Synchrony Financial Cash Flow Quality Index

Latest as of December 2025: 3.27x

Synchrony Financial cash flow quality index. Synchrony Financial (SYF) has a Cash Flow Quality Index of 3.27x as of December 2025. Operating cash flow of $2.45 Billion exceeds net income of $751.00 Million, indicating high earnings quality where cash backs reported profits. See Synchrony Financial (SYF) flexibility index to measure the company's free cash flow as a share of total liabilities.

Cash Flow Quality Index

3.27x
Operating CF / Net Income

Operating Cash Flow

$2.45 Billion
USD

Net Income

$751.00 Million
USD

Data as of

Dec 2025
Most recent filing

Cash Flow Quality Index of Synchrony Financial (2011–2025)

Cash flow quality index of Synchrony Financial from 2011 to 2025. Historical Cash Flow Quality Index for Synchrony Financial across 15 annual periods. Values consistently above 1.0x indicate high-quality earnings. Explore Synchrony Financial (SYF) cash flow to debt to assess how comfortably operating cash covers total debt obligations.

Synchrony Financial Cash Flow Quality Index by Year (2011–2025)

Synchrony Financial cash flow quality index by year from 2011 to 2025. Year-by-year earnings quality comparison for Synchrony Financial. For the full cash flow conversion analysis, see SYF cash flow conversion.

Year Quality Index Operating CF (USD) Net Income YoY Change
2025 2.77x $9.85 Billion $3.55 Billion ▼ -1.5%
2024 2.81x $9.85 Billion $3.50 Billion ▼ -26.7%
2023 3.84x $8.59 Billion $2.24 Billion ▲ +73.0%
2022 2.22x $6.69 Billion $3.02 Billion ▲ +32.0%
2021 1.68x $7.10 Billion $4.22 Billion ▼ -68.9%
2020 5.41x $7.49 Billion $1.39 Billion ▲ +125.3%
2019 2.40x $8.99 Billion $3.75 Billion ▼ -28.3%
2018 3.35x $9.34 Billion $2.79 Billion ▼ -27.3%
2017 4.61x $8.92 Billion $1.94 Billion ▲ +52.0%
2016 3.03x $6.82 Billion $2.25 Billion ▲ +8.5%
2015 2.79x $6.18 Billion $2.21 Billion ▲ +10.3%
2014 2.53x $5.34 Billion $2.11 Billion ▼ -11.8%
2013 2.87x $5.68 Billion $1.98 Billion ▲ +7.9%
2012 2.66x $5.64 Billion $2.12 Billion ▼ -8.9%
2011 2.92x $5.52 Billion $1.89 Billion —
Cash Flow Quality Index = Operating Cash Flow / Net Income. Ratios above 1.0x indicate cash-backed earnings.