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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Webster Financial beats Stock Yards Bancorp on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SYBT) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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