SYBT vs. FBNC, NBHC, SRCE, STBA, TCBK, PFBC, GABC, OFG, SBSI, and VBTX
Should you be buying Stock Yards Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stock Yards Bancorp include First Bancorp (FBNC), National Bank (NBHC), 1st Source (SRCE), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Preferred Bank (PFBC), German American Bancorp (GABC), OFG Bancorp (OFG), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), and Veritex (VBTX).
Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT) and First Bancorp (NASDAQ:FBNC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
56.5% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of First Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of First Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Stock Yards Bancorp has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Bancorp has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stock Yards Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Bancorp. First Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stock Yards Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stock Yards Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. First Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Stock Yards Bancorp pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Bancorp pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. First Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Stock Yards Bancorp has a net margin of 22.86% compared to First Bancorp's net margin of 20.58%. Stock Yards Bancorp's return on equity of 12.70% beat First Bancorp's return on equity.
First Bancorp received 191 more outperform votes than Stock Yards Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave First Bancorp an outperform vote while only 54.06% of users gave Stock Yards Bancorp an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Stock Yards Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than First Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Stock Yards Bancorp and 1 mentions for First Bancorp. Stock Yards Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat First Bancorp's score of -0.31 indicating that Stock Yards Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stock Yards Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.45%. First Bancorp has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.61%. Given Stock Yards Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Stock Yards Bancorp is more favorable than First Bancorp.
Summary
Stock Yards Bancorp beats First Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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