Based on the latest 2018Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC, Jefferies Group Llc rose its holdings in Synchrony Finl (Put) (SYF) by 59605.13%. By buying 2.32 million shares Jefferies Group Llc made the stock popped up with 22.86%. The institutional investor is holding 2.33M shares, compared to the 3,900 from the previous quarter. And the announced value of the consumer services company is $54.63M for the 2018Q4. $23.15B is Synchrony Finl (Put)’s MC. The stock increased 2.24% or $0.72 during the last trading session, hitting $32.62.Currently Synchrony Financial is downtrending after 9.46% change in last April 1, 2018. SYF has 807,489 shares volume. SYF underperformed the S&P 500 by 13.83%.

Jefferies Group Llc manages about $12.27B US Long portfolio. It decreased its stake in Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc by 42,421 shares to 28,879 shares, valued at $3.26 million in 2018Q4, according to the filing. Jefferies Group Llc has cut its stake in Dave & Busters Entmt Inc (NASDAQ:PLAY) and also reduced its holding in Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) by 104,262 shares in the quarter, for a total of 11,138 shares.

For more Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) news published briefly go to: Streetinsider.com, Seekingalpha.com, Investorplace.com, Businesswire.com or Seekingalpha.com. The titles are as follows: “Synchrony Financial (SYF) Acquires Pets Best – StreetInsider.com” published on March 06, 2019, “Trupanion sinks 9.6% after Synchrony buys pet insurance company – Seeking Alpha” on March 06, 2019, “There Are Way Better (And Cheaper) Financial Plays Than Ally Stock – Investorplace.com” with a publish date: March 26, 2019, “Robbins Arroyo LLP: Synchrony Financial (SYF) Misled Shareholders According to Shareholder Complaint – Business Wire” and the last “Synchrony Financial Acquires Pets Best For Pet Health Insurance – Seeking Alpha” with publication date: March 08, 2019.

Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) Ratings Coverage

Total analysts of 7 have positions in Synchrony Finl (NYSE:SYF) as follows: 4 rated it a “Buy”, 0 with “Sell” and 3 with “Hold”. The positive are 57%. Since October 22, 2018 according to StockzIntelligence Inc Synchrony Finl has 10 analyst reports. On Thursday, November 1 Citigroup maintained the shares of SYF in report with “Neutral” rating. On Thursday, February 14 Goldman Sachs upgraded the shares of SYF in report to “Buy” rating. On Monday, November 5 the company was maintained by Morgan Stanley. On Monday, October 22 the rating was maintained by BMO Capital Markets with “Outperform”. On Thursday, January 3 the rating was upgraded by Stephens to “Equal-Weight”. On Thursday, January 24 the stock has “Outperform” rating by Oppenheimer. The company rating was upgraded by Bank of America on Wednesday, January 30.