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Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT) Competitors

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$73.58 -0.40 (-0.54%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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SYBT vs. WBS, CBSH, PNFP, WAL, CFR, WTFC, UMBF, ZION, BPOP, and ONB

Should you be buying Stock Yards Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stock Yards Bancorp include Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), UMB Financial (UMBF), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Popular (BPOP), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Stock Yards Bancorp vs.

Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT) and Webster Financial (NYSE:WBS) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Webster Financial received 326 more outperform votes than Stock Yards Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.91% of users gave Webster Financial an outperform vote while only 53.07% of users gave Stock Yards Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Stock Yards BancorpOutperform Votes
216
53.07%
Underperform Votes
191
46.93%
Webster FinancialOutperform Votes
542
58.91%
Underperform Votes
378
41.09%

In the previous week, Webster Financial had 15 more articles in the media than Stock Yards Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Webster Financial and 8 mentions for Stock Yards Bancorp. Webster Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Stock Yards Bancorp's score of 0.77 indicating that Webster Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stock Yards Bancorp
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Webster Financial
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Stock Yards Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $77.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.99%. Webster Financial has a consensus target price of $63.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.19%. Given Webster Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Webster Financial is more favorable than Stock Yards Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Stock Yards Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Webster Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91

Stock Yards Bancorp has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Webster Financial has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Webster Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Stock Yards Bancorp. Webster Financial 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stock Yards Bancorp$355.24M6.10$114.54M$4.1417.77
Webster Financial$2.62B3.30$768.71M$4.4411.56

56.5% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.6% of Webster Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Webster Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Stock Yards Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Webster Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Stock Yards Bancorp pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Webster Financial pays out 36.0% 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.

Stock Yards Bancorp has a net margin of 22.54% compared to Webster Financial's net margin of 18.39%. Stock Yards Bancorp's return on equity of 12.71% beat Webster Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stock Yards Bancorp22.54% 12.71% 1.38%
Webster Financial 18.39%10.82%1.21%

Summary

Webster Financial beats Stock Yards Bancorp on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SYBT vs. The Competition

MetricStock Yards BancorpState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.17B$3.24B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield1.63%3.70%5.44%4.11%
P/E Ratio18.9223.7222.4219.71
Price / Sales6.103.0627.62120.59
Price / Cash16.8810.6317.6234.62
Price / Book2.511.192.774.50
Net Income$114.54M$372.21M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-4.55%-2.97%-0.23%0.56%
1 Month Performance3.08%4.41%6.11%13.17%
1 Year Performance54.35%15.59%536.61%7.30%

Stock Yards Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYBT
Stock Yards Bancorp
3.1011 of 5 stars
$73.58
-0.5%
$77.25
+5.0%
+54.4%$2.17B$355.24M18.921,040Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9415 of 5 stars
$52.48
-0.8%
$62.58
+19.3%
+13.8%$8.83B$2.62B12.013,240Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
4.0412 of 5 stars
$65.55
-0.1%
$63.20
-3.6%
+12.9%$8.76B$1.69B16.354,590Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
PNFP
Pinnacle Financial Partners
4.7024 of 5 stars
$110.67
-0.6%
$119.90
+8.3%
+30.1%$8.58B$1.55B18.513,240News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WAL
Western Alliance Bancorporation
4.9962 of 5 stars
$77.34
-1.0%
$96.38
+24.6%
+12.1%$8.54B$3.21B10.893,360Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CFR
Cullen/Frost Bankers
4.6617 of 5 stars
$131.62
+0.4%
$132.14
+0.4%
+22.9%$8.46B$2.10B14.844,980Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.8178 of 5 stars
$122.05
-0.2%
$133.54
+9.4%
+19.7%$8.17B$2.49B11.845,280Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UMBF
UMB Financial
4.9514 of 5 stars
$106.86
-0.2%
$120.33
+12.6%
+21.0%$8.11B$1.62B11.893,770Positive News
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
4.7129 of 5 stars
$49.08
-0.3%
$58.47
+19.1%
+7.2%$7.26B$3.18B9.929,990Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BPOP
Popular
4.9939 of 5 stars
$105.29
+0.7%
$114.43
+8.7%
+13.5%$7.21B$2.84B12.308,810Positive News
ONB
Old National Bancorp
4.7556 of 5 stars
$21.93
-0.9%
$25.67
+17.0%
+21.5%$7.01B$1.93B13.053,970Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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