Synchrony Financial Business Segments — Interest Expense, Operating decreased by 0.5% to $968.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 10.9%, from $1.09B to $968.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Business Segments — Interest Expense, Operating shows an upward trend with a 39.6% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
An increase relative to interest income suggests margin compression, while a decrease indicates lower funding costs or improved liability management.
The total cost incurred by the segment to fund its lending operations, primarily through interest paid on deposits and b...
Standard 'Interest Expense' across all banking and lending entities.
syf_segment_synchrony_segment_interest_expense_operating| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $380.25M | $380.25M | $380.25M | $380.25M | $927.75M | $927.75M | $927.75M | $927.75M | $1.16B | $1.18B | $1.18B | $1.12B | $1.09B | $1.07B | $1.01B | $973.00M | $968.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +144.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +25.4% | +1.2% | -0.1% | -4.9% | -2.9% | -1.9% | -5.1% | -3.8% | -0.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +144.0% | +144.0% | +144.0% | +144.0% | +25.4% | +26.9% | +26.8% | +20.5% | -6.6% | -9.5% | -14.0% | -13.0% | -10.9% |