Compare Stocks: CNOB, BUSE, CATY, 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
BUSE First Busey	$28.95 -0.6%	$30.14	$22.00 ▼ $31.70	$2.41B	0.75	874,287 shs	974,898 shs
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$59.05 -0.5%	$61.74	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$3.96B	0.89	502,275 shs	406,396 shs
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	$29.87 -0.6%	$31.55	$23.20 ▼ $34.14	$1.51B	1.08	395,426 shs	373,909 shs
FRME First Merchants	$38.78 -0.7%	$41.20	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.45B	0.87	558,649 shs	443,221 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BUSE First Busey	-0.62%	-0.07%	-5.18%	-4.80%	+21.89%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	-0.49%	-0.10%	-5.40%	-7.33%	+19.70%
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	-0.63%	-0.30%	-6.25%	-12.43%	+16.27%
FRME First Merchants	-0.72%	-1.30%	-6.58%	-14.26%	+2.92%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BUSE First Busey	$28.95 -0.6%	$30.14	$22.00 ▼ $31.70	$2.41B	0.75	874,287 shs	974,898 shs
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$59.05 -0.5%	$61.74	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$3.96B	0.89	502,275 shs	406,396 shs
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	$29.87 -0.6%	$31.55	$23.20 ▼ $34.14	$1.51B	1.08	395,426 shs	373,909 shs
FRME First Merchants	$38.78 -0.7%	$41.20	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.45B	0.87	558,649 shs	443,221 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BUSE First Busey	-0.62%	-0.07%	-5.18%	-4.80%	+21.89%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	-0.49%	-0.10%	-5.40%	-7.33%	+19.70%
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	-0.63%	-0.30%	-6.25%	-12.43%	+16.27%
FRME First Merchants	-0.72%	-1.30%	-6.58%	-14.26%	+2.92%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BUSE First Busey	2.43	Hold	$31.00	7.08% Upside
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	2.00	Hold	$62.25	5.42% Upside
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	2.80	Moderate Buy	$35.00	17.17% Upside
FRME First Merchants	2.60	Moderate Buy	$46.00	18.62% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CNOB, BUSE, CATY, and FRME Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/6/2026	FRME First Merchants	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$46.00
10/5/2026	FRME First Merchants	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$51.00 ➝ $46.00
10/2/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
10/2/2026	BUSE First Busey	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$35.00 ➝ $30.00
9/23/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold
9/22/2026	FRME First Merchants	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold
8/21/2026	BUSE First Busey	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/17/2026	CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/12/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/7/2026	BUSE First Busey	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/3/2026	FRME First Merchants	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)

(Data available from 10/15/2023 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
BUSE First Busey	$1.04B	2.29	$2.69 per share	10.75	$27.93 per share	1.04
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$870.57M	4.53	$5.09 per share	11.61	$43.00 per share	1.37
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	$679.93M	2.21	$2.32 per share	12.85	$29.09 per share	1.03
FRME First Merchants	$1.05B	2.32	$4.40 per share	8.82	$42.22 per share	0.92

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
BUSE First Busey	$135.26M	$2.42	11.96	10.57	N/A	21.00%	10.48%	1.40%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$315.12M	$5.12	11.53	9.91	N/A	24.66%	11.71%	1.43%	10/21/2026 (Confirmed)
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	$80.44M	$3.05	9.79	8.09	N/A	20.21%	11.24%	1.17%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
FRME First Merchants	$226M	$3.12	10.44	8.70	N/A	17.05%	8.86%	1.12%	10/21/2026 (Estimated)

Latest CNOB, BUSE, CATY, and FRME Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	BUSE First Busey	$0.6710	N/A	N/A	N/A	$195.77 million	N/A
10/22/2026	Q3 2026	CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	$0.8540	N/A	N/A	N/A	$125.36 million	N/A
10/21/2026	Q3 2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.45	N/A	N/A	N/A	$227.45 million	N/A
10/21/2026	Q3 2026	FRME First Merchants	$1.04	N/A	N/A	N/A	$203.94 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	CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	$0.8160	$0.84	+$0.0240	$0.80	$121.55 million	$122.77 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.35	$1.37	+$0.02	$1.37	$218.28 million	$221.20 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
BUSE First Busey	$1.04	3.59%	+2.59%	42.98%	10 Years
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.52	2.57%	+1.87%	29.69%	N/A
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	$0.78	2.61%	+14.87%	25.57%	4 Years
FRME First Merchants	$1.48	3.82%	+6.58%	47.44%	13 Years

Latest CNOB, BUSE, CATY, and FRME Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/13/2026	BUSE First Busey	quarterly	$0.26	3.58%	10/23/2026	10/23/2026	10/30/2026
8/14/2026	FRME First Merchants	quarterly	$0.37	3.52%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/18/2026
8/14/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	quarterly	$0.38	2.46%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/8/2026
7/23/2026	CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	quarterly	$0.1950	2.36%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	9/1/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
BUSE First Busey	0.11	0.90	0.90
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	0.04	1.04	1.04
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	0.61	1.04	1.04
FRME First Merchants	0.56	0.95	0.95

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BUSE First Busey	56.49%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	75.01%
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	67.70%
FRME First Merchants	73.92%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BUSE First Busey	3.77%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	4.53%
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	5.24%
FRME First Merchants	1.77%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BUSE First Busey	1,948	82.58 million	79.46 million	Optionable
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	1,268	66.71 million	63.69 million	Optionable
CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp	756	50.32 million	47.68 million	Optionable
FRME First Merchants	2,086	62.80 million	61.69 million	Optionable

CNOB, BUSE, CATY, and FRME Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

First Merchants (FRME) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth

October 14 at 11:01 AM | zacks.com

First Merchants (FRME) Expected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

October 14 at 2:41 AM | americanbankingnews.com

First Merchants (FRME) Projected to Post Earnings on Wednesday

October 14 at 2:40 AM | marketbeat.com

First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ:FRME) Stock Now Rated "Moderate Buy" by Wall Street Brokerages

October 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Raymond James upgrades First Merchants stock to Outperform

October 6, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) Stock Rating Upgraded by Raymond James Financial

October 6, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) Upgraded at Raymond James Financial

October 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Piper Sandler Cuts First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) Price Target to $46.00

October 5, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

First Merchants (NASDAQ:FRME) Given New $46.00 Price Target at Piper Sandler

October 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

First Merchants CEO to retire; president set to take over in 2027

October 2, 2026 | streetinsider.com

First Merchants CEO Mark Hardwick to Retire; Mike Stewart Named Successor

October 2, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

First Merchants CEO to retire at the end of 2026

October 2, 2026 | msn.com

First Merchants Announces CEO Retirement and Leadership Transition

October 1, 2026 | tipranks.com

First Merchants Bank CEO Mark Hardwick to retire at the end of 2026 and President Mike Stewart to become President and CEO

October 1, 2026 | globenewswire.com

First Merchants Corporation to Report Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results, Host Conference Call and Webcast

September 30, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Analysts’ Opinions Are Mixed on These NA Stocks: First Merchants (FRME) and Factset Research (FDS)

September 27, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

First Merchants Corporation $FRME Shares Newly Purchased by Bank of America Corp DE

September 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

3 Bank Stocks That Could Benefit If Higher Rates Stay Elevated

September 25, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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

September 25, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

First Merchants Issues New Subordinated Notes Offering

September 25, 2026 | tipranks.com

First Merchants Prices $100 Million Subordinated Notes Offering

September 24, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

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CNOB, BUSE, CATY, and FRME Company Descriptions

First Busey NASDAQ:BUSE

$28.95 -0.18 (-0.62%)

Closing price 10/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$28.96 +0.00 (+0.02%)

As of 10/14/2026 04:10 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.

Cathay General Bancorp NASDAQ:CATY

$59.05 -0.29 (-0.49%)

Closing price 10/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$60.16 +1.11 (+1.88%)

As of 04:12 AM Eastern

Cathay General Bancorp operates as the holding company for Cathay Bank that offers various commercial banking products and services to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in the United States. The company offers various deposit products, including passbook accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, and public funds deposits. It also provides loan products, such as commercial mortgage loans, commercial loans, small business administration loans, residential mortgage loans, real estate construction loans, and home equity lines of credit, as well as installment loans to individuals for household, and other consumer expenditures. In addition, the company offers trade financing, letter of credit, wire transfer, forward currency spot and forward contract, safe deposit, collection, automatic teller machine, Internet banking, investment, and other customary bank services, as well as securities and insurance products. Cathay General Bancorp was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

ConnectOne Bancorp NASDAQ:CNOB

$29.87 -0.19 (-0.63%)

Closing price 10/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$30.41 +0.54 (+1.80%)

As of 04:10 AM Eastern

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for ConnectOne Bank that provides commercial banking products and services for small and mid-sized businesses, local professionals, and individuals in the New York Metropolitan area and South Florida market. The company offers personal and business checking, money market, and time and savings accounts; credit cards, wire transfers, safe deposit boxes, automated teller services and telephone, and internet and mobile banking. It provides retirement accounts, consumers and cash management services for business clients, including treasury direct, automated clearing house, remote deposit capture, and digital invoicing. In addition, the company offers consumer and commercial business loans, including lines of credit, commercial and residential mortgages, home equity and bridge loans, and other personal loans; commercial loans secured by collateral, such as business assets comprising accounts receivable, inventory and equipment, and mortgages filed on commercial and residential real estate, as well as cash balances and marketable securities. Further, it provides real estate loans, which includes loans secured by first liens on completed commercial properties, including multi-family properties, to purchase or refinance properties; residential mortgages, such as loans secured by first liens on 1-4 family and condominium; and cooperative residential real estate loans. The company was formerly known as Center Bancorp, Inc. and changed its name to ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. in July 2014. ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

First Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$38.78 -0.28 (-0.72%)

Closing price 10/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$39.51 +0.73 (+1.88%)

As of 04:12 AM 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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