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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$23.96
-1.2%
$22.67
$18.40
$28.97
$2.14B0.77412,539 shs321,810 shs
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
$54.59
-1.7%
$52.14
$43.27
$61.67
$988.68M0.5857,387 shs55,823 shs
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$40.99
-1.4%
$38.02
$33.13
$46.13
$2.39B1.02274,022 shs216,195 shs
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
$48.44
-3.0%
$45.30
$37.76
$52.98
$786.67M0.8967,765 shs96,729 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
+0.04%-0.41%+4.98%+24.86%-0.21%
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
+0.36%-1.06%+5.41%+21.69%+29.01%
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
+1.02%+2.15%+10.11%+21.86%+23.34%
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
+1.13%+0.33%+9.67%+29.56%+24.80%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
4.7798 of 5 stars
2.33.04.23.12.72.52.5
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.4925 of 5 stars
1.53.04.20.02.53.31.9
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
4.7842 of 5 stars
2.43.05.02.53.01.72.5
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
2.7232 of 5 stars
1.33.04.20.01.91.71.9
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
2.50
Moderate Buy$27.6714.87% Upside
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
3.00
Buy$57.003.70% Upside
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
2.80
Moderate Buy$46.4012.35% Upside
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
2.67
Moderate Buy$52.837.80% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest MBWM, BUSE, CTBI, and FRME Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
7/8/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
Raymond James Financial
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$25.00 ➝ $27.00
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
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
4/23/2025
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$50.00 ➝ $47.50
4/17/2025
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$60.00 ➝ $56.00
(Data available from 7/11/2022 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
$663.36M3.25$2.70 per share8.91$24.31 per share0.99
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
$256.00M3.89$4.97 per share11.06$41.95 per share1.31
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$633.33M3.80$3.97 per share10.41$38.86 per share1.06
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
$361.89M2.20$5.54 per share8.85$36.20 per share1.35
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$1.0722.498.54N/A8.32%8.46%0.96%7/22/2025 (Estimated)
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
$82.81M$4.7911.4710.27N/A22.49%11.40%1.42%7/16/2025 (Estimated)
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$201.40M$3.5611.5910.17N/A19.63%9.28%1.14%7/24/2025 (Estimated)
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
$79.59M$4.8210.169.84N/A21.35%13.33%1.31%7/22/2025 (Estimated)

Latest MBWM, BUSE, CTBI, and FRME Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
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
7/22/2025Q2 2025
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
$1.23N/AN/AN/A$60.02 millionN/A
7/16/2025Q2 2025
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
$1.27N/AN/AN/A$68.00 millionN/A
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
4/22/2025Q1 2025
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
$1.19$1.21+$0.02$1.21$57.57 million$57.20 million
4/16/2025Q1 2025
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
$1.19$1.22+$0.03$1.22$64.92 million$66.16 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$1.004.15%N/A93.46%10 Years
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
$1.883.42%N/A39.25%44 Years
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$1.443.49%N/A40.45%13 Years
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
$1.483.02%N/A30.71%14 Years

Latest MBWM, BUSE, CTBI, and FRME Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/8/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
quarterly$0.254.14%7/18/20257/18/20257/25/2025
4/22/2025
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
quarterly$0.473.87%6/13/20256/15/20257/1/2025
5/16/2025
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
quarterly$0.363.68%6/6/20256/6/20256/20/2025
4/17/2025
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
quarterly$0.373.6%6/6/20256/6/20256/18/2025
(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
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
0.09
0.92
0.92
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
0.45
0.90
0.90
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
0.83
0.99
0.99

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
56.49%
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
60.20%
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
73.92%
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
58.63%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
3.85%
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.30%
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
1.37%
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
3.20%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
1,54889.49 million86.05 millionOptionable
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. stock logo
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
98018.11 million17.33 millionOptionable
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
2,12058.31 million57.51 millionOptionable
Mercantile Bank Corporation stock logo
MBWM
Mercantile Bank
67016.24 million15.72 millionOptionable

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First Busey stock logo

First Busey NASDAQ:BUSE

$23.96 -0.30 (-1.24%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$23.87 -0.09 (-0.38%)
As of 04:10 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.

Community Trust Bancorp stock logo

Community Trust Bancorp NASDAQ:CTBI

$54.59 -0.95 (-1.71%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$54.55 -0.04 (-0.07%)
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Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Community Trust Bank, Inc. that engages in the provision of commercial and personal banking, and trust and wealth management services to small and mid-sized communities in eastern, northeastern, central, and south-central Kentucky, as well as southern West Virginia, and northeastern Tennessee. The company accepts time and demand deposits, checking accounts, savings accounts and savings certificates, individual retirement accounts and Keogh plans, and money market accounts. Its loan portfolio includes commercial, construction, mortgage, and personal loans; lease-financing, lines of credit, revolving lines of credit, and term loans, as well as other specialized loans, including asset-based financing; residential and commercial real estate loans; and consumer loans. The company also provides cash management, renting safe deposit boxes, and funds transfer services; issues letters of credit; and acts as a trustee of personal trusts, executor of estates, trustee for employee benefit trusts, and paying agent for bond and stock issues, as well as an investment agent and depositor for securities. In addition, it offers securities brokerage services; debit cards; annuity and life insurance products; and repurchase agreements, as well as mobile, internet banking, and e-statement services. The company was founded in 1903 and is headquartered in Pikeville, Kentucky.

First Merchants stock logo

First Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$40.99 -0.60 (-1.44%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$41.02 +0.03 (+0.07%)
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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.

Mercantile Bank stock logo

Mercantile Bank NASDAQ:MBWM

$48.44 -1.48 (-2.96%)
Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern
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$48.47 +0.03 (+0.06%)
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Mercantile Bank Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Mercantile Bank of Michigan that provides commercial and retail banking services to small- to medium-sized businesses and individuals in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, including checking, savings, and term certificate accounts; time deposits; and certificates of deposit. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans; vacant land, land development, and residential construction loans; owner and non-owner occupied real estate loans; multi-family and residential rental property loans; single-family residential real estate loans; home equity line of credit programs; and consumer loans, such as new and used automobile and boat loans, and credit cards, as well as overdraft protection services; and residential mortgage and instalment loans. In addition, it offers courier services and safe deposit facilities; and insurance products, such as private passenger automobile, homeowners, personal inland marine, boat owners, recreational vehicle, dwelling fire, umbrella policies, small business, and life insurance products. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.