SYBT vs. WTFC, CBSH, ZION, SSB, SNV, ONB, PB, BPOP, BOKF, and HOMB
Should you be buying Stock Yards Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stock Yards Bancorp include Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), SouthState (SSB), Synovus Financial (SNV), Old National Bancorp (ONB), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Popular (BPOP), BOK Financial (BOKF), and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Stock Yards Bancorp vs.
Wintrust Financial (NASDAQ:WTFC) and Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Wintrust Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Stock Yards Bancorp. Wintrust 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.
93.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Wintrust Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wintrust Financial pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Stock Yards Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Wintrust Financial pays out 19.4% 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. Wintrust Financial has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Stock Yards Bancorp has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Stock Yards Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Wintrust Financial presently has a consensus target price of $133.69, indicating a potential upside of 7.04%. Stock Yards Bancorp has a consensus target price of $69.25, indicating a potential downside of 6.04%. Given Wintrust Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Wintrust Financial is more favorable than Stock Yards Bancorp.
In the previous week, Wintrust Financial had 9 more articles in the media than Stock Yards Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Wintrust Financial and 3 mentions for Stock Yards Bancorp. Wintrust Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Stock Yards Bancorp's score of 0.53 indicating that Wintrust Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Stock Yards Bancorp has a net margin of 22.54% compared to Wintrust Financial's net margin of 17.52%. Stock Yards Bancorp's return on equity of 12.71% beat Wintrust Financial's return on equity.
Wintrust Financial received 266 more outperform votes than Stock Yards Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.95% of users gave Wintrust Financial an outperform vote while only 53.73% of users gave Stock Yards Bancorp an outperform vote.
Wintrust Financial has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stock Yards Bancorp has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wintrust 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 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
