Synchrony Financial (SYF): Among Billionaire George Soros' Mid-Cap Stocks With Huge Upside Potential

We recently published a list of Billionaire George Soros’ 10 Mid-Cap Stocks With Huge Upside Potential. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) stands against other billionaire George Soros’ mid-cap Stocks with huge upside potential.

George Soros is one of the most successful investors in the stock market’s history. He founded the Soros Fund Management, which currently manages over $6.6 billion in assets. His fund often makes contrarian moves that catch the attention of Wall Street and retail investors alike. Alex Soros, one of George Soros’ sons from his second marriage, was handed over the reins in 2023.

When investors like George Soros invest in companies, they usually have solid reasons to do so. This is why keeping an eye on their holdings is so important. We decided to take a look at George Soros’ Mid-Cap stock holdings to see what mid-cap stocks he is betting on.

To come up with our list of billionaire George Soros’ 10 Mid-Cap stocks with huge upside potential, we first looked at his top 50 stock holdings. We then filtered out the companies between $10 billion and $40 billion in market cap.

After arriving at his top mid-cap holdings list, we then looked at the median analyst price targets on those stocks and then ranked them by their upside potential. We have also mentioned the hedge fund sentiment as per Insider Monkey’s database of Q4 2024.

Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (see more details here).

Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF)

Soros Fund Management’s Stake Value: $45.9 Million

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 64

Synchrony Financial is a consumer financial services company. The company offers credit products and consumer installment loans. It also provides private-label credit cards and deposit products. Synchrony serves auto, digital, health and wellness, and other industries. According to the median analyst price target, the stock still has an upside of 43.98%.

With more than 90 renewed or new partnerships in 2024, the company’s significant growth potential still exists.  SYF’s recent acquisition of Ally Lending will enable it to expand its product offerings and reach. To maintain the diverse partner network and reduce risk, the firm expanded its contract with Sam’s Club and renewed JCPenney’s contract with a Pay Later option.

Import tariffs might cause the prices of everyday items to increase, which will reduce the purchasing power of consumers. This presents the company with both potential opportunities and risks. Higher prices may result in increased demand for credit financing, benefiting the firm’s payment solutions. However, there might be a risk of higher delinquencies and lower purchase volumes.

Overall, SYF ranks 5th on our list of billionaire George Soros’ mid-cap Stocks with huge upside potential. While we acknowledge the potential of SYF as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than SYF but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.