SYBT vs. CBSH, PNFP, CFR, WTFC, WAL, UMBF, BPOP, ZION, ONB, and SNV
Should you be buying Stock Yards Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stock Yards Bancorp include Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), UMB Financial (UMBF), Popular (BPOP), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Old National Bancorp (ONB), and Synovus Financial (SNV). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Stock Yards Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT) and Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Stock Yards Bancorp has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Stock Yards Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Commerce Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Stock Yards Bancorp and 6 mentions for Commerce Bancshares. Commerce Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Stock Yards Bancorp's score of 0.54 indicating that Commerce Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Stock Yards Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $77.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.76%. Commerce Bancshares has a consensus target price of $63.20, suggesting a potential upside of 3.05%. Given Commerce Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Commerce Bancshares is more favorable than Stock Yards Bancorp.
Stock Yards Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Stock Yards Bancorp pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Commerce Bancshares pays out 26.6% 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 Commerce Bancshares has increased its dividend for 58 consecutive years. Commerce Bancshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Commerce Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Stock Yards Bancorp. Commerce Bancshares 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.
Commerce Bancshares received 79 more outperform votes than Stock Yards Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.07% of users gave Stock Yards Bancorp an outperform vote while only 43.96% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.
Commerce Bancshares has a net margin of 25.24% compared to Stock Yards Bancorp's net margin of 22.54%. Commerce Bancshares' return on equity of 16.31% beat Stock Yards Bancorp's return on equity.
56.5% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Commerce Bancshares beats Stock Yards Bancorp on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SYBT) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
