Both in Banking & Credit

Stock Yards Bancorp vs First Merchants

Over the past year SYBT returned +20.6% and FRME returned +14.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.78.

SYBT +20.6% FRME +14.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSYBTFRME
Price$78.43$40.59
Market cap$2.44B$2.55B
Today−0.34%−1.22%
1 month+1.3%+2.6%
6 months+9.1%+0.4%
Year to date+20.8%+8.3%
1 year+18.1%+13.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.3%+14.2%
Gross margin73.9%65.8%
Net margin25.8%14.6%
P/E (TTM)16.3×13.8×
Price / sales4.1×2.3×
Net cash$1.39B$2.48B
Dividend yield1.68%3.65%
Volatility (60d)18.2%16.0%
Short % of float4.6%3.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).