International Paper vs Synchrony Financial
IP and SYF side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How IP and SYF compare
Synchrony Financial is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as International Paper ($22.4B against $18.6B).
International Paper grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.2% versus 2.6% for Synchrony Financial).
Synchrony Financial keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.3% compared with −14.3% at International Paper.
Both pay dividends: International Paper yields 5.3% and Synchrony Financial 1.3%.
Synchrony Financial scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 10 for International Paper), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | IP | SYF |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $18.6B | $22.4B |
| Share price | $35.13 | $72.02 |
| Change, 1 year | −7.8% | −3.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −26.2% | 50.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.81 | 1.24 |
| Employees | 63K | 20K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 7.5× |
| P/S | 0.8× (better) | 1.2× |
| P/B | 1.4× | 1.4× (better) |
| P/FCF | 248× | – |
| PEG | – | 0.51 |
| FCF yield | 0.40% | – |
| Fair value | $39.24 | $82.76 |
| Margin of safety | 10.5% | 13.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 12.2% (better) | 2.6% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.1% (better) | 5.1% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −6.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 4.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 32.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.8% | – |
| Net margin | −14.3% | 17.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | 0.31% | – |
| Return on equity | −22.7% | 19.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.74 (better) | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.99 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 1.29 (better) | 0.59 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 5.3% (better) | 1.3% |
| Payout ratio | – | 12.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −2.0% | 5.5% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 0.17% | 17.1% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 5.4% | 18.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 101% | 111% |
| Held by insiders | 0.18% | 0.56% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $3.2M (better) | −$43.6M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 5.6% |
Go deeper
- IP stock overview
- IP income statement
- IP valuation and score
- SYF stock overview
- SYF income statement
- SYF valuation and score
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