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Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT) Competitors

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$73.02 +0.61 (+0.84%)
Closing price 08/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$73.14 +0.12 (+0.16%)
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SYBT vs. CTBI, FRME, OBK, STBA, TCBK, TOWN, UBSI, UVSP, WSBC, and WSFS

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 Merchants (FRME), Origin Bancorp (OBK), S&T Bancorp (STBA), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP), WesBanco (WSBC), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

56.5% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Community Trust Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments 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%. Community Trust Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Stock Yards Bancorp pays out 28.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Trust Bancorp pays out 37.0% 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 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.

In the previous week, Stock Yards Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Community Trust Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Stock Yards Bancorp and 1 mentions for Community Trust Bancorp. Community Trust Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Stock Yards Bancorp's score of 0.25 indicating that Community Trust Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Stock Yards Bancorp
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Community Trust Bancorp
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Stock Yards Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $79.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.22%. Community Trust Bancorp has a consensus target price of $59.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.13%. Given Community Trust Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Community Trust Bancorp 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
Community Trust Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Stock Yards Bancorp has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Trust Bancorp has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Stock Yards Bancorp23.86% 13.31% 1.45%
Community Trust Bancorp 23.33%11.92%1.49%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Stock Yards Bancorp$508.11M4.24$114.54M$4.3516.79
Community Trust Bancorp$376.01M2.58$82.81M$5.0810.54

Summary

Community Trust Bancorp beats Stock Yards Bancorp on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SYBT vs. The Competition

MetricStock Yards BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.15B$1.89B$12.34B$9.71B
Dividend Yield1.70%2.73%5.64%4.13%
P/E Ratio16.7911.5619.3224.80
Price / Sales4.242.7827.24189.30
Price / Cash16.8012.0921.2958.47
Price / Book2.141.142.115.60
Net Income$114.54M$156.23M$1.00B$266.27M
7 Day Performance-0.76%0.74%1.29%5.08%
1 Month Performance-8.61%-2.87%-0.38%0.61%
1 Year Performance32.12%17.43%544.36%22.83%

Stock Yards Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SYBT
Stock Yards Bancorp
3.35 of 5 stars
$73.02
+0.8%
$79.75
+9.2%
+32.1%$2.15B$508.11M16.791,080
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.4473 of 5 stars
$53.81
+1.3%
$59.50
+10.6%
+17.6%$961.87M$376.01M10.59980Positive News
FRME
First Merchants
4.9731 of 5 stars
$37.49
+1.0%
$46.20
+23.2%
+5.2%$2.16B$1.07B9.712,120Positive News
OBK
Origin Bancorp
3.035 of 5 stars
$35.74
+1.2%
$43.20
+20.9%
+18.0%$1.11B$358.20M14.531,010Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.5004 of 5 stars
$36.35
+1.7%
$42.00
+15.5%
-7.9%$1.37B$564.96M10.661,206Positive News
Analyst Revision
TCBK
TriCo Bancshares
3.5567 of 5 stars
$40.95
+1.7%
$47.60
+16.2%
-1.2%$1.32B$531.04M12.041,201Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
4.0621 of 5 stars
$34.99
+1.4%
$40.67
+16.2%
+12.8%$2.59B$1.03B15.212,720Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
4.2246 of 5 stars
$35.77
+2.1%
$40.50
+13.2%
+0.0%$4.98B$1.63B12.642,553Positive News
Analyst Revision
UVSP
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania
3.9439 of 5 stars
$28.65
+1.9%
$29.00
+1.2%
+11.5%$810M$500.41M10.46970Positive News
WSBC
WesBanco
4.9738 of 5 stars
$29.82
+1.1%
$38.83
+30.2%
-0.3%$2.82B$953.62M17.962,195Positive News
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.446 of 5 stars
$54.27
+0.9%
$66.00
+21.6%
+7.0%$3.01B$1.40B11.902,309

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