FinVolution Group vs Synchrony Financial, two Mortgage Finance stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
FinVolution earns 15.1% on equity without a balance sheet to speak of; Synchrony earns 21.9% with one turn of debt on a store-card book, and the return comparison flatters the incumbent until assets enter: 10% against 3% per dollar held. The models split the difference in risk: Synchrony owns its receivables and their losses, FinVolution mostly brokers them to institutions. The multiples sit oddly close, 8.1 and 17.8 times, the Chinese platform at a premium to the American lender, an inversion of the usual jurisdiction pricing that says the market fears US private-label credit at this point in the cycle more than Chinese regulation. Both throw off real cash. The pair prices two anxieties against each other and calls it a market.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | FINV | SYF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.80 | $78.62 |
| Market cap | $6.4B | $27.2B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 17.8 | 8.1 |
| P/B | 2.66 | 1.65 |
| P/S | 3.30 | 1.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | 613.1 | 161.3 |
| Revenue growth | +200.0% | +3.1% |
| Net margin | 18.7% | 19.3% |
| Return on equity | 15.1% | 21.9% |
| Return on assets | 10.0% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.02 | 1.00 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.33 | 0.60 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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