Synchrony Financial Correlations

SYF-PA Preferred Stock  USD 20.93  0.53  2.60%   
The current 90-days correlation between Synchrony Financial and Citizens Financial Group is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Synchrony Financial is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

Synchrony Financial Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Synchrony Financial and DJI is 0.19 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Synchrony Financial and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Synchrony Preferred Stock performing well and Synchrony Financial Company doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Synchrony Financial's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.

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