secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Synchrony Financial (SYF)
CIK:        0001601712
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-21T10:00:35+00:00
Accession:  0001601712-26-000030
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Synchrony Q2 net earnings down 8% to $885M; record purchase volume $49.8B up 8%
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- Net earnings $885M ($2.59 diluted EPS) vs $967M ($2.50) YoY; EPS up 3.6% on share repurchases.
- Record purchase volume $49.8B (+8% YoY); loan receivables $102.2B (+2%); average active accounts flat at 68.3M.
- Net charge-offs improved to 5.43% from 5.70% YoY; 30+ day delinquencies down 2bps to 4.16%.
- Returned $950M in capital ($850M buybacks, $100M dividends); CET1 ratio 13.2% vs 14.2% prior year.
- Added/renewed 15+ partners including Suzuki Motor, AmeriVet, Roto-Rooter; launched MyLowe's Pro Rewards AmEx.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601712/000160171226000030/0001601712-26-000030-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1601712/000160171226000030/syf-20260721.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001601712-26-000030

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