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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$24.36
+1.3%
$22.41
$18.40
$28.97
$2.18B0.77407,821 shs364,133 shs
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
$43.33
+1.6%
$39.80
$32.95
$50.85
$758.93M0.7860,372 shs28,043 shs
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$25.84
+0.9%
$24.15
$21.10
$31.18
$2.48B0.96420,502 shs258,507 shs
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$40.72
+1.0%
$37.61
$32.28
$46.13
$2.38B1.02272,692 shs142,201 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
0.00%+4.91%+9.58%+26.81%+2.74%
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
0.00%+5.33%+12.10%+20.75%+23.84%
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
0.00%+6.12%+10.43%+16.82%+18.37%
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
0.00%+5.34%+11.40%+14.21%+24.13%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
4.576 of 5 stars
2.33.04.23.11.82.51.9
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
4.2395 of 5 stars
1.34.02.53.11.92.52.5
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5227 of 5 stars
2.15.03.32.41.32.51.9
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
4.6477 of 5 stars
2.43.05.02.51.41.72.5
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
2.50
Moderate Buy$27.6713.57% Upside
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
2.50
Moderate Buy$46.607.55% Upside
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
2.25
Hold$28.7511.26% Upside
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
2.80
Moderate Buy$46.4013.96% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest EQBK, BUSE, FFBC, and FRME Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
7/1/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
Piper Sandler
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Initiated CoverageOverweight$30.00
6/30/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
Hovde Group
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Initiated CoverageMarket Perform$25.00
6/27/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
Stephens
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Reiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight$29.00
6/25/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
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Boost Price TargetMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform$30.00 ➝ $32.00
6/25/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
Royal Bank Of Canada
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Reiterated RatingSector Perform ➝ Sector Perform$27.00
5/13/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
Truist Financial
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Initiated CoverageHold$27.00
4/28/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
Royal Bank Of Canada
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Lower Price TargetSector Perform ➝ Sector Perform$30.00 ➝ $27.00
4/28/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
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Lower Price TargetMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform$31.00 ➝ $30.00
4/28/2025
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$55.00 ➝ $49.00
4/25/2025
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$52.00 ➝ $49.00
4/23/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
Stephens
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Reiterated RatingEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$26.00 ➝ $26.00
(Data available from 7/6/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$663.36M3.29$2.72 per share8.96$24.31 per share1.00
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
$225.03M3.37$4.08 per share10.63$29.32 per share1.48
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$840.71M2.94$2.96 per share8.72$25.53 per share1.01
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$1.07B2.21$3.95 per share10.30$38.86 per share1.05
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$113.69M$1.0722.778.64N/A8.32%8.46%0.96%7/22/2025 (Estimated)
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
$62.62M$3.9310.8910.75N/A18.66%14.64%1.31%7/14/2025 (Confirmed)
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$228.83M$2.4110.729.33N/A18.65%10.44%1.38%7/24/2025 (Estimated)
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$201.40M$3.5611.4410.03N/A19.63%9.28%1.14%7/24/2025 (Estimated)

Latest EQBK, BUSE, FFBC, and FRME Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
7/24/2025Q2 2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$0.69N/AN/AN/A$219.95 millionN/A
7/24/2025Q2 2025
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$0.94N/AN/AN/A$172.13 millionN/A
7/22/2025Q2 2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$0.62N/AN/AN/A$193.91 millionN/A
7/14/2025N/A
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
$0.89N/AN/AN/A$60.44 millionN/A
4/24/2025Q1 2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$0.63$0.63N/A$0.54$214.80 million$201.59 million
4/24/2025Q1 2025
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$0.91$0.94+$0.03$0.94$171.23 million$160.32 million
4/22/2025Q1 2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$0.53$0.57+$0.04-$0.44$140.15 million$140.72 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$1.004.11%N/A93.46%10 Years
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
$0.601.38%N/A15.27%3 Years
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$0.963.72%N/A39.83%1 Years
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$1.443.54%N/A40.45%13 Years

Latest EQBK, BUSE, FFBC, and FRME Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
5/23/2025
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
quarterly$0.151.5%6/30/20256/30/20257/15/2025
5/16/2025
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
quarterly$0.363.68%6/6/20256/6/20256/20/2025
4/29/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
quarterly$0.244.1%6/2/20256/2/20256/16/2025
4/8/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
quarterly$0.255.2%4/17/20254/18/20254/25/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
0.18
0.90
0.90
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
0.78
0.86
0.86
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
0.43
0.91
0.91
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
0.45
0.90
0.90

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
56.49%
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
71.80%
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
77.23%
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
73.92%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
3.85%
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
6.60%
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
1.13%
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
1.37%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
1,54889.49 million86.05 millionOptionable
Equity Bancshares, Inc. stock logo
EQBK
Equity Bancshares
70017.52 million14.07 millionOptionable
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
2,09095.74 million94.65 millionOptionable
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
2,12058.31 million57.51 millionOptionable

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First Busey stock logo

First Busey NASDAQ:BUSE

$24.36 +0.32 (+1.33%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 02:48 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$24.36 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/3/2025 04:59 PM Eastern
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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.

Equity Bancshares stock logo

Equity Bancshares NASDAQ:EQBK

$43.33 +0.70 (+1.64%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

Equity Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Equity Bank that provides a range of banking, mortgage banking, and financial services to individual and corporate customers. The company accepts various demand, savings, money market, and time deposits. Its loan products include commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, commercial lines of credit, working capital, term, equipment and aircraft financing, acquisition, expansion and development, borrowing base, real estate construction, homebuilder, agricultural, government guaranteed, and other loan products. The company's loan products also comprise 1 4 family residential mortgages, agriculture, consumer, residential real estate mortgage, and agricultural real estate and production loans. It also provides debit and credit cards; insurance brokerage; trust and wealth management; online banking solutions, such as access to account balances, online transfers, online bill payment, and electronic delivery of customer statements; mobile banking solutions comprising remote check deposits with mobile bill pay; ATMs; and treasury management, wire transfer, automated clearing house, and stop payment services. In addition, the company offers cash management deposit products, such as lockbox, remote deposit capture, positive pay, reverse positive pay, account reconciliation services, zero balance accounts, and sweep accounts, as well as banking services through telephone, mail, and personal appointments. It operates a network of branches in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Equity Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.

First Financial Bancorp. stock logo

First Financial Bancorp. NASDAQ:FFBC

$25.84 +0.22 (+0.86%)
As of 07/3/2025 01:58 PM Eastern
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First Financial Bancorp. operates as the bank holding company for First Financial Bank that provides commercial banking and related services to individuals and businesses in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. The company offers checking, savings, and money-market accounts; and accepts various deposit products, such as interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing accounts, time deposits, and cash management services for commercial customers. It also provides real estate loans secured by residential property, such as one to four family residential housing units or commercial property comprising owner-occupied and/or investor income producing real estate consisting of apartments, shopping centers, and office buildings; commercial and industrial loans for various purposes, including inventory, receivables, and equipment, as well as equipment and leasehold improvement financing for franchisees; consumer loans comprising new and used vehicle loans, second mortgages on residential real estate, and unsecured loans; and home equity lines of credit. In addition, the company offers commercial financing to the insurance industry, registered investment advisors, certified public accountants, indirect auto finance companies, and restaurant franchisees. Further, it provides a range of trust and wealth management services; lease and equipment financing services; and currency payments, foreign exchange hedging, and other advisory products. First Financial Bancorp. was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

First Merchants stock logo

First Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$40.72 +0.39 (+0.95%)
As of 07/3/2025 01:45 PM Eastern
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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.