10%
Owned Since: 2025-Q2

Top Holding	Sector	Market Value	Weight
1 Vanguard S&P 500 ETF VOO	ETF ETF	$828.1M	6.16%
2 iShares Core S&P 500 ETF IVV	ETF ETF	$201.2M	1.50%
3 Weyerhaeuser WY	REIT - Specialty Real Estate	$166.0M	1.23%