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Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.SYBTCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Regional Banks

Louisville, Kentucky-based bank offering commercial, retail and wealth-management banking across Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.

Momentum strong 62
Mkt cap
$2.46B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
93%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$11.6M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.17×
price to book
ROE
32.4%
delivered
Implied ROE
n/a
what the price asks
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · USD$79.26
1D-0.1%
1W+1.1%
1M+4.4%
3M-4.7%
6M+10.1%
YTD+22.0%
1Y+18.5%
ATR %2.7%
Beta0.48
52w lowhigh11.2% off high

What Stock Yards Bancorp does

Louisville, Kentucky-based bank offering commercial, retail and wealth-management banking across Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.

Earns mostly from interest on business and consumer loans, plus a sizable share of fees from its wealth-management and trust arm, which manages assets for local families and businesses and is paid by fee. Loans concentrate on Louisville and nearby Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio markets.

Products and services

  • Commercial banking
  • Retail banking
  • Wealth management

Customers

  • Kentucky/Indiana/Ohio small businesses and consume

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Regional banks
  • Kentucky community banking

What could go right

  • Louisville-area commercial loan growth

What could go wrong

  • Net interest margin compression
  • Regional economic slowdown

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Long-established Louisville-area branch franchise and wealth-management relationships.

Headquarters: Louisville, Kentucky, US · Founded: 1904 · Employees: 1,123

Named competitors

Stock Yards Bancorp at a glance

Size Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT) is a United States Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $2.46B, the 1661st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $79.26 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.1%, against +5.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.7%); the operating margin is 45.8% (peer median 36.8%).

Valuation It trades at 2.17× book value against a peer median of 1.13× (most expensive of 21).

Short interest Short interest is 4.1% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026SYBT 112Peer median 105
Six months, rebased to 100: Stock Yards Bancorp against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Stock Yards Bancorp financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$605M$565M$508M$439M$335M
Revenue growth—+11%+16%+31%—
Net income$157M$140M$115M$108M$93.0M
Free cash flown/a$154M$133M$99.0M$90.3M
Capital expendituren/a$12.0M$9.85M$7.73M$48.4M
Total debt$368M$480M$527M$415M$239M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Stock Yards Bancorp competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%-20%-10%0%+10%00295823568524MBINBANRBDBBBTTRMKBUSECUB98897380601187FBNC96778358BOHEFSCNTBSYBT6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Stock Yards Bancorp is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%20%30%0.50×10×1.50×20×00295823568524MBINBANRBDBBBTTRMKBUSECUB98897380601187FBNC8358BOHNTBSYBTReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Stock Yards Bancorp is the large dot.

Stock Yards Bancorp competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (SYBT vs RBCAA vs GABC vs WSBC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Stock Yards Bancorp SYBT$2.46B+10%+10%32%2.17×n/a
Republic Bancorp RBCAA$1.59B+17%-2%12%1.52×10.1%
German American Bancorp GABC$1.88B+15%+12%13%1.63×11.0%
WesBanco WSBC$3.70B+13%+17%9%0.96×8.2%

How Stock Yards Bancorp compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Stock Yards Bancorp against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureSYBTPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+4.4%-1.6%6th highest of 21
6-month return+10.1%+5.1%4th highest of 21
Return on equity32.4%9.7%highest of 21
Price / book2.17×1.13×most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E15.3×11.6×3rd most expensive of 21
ROE delivered32.4%9.7%highest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Stock Yards Bancorp SYBTUnited States$2.46B+10%+10%32%2.17×n/a32.4%
Qingdao Rural Commercial Bank 002958.SZChina$2.47B-2%-9%8%0.41×2.5%7.9%
Dah Sing Banking 2356.HKHong Kong$2.45B+5%-8%8%0.53×5.5%7.5%
North Pacific Bank 8524.TJapan$2.50B+8%+25%7%1.02×8.1%7.1%
Merchants Bancorp MBINUnited States$2.38B+12%0%14%1.23×12.6%13.6%
Banner BANRUnited States$2.55B+7%+2%10%1.20×10.1%10.0%
Banco di Desio e della Brianza BDB.MIItaly$2.37B+80%+2%9%1.41×12.0%9.0%
Beacon Financial BBTUnited States$2.57B+6%+74%9%1.02×7.9%9.1%
Trustmark TRMKUnited States$2.58B0%-4%11%1.25×9.6%11.2%
First Busey BUSEUnited States$2.33B+8%+17%10%1.03×8.8%9.8%
City Union Bank CUB.NSIndia$2.31B+8%+22%14%1.94×29.8%14.1%
Dongguan Rural Commercial Bank 9889.HKHong Kong$2.63B-14%0%7%0.29×3.7%6.6%
Juroku Financial Group,Inc 7380.TJapan$2.30B0%+16%6%0.70×6.3%6.1%
Xiamen Bank 601187.SSChina$2.67B-13%0%10%0.63×3.2%10.0%
First Bancorp FBNCUnited States$2.67B+10%+14%10%1.56×12.2%9.9%
Weihai Bank 9677.HKHong Kong$2.70B+5%+6%9%0.64×4.5%9.2%
Suruga Bank 8358.TJapan$2.73B+10%+13%14%1.32×8.2%13.7%
Bank of Hawaii BOHUnited States$2.73B-13%+1%14%1.84×13.0%13.6%
Enterprise Financial Services EFSCUnited States$2.21B+4%+2%10%1.20×10.2%9.6%
Union Bank of Taiwan 2838.TWTaiwan$2.75B+2%-9%8%1.06×3.7%8.5%
Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (The) NTBUnited States$2.15B-3%0%21%1.94×12.0%21.1%

Questions

Who are Stock Yards Bancorp's main competitors?
Named competitors: Republic Bancorp (RBCAA), German American Bancorp (GABC), WesBanco (WSBC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Qingdao Rural Commercial Bank (002958.SZ), Dah Sing Banking (2356.HK), North Pacific Bank (8524.T), Merchants Bancorp (MBIN), Banner (BANR), Banco di Desio e della Brianza (BDB.MI).
Is Stock Yards Bancorp expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.17× against a peer median of 1.13×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Stock Yards Bancorp stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +10.1% against +5.1% for the median peer; over one year +18.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.