Stock Yards Bancorp Named to Bank Director’s 2026 Ranking Banking Top 25
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 24, 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, was named to Bank Director’s “Ranking Banking” Top 25, ranking 17th overall. Piper Sandler, an independent investment bank and research firm, analyzed the 300 largest publicly traded banks based on metrics measuring profitability, capital adequacy and asset quality to compile this elite annual listing. Further, Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc. ranked 10th among the banks studied with total assets between $5 billion and $50 billion.
“We are honored to be recognized by Bank Director as one of the top banks in the nation,” said James A. (Ja) Hillebrand, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “This recognition serves as a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team and proves that our full-relationship, community banking business model continues to deliver the exceptional results that have become synonymous with the Stock Yards name.”
Louisville, Kentucky-based Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc., with $10.37 billion in assets, was incorporated in 1988 as a bank holding company. It is the parent company of Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company, which was established in 1904. The Company’s common shares trade on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “SYBT.” For more information about Stock Yards Bancorp, visit the Company’s website at www.syb.com.
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