SYBT vs. CFR, WTFC, UMBF, ZION, SNV, PB, ONB, BOKF, BPOP, and HOMB
Should you be buying Stock Yards Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Stock Yards Bancorp include Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), UMB Financial (UMBF), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Synovus Financial (SNV), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Old National Bancorp (ONB), BOK Financial (BOKF), Popular (BPOP), and Home Bancshares, Inc. (Conway, AR) (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
Stock Yards Bancorp vs.
Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Stock Yards Bancorp has a net margin of 22.54% compared to Cullen/Frost Bankers' net margin of 20.44%. Cullen/Frost Bankers' return on equity of 15.95% beat Stock Yards Bancorp's return on equity.
56.5% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Stock Yards Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Cullen/Frost Bankers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Stock Yards Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Stock Yards Bancorp pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cullen/Frost Bankers pays out 42.8% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Cullen/Frost Bankers has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years. Cullen/Frost Bankers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Stock Yards Bancorp has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cullen/Frost Bankers has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cullen/Frost Bankers had 7 more articles in the media than Stock Yards Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cullen/Frost Bankers and 2 mentions for Stock Yards Bancorp. Stock Yards Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Cullen/Frost Bankers' score of 1.07 indicating that Stock Yards Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cullen/Frost Bankers received 129 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 39.03% of users gave Cullen/Frost Bankers an outperform vote.
Cullen/Frost Bankers has higher revenue and earnings than Stock Yards Bancorp. Cullen/Frost Bankers 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.
Stock Yards Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $69.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.84%. Cullen/Frost Bankers has a consensus price target of $132.77, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. Given Cullen/Frost Bankers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cullen/Frost Bankers is more favorable than Stock Yards Bancorp.
Summary
Cullen/Frost Bankers beats Stock Yards Bancorp on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SYBT) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
