SYBT vs. CBSH, WBS, WAL, CFR, PNFP, WTFC, ZION, UMBF, PB, and ONB
Should you be buying Stock Yards Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stock Yards Bancorp include Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), UMB Financial (UMBF), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), and Old National Bancorp (ONB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Stock Yards Bancorp vs.
Commerce Bancshares (NASDAQ:CBSH) and Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, Commerce Bancshares had 17 more articles in the media than Stock Yards Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Commerce Bancshares and 4 mentions for Stock Yards Bancorp. Stock Yards Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Commerce Bancshares' score of 1.03 indicating that Stock Yards Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
70.3% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Commerce Bancshares shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Commerce Bancshares currently has a consensus price target of $65.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.11%. Stock Yards Bancorp has a consensus price target of $69.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.01%. Given Commerce Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Commerce Bancshares is more favorable than Stock Yards Bancorp.
Commerce Bancshares received 79 more outperform votes than Stock Yards Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.73% of users gave Stock Yards Bancorp an outperform vote while only 44.29% of users gave Commerce Bancshares an outperform vote.
Commerce Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Stock Yards Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Commerce Bancshares pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stock Yards Bancorp pays out 31.9% 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. Commerce Bancshares has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years and Stock Yards Bancorp has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Commerce Bancshares has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stock Yards Bancorp has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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