Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Through its principal subsidiary, Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company, it provides commercial and retail banking services to individuals, businesses, and institutions.

The bank offers deposit accounts, commercial and consumer lending, residential mortgage services, treasury management, online and mobile banking, and other traditional financial products. It also provides wealth management and trust services, including investment management, fiduciary administration, financial planning, and estate-related services.

Founded in 1904, Stock Yards Bank has developed a regional presence serving communities in Kentucky, southern Indiana, the greater Cincinnati area, and Indianapolis. Stock Yards Bancorp is led by President and Chief Executive Officer James A. Ryan.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $75.76 to $78.14
• 50-Day Range: $77.09 to $88.03
• 52-Week Range: $61.51 to $89.21
• Volume: 215,910 shs
• Average Volume: 169,654 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.41 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.42
• Dividend Yield: 1.70%
• Price Target: $88.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Stock Yards Bancorp Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Stock Yards Bancorp scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 127th out of 854 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Stock Yards Bancorp has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.14, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Stock Yards Bancorp has a consensus price target of $88.00, representing about 14.0% upside from its current price of $77.19.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Stock Yards Bancorp has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.25%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Stock Yards Bancorp are expected to grow by 8.25% in the coming year, from $5.21 to $5.64 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Stock Yards Bancorp is 15.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.80.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Stock Yards Bancorp is 15.36, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.65.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Stock Yards Bancorp has a P/B Ratio of 2.12. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.43% of the float of Stock Yards Bancorp has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Stock Yards Bancorp has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.66.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Stock Yards Bancorp has recently increased by 9.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Stock Yards Bancorp pays a meaningful dividend of 1.71%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Stock Yards Bancorp has been increasing its dividend for 15 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Stock Yards Bancorp is 26.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Stock Yards Bancorp will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.40% next year. This indicates that Stock Yards Bancorp will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.18

News Sentiment

Stock Yards Bancorp has a news sentiment score of 1.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Stock Yards Bancorp this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for SYBT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Stock Yards Bancorp to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Stock Yards Bancorp insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $599,740.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.90% of the stock of Stock Yards Bancorp is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

56.46% of the stock of Stock Yards Bancorp is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Record date for 10/1 Dividend: 9/21/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/1 Dividend: 9/21/2026
• Today: 10/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:SYBT
• CIK: 835324
• Web: www.syb.com
• Phone: (502) 582-2571
• Fax: 502-625-2295
• Employees: 1,270
• Year Founded: 1904

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Stock Yards Bancorp: $88.00
• High Price Target: $94.00
• Low Price Target: $81.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.14
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.02
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.42
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.86
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $140.15 million
• Net Margins: 25.41%
• Pretax Margin: 32.39%
• Return on Equity: 13.39%
• Return on Assets: 1.55%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.26
• Current Ratio: 1.01
• Quick Ratio: 1.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $564.54 million
• Price / Sales: 4.26
• Cash Flow: $5.03 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.39
• Book Value: $36.49 per share
• Price / Book: 2.12

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 31,070,000
• Free Float: 30,166,000
• Market Cap: $2.41 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.66