Synchrony Financial vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Synchrony Financial trades at $71.7 (market cap $24.69B), while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $369.5. The key difference: Synchrony Financial pays a 1.63% dividend while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Synchrony Financial nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SYF | VTI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $24.69B | — |
Sector | Financials | — |
52-Week High | $88.47 | $374.36 |
52-Week Low | $63.78 | $305.74 |
Dividend Yield | 1.63% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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Synchrony Financial is a premier consumer financial services company and the largest provider of private-label credit cards in the United States. Spun off from GE Capital in 2014, it operates through a unique B2B2C model, embedding its financing products within the ecosystems of major partners like Amazon, Lowe’s, and PayPal. Synchrony leverages deep data analytics and a diverse multi-platform strategy—spanning retail, health, and auto—to drive customer loyalty and provide specialized credit solutions at the point of sale.
Read more on SYF →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which represents approximately 100% of the investable US stock market and includes large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full index in terms of key characteristics.
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