SYBT vs. CTBI, FFBC, FRME, OBK, STBA, TCBK, TOWN, UBSI, UVSP, and WSBC
Should you be buying Stock Yards Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stock Yards Bancorp include Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Merchants (FRME), Origin Bancorp (OBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Stock Yards Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT) and Community Trust Bancorp (NASDAQ:CTBI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Stock Yards Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Stock Yards Bancorp pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 41.7% 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. Stock Yards Bancorp has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Community Trust Bancorp has increased its dividend for 44 consecutive years. Community Trust Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
56.5% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Community Trust Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Stock Yards Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp and 3 mentions for Stock Yards Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Stock Yards Bancorp's score of 0.21 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stock Yards Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust 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 presently has a consensus target price of $79.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.68%. Community Trust Bancorp has a consensus target price of $64.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.45%. Given Community Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Community Trust Bancorp is more favorable than Stock Yards Bancorp.
Stock Yards Bancorp has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Stock Yards Bancorp has a net margin of 23.86% compared to Community Trust Bancorp's net margin of 23.33%. Stock Yards Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat Community Trust Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Community Trust Bancorp beats Stock Yards Bancorp on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SYBT) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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