Company: SYBT
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001437749-25-014698
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Company: Stock Yards Bancorp, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
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Bancorp’s most liquid assets are comprised of cash and due from banks, FFS and AFS debt securities. FFS and interest bearing deposits totaled $294 million and $212 million at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The increase experienced for the three months of 2025 was attributed largely to maturity activity within the investment securities portfolio and deposit growth associated with successful deposit promotions. FFS normally have overnight maturities while interest-bearing deposits in banks are accessible on demand. These investments are generally used for daily liquidity purposes.

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The fair value of the AFS debt security portfolio was $1.0 billion and $990 million at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The increase in AFS debt security portfolio for the first three months of 2025 was attributed mainly to reinvesting a portion of scheduled treasury maturities on a short-term basis for collateral pledging purposes. The investment portfolio (HTM and AFS) includes total cash flows on amortizing debt securities of approximately $416 million (based on assumed prepayment speeds as of March 31, 2025) expected over the next 12 months, including $255 million of contractual maturities. Combined with FFS and interest bearing deposits from banks, AFS debt securities offer substantial resources to meet either loan growth or reductions in Bancorp’s deposit funding base. Bancorp pledges portions of its investment securities portfolio to secure public funds, cash balances of certain WM&T accounts and SSUAR. At March 31, 2025, the total carrying value of investment securities pledged for these purposes comprised 71% of the debt securities portfolio, leaving approximately $365 million of unpledged debt securities, compared to 63% and $508 million at December 31, 2024, respectively.

Bancorp’s deposit base consists mainly of core deposits, which are defined as demand, savings, and money market deposit accounts, time deposits less than or equal to $250,000, and excludes public funds and brokered deposits. At March 31, 2025, such deposits totaled $6.17 billion and represented 85% of Bancorp’s total deposits, as compared with $6.14 billion, or 86% of total deposits at December 31, 2024. Because these core deposits are less volatile and are often tied to other products of Bancorp through long lasting relationships, they do not place undue pressure