SYBT vs. PNFP, WAL, CBSH, WTFC, CFR, UMBF, ZION, BPOP, SNV, and ONB
Should you be buying Stock Yards Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stock Yards Bancorp include Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), UMB Financial (UMBF), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), Popular (BPOP), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Stock Yards Bancorp vs. Its Competitors
Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT) and Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ:PNFP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation and dividends.
Stock Yards Bancorp has a net margin of 23.34% compared to Pinnacle Financial Partners' net margin of 15.98%. Stock Yards Bancorp's return on equity of 13.02% beat Pinnacle Financial Partners' return on equity.
Stock Yards Bancorp has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinnacle Financial Partners has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Stock Yards Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $77.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.19%. Pinnacle Financial Partners has a consensus target price of $121.27, suggesting a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Pinnacle Financial Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pinnacle Financial Partners 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%. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Stock Yards Bancorp pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pinnacle Financial Partners pays out 15.5% 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 Pinnacle Financial Partners has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Stock Yards 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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Pinnacle Financial Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pinnacle Financial Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Stock Yards Bancorp. Pinnacle Financial Partners 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.
In the previous week, Pinnacle Financial Partners had 6 more articles in the media than Stock Yards Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pinnacle Financial Partners and 5 mentions for Stock Yards Bancorp. Pinnacle Financial Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Stock Yards Bancorp's score of 0.70 indicating that Pinnacle Financial Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Pinnacle Financial Partners beats Stock Yards Bancorp on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SYBT) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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