Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Stock Yards Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" SYBT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in SYBT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Stock Yards Bancorp's stock. Their SYBT share price targets range from $44.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $48.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price.
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Stock Yards Bancorp's stock was trading at $51.49 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SYBT shares have decreased by 16.5% and is now trading at $42.98.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2024.
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Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYBT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 24th. The bank reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.04. The bank had revenue of $119.66 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $82.60 million. Stock Yards Bancorp had a net margin of 24.54% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.20%.

Stock Yards Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 20th. Investors of record on Monday, March 18th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, April 1st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 15th.
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Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.73%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 32.70%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SYBT will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.29% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Stock Yards Bancorp (NASDAQ:SYBT) stock in their portfolio include Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV) and First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA).SPDR SSGA US Small Cap Low Volatility Index ETF (SMLV).

Shares of Stock Yards Bancorp split on the morning of Monday, May 30th 2016. The 3-2 split was announced on Monday, May 2nd 2016. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, May 27th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

22 employees have rated Stock Yards Bancorp Chief Executive Officer David P. Heintzman on Glassdoor.com. David P. Heintzman has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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Stock Yards Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Chatham Capital Group Inc. (0.10%), Independence Bank of Kentucky (0.05%) and Diversified Trust Co (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Allison Donovan, Carl G Herde, David P Heintzman, David P Heintzman, Donna L Heitzman, Donna L Heitzman, James A Hillebrand, John Schutte, Kathy C Thompson, Michael Rehm, Philip Poindexter, Richard A Lechleiter, Shannon Bishop Arvin and Stephen M Priebe.
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