CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP, INC. vs Synchrony Financial, two Mortgage Finance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
8.14 is the number that anchors this page: Synchrony's multiple, attached to a 19.3% net margin, a 21.9% return on equity, and a 1.5% dividend from financing America's store cards. Circle offers the mirror image: no multiple, a slightly negative net margin, and a $20B valuation resting on USDC's role in the future of payments. The market pays $27B for Synchrony's demonstrated book and $20B for Circle's position, nearly par. Synchrony's 36.2% free-cash figure carries the lender caveat; Circle's balance sheet barely resembles a lender's at all. Old credit at a deep discount, new money at a deep premium: the pair prices the market's entire opinion about which decade matters more.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | CRCL | SYF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $73.52 | $78.62 |
| Market cap | $19.6B | $27.2B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | — | 8.1 |
| P/B | 5.72 | 1.65 |
| P/S | 6.85 | 1.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | 52.9 | 161.3 |
| Revenue growth | +46.3% | +3.1% |
| Operating margin | 6.5% | — |
| Net margin | -2.8% | 19.3% |
| Return on equity | -2.3% | 21.9% |
| Return on assets | -0.1% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.21 | 0.60 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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