Synchrony Financial Correlations

SYF Stock  USD 54.02  0.15  0.28%   
The current 90-days correlation between Synchrony Financial and Diageo plc is -0.23 (i.e., Very good 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Synchrony Financial and DJI is 0.6 (i.e., Poor 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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Moving together with Synchrony Stock

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  0.66ALLY Ally FinancialPairCorr
  0.92SOFI SoFi TechnologiesPairCorr
  0.68CODI Compass DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.62UPST Upstart HoldingsPairCorr
  0.86AX Axos FinancialPairCorr
  0.85BN Brookfield CorpPairCorr
  0.95BX Blackstone GroupPairCorr
  0.75BY Byline BancorpPairCorr
  0.95CG Carlyle GroupPairCorr
  0.93CM Canadian Imperial BankPairCorr
  0.85KB KB Financial GroupPairCorr
  0.84LC LendingClub CorpPairCorr

Moving against Synchrony Stock

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  0.8DB Deutsche Bank AGPairCorr
  0.78LU Lufax HoldingPairCorr
  0.71LX Lexinfintech HoldingsPairCorr
  0.67HG Hamilton Insurance Group,PairCorr
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  0.51GL Globe LifePairCorr
  0.44TD Toronto Dominion BankPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Synchrony 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
V  0.82  0.15  0.13  0.13  1.10 
 1.65 
 5.06 
RDIB  4.76  0.46  0.08 (0.35) 5.92 
 9.14 
 43.09 
BBDC  0.79  0.05  0.07  0.08  1.21 
 1.45 
 5.91 
MHWIX  0.17  0.00  0.24 (0.03) 0.17 
 0.39 
 0.97 
BSET  1.41  0.18  0.11  1.08  1.83 
 3.43 
 10.89 
DGEAF  1.81 (0.26) 0.00  0.42  0.00 
 3.58 
 11.64 
LLYVK  1.41 (0.02) 0.00 (0.09) 0.00 
 2.66 
 9.63 
HPQ  1.25 (0.22) 0.00 (0.40) 0.00 
 1.82 
 9.02 
IRM  1.72 (0.28) 0.00 (0.45) 0.00 
 2.61 
 11.11 
DASH  4.29 (0.65) 0.00  0.51  0.00 
 9.65 
 38.05