Company: SYBT
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001437749-25-014698
Chunk: 67

Company: Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 67
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 growth. The yield on the overall loan portfolio increased 18 bps to 6.13% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to 5.95% for the same period of the prior year. The first quarter of 2025 also benefitted from the payoff of a large non-accrual loan, which included approximately $628,000 of interest income, helping to increase loan yields by approximately 4 bps.

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			Despite the decline in average investment securities, there was a $854,000, or 10%, increase in interest income (FTE) on the portfolio for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period of 2024. This increase was driven by reinvesting a portion of lower-yielding maturities at significantly higher rates, largely during the fourth quarter of 2024, to satisfy collateral pledging requirements. As a result, the corresponding yield on the portfolio was 2.51% for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to 2.07% for the prior year period, the increase being attributed to the maturity of low-yielding treasury securities.

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			Interest income on FFS and interest bearing due from bank balances decreased $95,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, stemming mainly from rate cuts to the FFTR during the latter part of 2024. The yield on these assets decreased 97 bps to 4.50% for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period of 2024.

Total average interest bearing liabilities increased $719 million, or 13%, to $6.25 billion for the three month period ended March 31, 2025 compared with the same period in 2024.

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			Average interest bearing deposits increased $536 million, or 11%, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. Bancorp experienced a $317 million, or 31%, increase in average time deposits and increases of $131 million, or 6%, and $101 million, or 8%, increase in average interest bearing demand and money market deposits, respectively, as a result of depositors seeking higher-yielding deposit products in the current environment.

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			Average FHLB advances increased $192 million, or 70