Both in Banking & Credit

First Merchants vs Stock Yards Bancorp

Over the past year FRME returned +14.8% and SYBT returned +21.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.79.

FRME +14.8% SYBT +21.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFRMESYBT
Price$41.04$80.09
Market cap$2.57B$2.49B
Today−0.77%−1.23%
1 month+3.2%+3.2%
6 months+1.2%+11.0%
Year to date+9.5%+23.3%
1 year+15.7%+23.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.8%+11.3%
Gross margin65.9%73.9%
Net margin22.5%25.8%
P/E (TTM)13.1×16.6×
Price / sales2.3×4.2×
Net cash$2.46B$1.39B
Dividend yield3.61%1.65%
Volatility (60d)16.5%19.6%
Short % of float3.7%4.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).