Compare Stocks: BFST, BUSE, FMBH, and FRME

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BFST Business First Bancshares	$30.86 +0.8%	$31.37	$22.56 ▼ $32.53	$997M	0.77	198,780 shs	176,272 shs
BUSE First Busey	$30.09 +0.3%	$30.44	$22.00 ▼ $31.70	$2.48B	0.71	724,463 shs	1.11 million shs
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	$49.72 +0.7%	$50.79	$34.15 ▼ $53.36	$1.31B	0.78	121,988 shs	208,278 shs
FRME First Merchants	$40.71 +0.5%	$42.18	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.54B	0.84	457,635 shs	754,489 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BFST Business First Bancshares	+0.75%	+0.13%	-0.87%	+0.16%	+28.21%
BUSE First Busey	+0.30%	-0.76%	-0.13%	+0.97%	+24.75%
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	+0.67%	-0.52%	-1.15%	+3.30%	+27.81%
FRME First Merchants	+0.54%	-0.39%	-2.33%	-6.80%	+2.99%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BFST Business First Bancshares	$30.86 +0.8%	$31.37	$22.56 ▼ $32.53	$997M	0.77	198,780 shs	176,272 shs
BUSE First Busey	$30.09 +0.3%	$30.44	$22.00 ▼ $31.70	$2.48B	0.71	724,463 shs	1.11 million shs
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	$49.72 +0.7%	$50.79	$34.15 ▼ $53.36	$1.31B	0.78	121,988 shs	208,278 shs
FRME First Merchants	$40.71 +0.5%	$42.18	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.54B	0.84	457,635 shs	754,489 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BFST Business First Bancshares	+0.75%	+0.13%	-0.87%	+0.16%	+28.21%
BUSE First Busey	+0.30%	-0.76%	-0.13%	+0.97%	+24.75%
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	+0.67%	-0.52%	-1.15%	+3.30%	+27.81%
FRME First Merchants	+0.54%	-0.39%	-2.33%	-6.80%	+2.99%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BFST Business First Bancshares	3.00	Buy	$34.75	12.61% Upside
BUSE First Busey	2.57	Moderate Buy	$32.00	6.35% Upside
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	2.50	Moderate Buy	$54.63	9.87% Upside
FRME First Merchants	2.50	Moderate Buy	$48.50	19.14% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest BFST, BUSE, FMBH, and FRME Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/22/2026	FRME First Merchants	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
8/27/2026	BFST Business First Bancshares	Hovde Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$36.00 ➝ $37.00
8/21/2026	BUSE First Busey	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/7/2026	BUSE First Busey	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/3/2026	FRME First Merchants	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)
7/31/2026	BUSE First Busey	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$32.00 ➝ $34.00
7/30/2026	BUSE First Busey	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$30.00 ➝ $31.00
7/30/2026	BUSE First Busey	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$32.00 ➝ $35.00
7/29/2026	FMBH First Mid Bancshares	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
7/28/2026	FMBH First Mid Bancshares	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$55.00 ➝ $62.50
7/27/2026	FMBH First Mid Bancshares	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$47.00 ➝ $54.00

(Data available from 9/26/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
BFST Business First Bancshares	$516.55M	1.94	$3.17 per share	9.74	$27.86 per share	1.11
BUSE First Busey	$1.04B	2.38	$2.72 per share	11.07	$27.93 per share	1.08
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	$466.04M	2.84	$4.83 per share	10.29	$39.94 per share	1.24
FRME First Merchants	$1.05B	2.43	$4.45 per share	9.15	$42.22 per share	0.96

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
BFST Business First Bancshares	$87.86M	$2.82	10.94	9.50	N/A	17.07%	11.03%	1.13%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
BUSE First Busey	$135.26M	$2.42	12.43	11.02	N/A	21.00%	10.48%	1.40%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	$91.75M	$4.03	12.34	10.00	N/A	19.76%	10.86%	1.29%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
FRME First Merchants	$226M	$3.12	13.05	9.13	N/A	17.05%	8.86%	1.12%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)

Latest BFST, BUSE, FMBH, and FRME Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/22/2026	Q3 2026	BFST Business First Bancshares	$0.7450	N/A	N/A	N/A	$93.26 million	N/A
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	BUSE First Busey	$0.6330	$0.69	+$0.0570	$0.69	$197.59 million	$194.27 million
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	BFST Business First Bancshares	$0.70	$0.71	+$0.01	$0.70	$91.31 million	$91.81 million
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	FMBH First Mid Bancshares	$1.05	$1.26	+$0.21	$1.04	$107.42 million	$109.32 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	FRME First Merchants	$1.02	$0.74	-$0.28	$0.70	$202.78 million	$202.49 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BFST Business First Bancshares	$0.60	1.94%	+7.34%	21.28%	2 Years
BUSE First Busey	$1.04	3.46%	+2.59%	42.98%	10 Years
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	$1.04	2.09%	+3.88%	25.81%	3 Years
FRME First Merchants	$1.48	3.64%	+6.58%	47.44%	13 Years

Latest BFST, BUSE, FMBH, and FRME Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/14/2026	FRME First Merchants	quarterly	$0.37	3.52%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/18/2026
7/21/2026	FMBH First Mid Bancshares	quarterly	$0.26	2.02%	8/18/2026	8/18/2026	9/1/2026
7/23/2026	BFST Business First Bancshares	quarterly	$0.15	1.87%	8/14/2026	8/15/2026	8/31/2026
7/14/2026	BUSE First Busey	quarterly	$0.26	3.48%	7/24/2026	7/24/2026	7/31/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BFST Business First Bancshares	0.60	1.01	1.01
BUSE First Busey	0.11	0.90	0.90
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	0.03	0.95	0.95
FRME First Merchants	0.56	0.95	0.95

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BFST Business First Bancshares	47.35%
BUSE First Busey	56.49%
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	47.57%
FRME First Merchants	73.92%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BFST Business First Bancshares	5.67%
BUSE First Busey	3.77%
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	6.00%
FRME First Merchants	1.77%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BFST Business First Bancshares	842	32.55 million	30.70 million	Optionable
BUSE First Busey	1,948	82.58 million	79.46 million	Optionable
FMBH First Mid Bancshares	1,170	26.60 million	25.01 million	Optionable
FRME First Merchants	2,086	62.80 million	61.69 million	Optionable

BFST, BUSE, FMBH, and FRME Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

3 Bank Stocks That Could Benefit If Higher Rates Stay Elevated

September 25 at 11:13 PM | finance.yahoo.com

First Merchants Corporation Announces Issuance of 6.750% Fixed-To-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2036

September 25 at 6:12 PM | marketscreener.comM

First Merchants Issues New Subordinated Notes Offering

September 25 at 2:30 PM | tipranks.com

First Merchants Prices $100 Million Subordinated Notes Offering

September 24 at 8:25 AM | marketscreener.comM

First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) Stock Rating Upgraded by Stephens

September 24 at 6:59 AM | marketbeat.com

First Merchants Launches $100 Million Subordinated Notes Offering

September 24 at 6:50 AM | tipranks.com

Contrasting SmartFinancial (NASDAQ:SMBK) and First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME)

September 24 at 5:14 AM | americanbankingnews.com

First Merchants Corporation Announces Pricing of Subordinated Notes Offering

September 23 at 6:00 PM | globenewswire.com

First Merchants stock holds its banking focus

September 22, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

KBRA Assigns Ratings to First Merchants Corporation

September 17, 2026 | businesswire.com

First Merchants: I Expect To Continue Underperforming (Rating Downgrade)

September 17, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ:FRME) Receives Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

September 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Acquires Shares of 27,284 First Merchants Corporation $FRME

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Invests $2.35 Million in First Merchants Corporation $FRME

September 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Wellington Management Group LLP Sells 310,614 Shares of First Merchants Corporation $FRME

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ:FRME) Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.37

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

415,568 Shares in First Merchants Corporation $FRME Purchased by Bank of New York Mellon Corp

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Susquehanna International Group LLP Sells 50,160 Shares of First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Takes Position in First Merchants Corporation $FRME

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

277,911 Shares in First Merchants Corporation $FRME Acquired by Empowered Funds LLC

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

5,324,728 Shares in First Merchants Corporation $FRME Purchased by BlackRock Inc.

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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BFST, BUSE, FMBH, and FRME Company Descriptions

Business First Bancshares NASDAQ:BFST

$30.86 +0.23 (+0.75%)

Closing price 09/25/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$30.87 +0.01 (+0.03%)

As of 09/25/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Business First Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services in Louisiana and Texas. It offers various deposit products and services, including checking, demand, money market, time, and savings accounts; and certificates of deposits, remote deposit capture, and direct deposit services. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans, such as working capital, term, equipment financing, asset acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, and other loan products, as well as commercial lines of credit, accounts receivable factoring, agricultural financing, and letters of credit; construction and development loans; commercial real estate loans; residential real estate loans comprising first and second lien 1-4 family mortgage loans, and home equity lines of credit; and consumer loans, including secured and unsecured installment, and term loans. In addition, it offers wealth management products, including mutual funds, annuities, individual retirement accounts, and other financial products, as well as other fiduciary and private banking products and services. Further, the company provides a range of other financial services comprising debit and credit cards, treasury and cash management, merchant, automated clearing house, lock-box, receivables factoring, correspondent banking, and other treasury services, as well as employee and payroll benefits solutions; and drive-through banking facilities, automated teller machines, night depository, personalized checks, electronic funds transfer, domestic and foreign wire transfer, traveler's checks, vault, loan and deposit sweep accounts, online and mobile banking, e-statements, and bank-by-mail services. Business First Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

First Busey NASDAQ:BUSE

$30.09 +0.09 (+0.30%)

Closing price 09/25/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$30.10 +0.00 (+0.02%)

As of 09/25/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

First Busey Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Busey Bank that engages in the provision of retail and commercial banking products and services to individual, corporate, institutional, and governmental customers in the United States. It operates through three segments: Banking, Wealth Management, and FirsTech. The Banking segment provides banking services to individual customers, such as demand and savings deposits, money transfers, safe deposit services, individual retirement accounts and other fiduciary services, automated teller machines, and technology-based networks, as well as loan products, including residential real estate, home equity lines of credit, and consumer loans. This segment also offers banking services to corporate customers, including commercial, commercial real estate, real estate construction, and agricultural loans, as well as cash management services. The Wealth Management segment offers a range of investment and asset management, investment, brokerage, investment strategy consulting, fiduciary, philanthropic advisory, tax preparation, business succession planning, and employee retirement plan services to individuals, businesses, and foundations; and professional farm management services to the agricultural industry. The FirsTech segment provides payment technology solutions comprising online, mobile, and voice-recognition bill payments; money management and credit card networks; direct debit services; lockbox remittance processing for payments made by mail; and walk-in payments, as well as tools to help clients with billing, reconciliation, bill reminders, and treasury services. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

First Mid Bancshares NASDAQ:FMBH

$49.72 +0.33 (+0.67%)

Closing price 09/25/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$49.74 +0.02 (+0.03%)

As of 09/25/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

First Mid Bancshares, Inc., a financial holding company, provides community banking products and services to commercial, retail, and agricultural customers in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, such as demand deposits, savings accounts, money market deposits, and time deposits. The company's loan products include commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, agricultural and agricultural real estate, residential real estate, and consumer loans, as well as construction and land development, 1-4 family residential properties, and multifamily residential properties loans; and other loans comprising loans to municipalities to support community projects, such as infrastructure improvements or equipment purchases. It also offers wealth management services, which include estate planning, investment, and farm management and brokerage services for individuals; employee benefit services for businesses; and farm management and brokerage services. In addition, the company provides property and casualty, senior insurance products, and group medical insurance for businesses; and personal lines insurance to individuals. The company was formerly known as First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. and changed its name to First Mid Bancshares, Inc. in April 2019. First Mid Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Mattoon, Illinois.

First Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$40.71 +0.22 (+0.54%)

Closing price 09/25/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$40.72 +0.01 (+0.01%)

As of 09/25/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

First Merchants Corporation operates as the financial holding company for First Merchants Bank that provides community banking services. The company offers a range of financial services, including time, savings, and demand deposits; and consumer, commercial, agri-business, public finance, and real estate mortgage loans. It also provides personal and corporate trust; brokerage and private wealth management; and letters of credit, repurchase agreements, and other corporate services. The company operates banking locations in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan counties. It also offers its services through electronic and mobile delivery channels. First Merchants Corporation was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Muncie, Indiana.

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