Company: SYBT
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001437749-25-024786
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Company: Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
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 and one month term SOFR are included in the preceding tables to provide a general indication of the interest rate environment in which Bancorp has operated during the past 12 months. The FRB increased the FFTR a total of 100 bps in 2023 via four separate 25 bps rate hikes, two of which occurred during the first quarter of 2023. These increases took the FFTR to a range of 5.25% - 5.50%, and Prime to 8.50%, in July of 2023. Interest rates remained at these levels until September 2024, when the FRB implemented its first rate reduction in over four years, beginning its attempt to avoid recession and pilot a “soft landing,” with three separate decreases of the FFTR over the final four months of 2024, ultimately lowering the FFTR a total of 100 bps to a range of 4.25% - 4.50%, and Prime to 7.50%, as of December 31, 2024. The FFTR and Prime rate remained at these levels through the June 30, 2025. While the FRB decided against further rate reductions during the first six months of 2025, recent projections indicate the likelihood for some level of rate reduction over the second half of 2025.

Bancorp expects the potential for pricing pressure/competition for both loans and deposits to increase in the coming quarters.

Net Interest Income (FTE) – Three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to June 30, 2024:

Net interest spread (FTE) and NIM (FTE) were 2.87% and 3.53%, for the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to 2.52% and 3.26% for the same period in 2024, respectively.

Net interest income (FTE) increased $11.5 million, or 18%, for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the same period of 2024, as the impact of significant loan growth on interest income far surpassed the increase in interest expense tied to interest bearing deposit growth.

Total average interest earning assets increased $704 million, or 9%, for the three months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the same period of 2024, attributed to substantial average loan growth that was partially offset by a decline in average investment securities driven by scheduled matur