

BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYBT) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 2,160,573 shares of the bank's stock, valued at approximately $165,219,000. BlackRock Inc. owned 6.95% of Stock Yards

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In this article series, I summarize dividend announcements of the past week. This week, 10 stocks announced dividend increases, and one declared a special dividend. Ten companies announced dividend increases this week, with Ubiquiti leading at 25% and Popular at 20%. Investment Grade stocks - BPOP, SYBT, UI, and UNTY - are mostly fairly valued or slightly premium, with BPOP and SYBT closest to fair value.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYBT), parent company of Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company, with offices in the Louisville, central, eastern and northern Kentucky, as well as the Indianapolis, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan markets, announced that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.33 per common share. The dividend will be paid on October 1, 2026, to stockholders of record as of September 21, 2026.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Stock Yards (SYBT) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.31 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.17 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.15 per share a year ago.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYBT), parent company of Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company, with offices throughout the state of Kentucky, as well as the Indianapolis, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan markets, today reported record earnings of $40.1 million, or $1.31 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026.