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Synchrony Financial

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Synchrony Financial has retired 61.0% of its shares since 2015, from 833,828,859 to 325,370,840.

61.0%retired since 2015
40.5%last 5 years
9.7%last 12 months
325Mshares today
Shares outstanding, 2015 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
a quarter gone 2018half gone 2022834M shares, 2015325M201620182020202220242026
2015, 833,828,8592026-07-17, 325,370,840
A share bought in 2015
2.6× more of Synchrony Financial today, without buying another share. It was one of 833,828,859 shares then. It is one of 325,370,840 now.
Every filing we read11 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
20152016-02-22833,828,85910-K
20162017-02-16810,786,64110-K
20172018-02-16760,216,90510-K
20182019-02-11709,862,33010-K
20192020-02-07613,476,83510-K
20202021-02-08583,881,80510-K
20212022-02-04521,271,84810-K
20222023-02-03437,035,16010-K
20232024-02-02406,843,60210-K
20242025-01-31388,749,48910-K
20252026-01-30347,596,27910-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Synchrony Financial on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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Synchrony Financial buybacks, answered

Is Synchrony Financial buying back its stock?

Yes. Synchrony Financial has 9.7% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 325,370,840 as of July 17, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 40.5%.

How many shares has Synchrony Financial bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Synchrony Financial has 508.5 million fewer shares than at its 2015 peak. That is 61.0% of the company.

How many shares does Synchrony Financial have outstanding?

325,370,840 shares, as of July 17, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2015 peak it had 833,828,859.

What do Synchrony Financial's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Synchrony Financial stock in 2015 owns 2.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Synchrony Financial compare with other cannibal stocks?

Synchrony Financial ranks No. 16 of 65 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: O'Reilly Automotive (61.8%), Bath & Body Works (61.4%), Masco (59.6%), Alpha Pro Tech (59.4%).

Every answer is computed from Synchrony Financial's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

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