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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$24.64
+0.0%
$23.72
$18.40
$28.30
$2.19B0.82517,836 shs239,948 shs
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$25.98
-0.7%
$25.25
$21.10
$31.18
$2.48B1.02415,415 shs198,116 shs
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$40.06
-0.8%
$40.05
$33.13
$46.13
$2.31B1.1279,157 shs67,225 shs
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
$35.90
-0.8%
$35.97
$29.43
$38.28
$2.69B0.87270,868 shs123,750 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%-0.57%+5.94%+10.45%-4.39%
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
0.00%-2.06%+6.69%+11.99%+6.34%
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
+0.42%-3.56%+3.94%+12.26%+13.36%
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
+0.67%-1.01%-1.17%+8.87%+10.10%
CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$24.64
+0.0%
$23.72
$18.40
$28.30
$2.19B0.82517,836 shs239,948 shs
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$25.98
-0.7%
$25.25
$21.10
$31.18
$2.48B1.02415,415 shs198,116 shs
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$40.06
-0.8%
$40.05
$33.13
$46.13
$2.31B1.1279,157 shs67,225 shs
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
$35.90
-0.8%
$35.97
$29.43
$38.28
$2.69B0.87270,868 shs123,750 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%-0.57%+5.94%+10.45%-4.39%
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
0.00%-2.06%+6.69%+11.99%+6.34%
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
+0.42%-3.56%+3.94%+12.26%+13.36%
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
+0.67%-1.01%-1.17%+8.87%+10.10%
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
2.50
Moderate Buy$27.3310.93% Upside
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
2.40
Hold$29.4013.18% Upside
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
3.00
Buy$48.2520.44% Upside
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
2.67
Moderate Buy$40.6713.29% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest TOWN, BUSE, FFBC, and FRME Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
8/29/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
Raymond James Financial
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Reiterated RatingOutperform$27.00 ➝ $28.00
8/19/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
Hovde Group
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Initiated CoverageOutperform$31.00
8/19/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
Hovde Group
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Initiated CoverageOutperform$31.00
7/28/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
Royal Bank Of Canada
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Reiterated RatingSector Perform$27.00 ➝ $28.00
7/28/2025
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
Piper Sandler
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Lower Price TargetOverweight$49.00 ➝ $48.00
7/24/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
DA Davidson
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Boost Price TargetNeutral$23.00 ➝ $26.00
7/24/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
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Lower Price TargetOutperform$30.00 ➝ $29.00
7/24/2025
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
Hovde Group
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Boost Price TargetOutperform$39.00 ➝ $41.00
7/8/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
Raymond James Financial
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Boost Price TargetOutperform$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
(Data available from 9/12/2022 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
$663.36M3.31$2.72 per share9.05$24.31 per share1.01
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$1.62B1.54$2.95 per share8.82$25.53 per share1.02
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$637.74M3.63$3.94 per share10.17$38.86 per share1.03
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
$1.03B2.62$2.70 per share13.28$28.74 per share1.25
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$1.1221.968.74N/A9.48%8.76%1.04%10/28/2025 (Estimated)
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$228.83M$2.5010.379.38N/A19.41%10.57%1.42%10/23/2025 (Estimated)
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$201.40M$3.8610.379.87N/A21.35%9.88%1.23%10/23/2025 (Estimated)
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
$161.76M$2.3015.5910.71N/A16.49%8.99%1.12%10/22/2025 (Estimated)

Latest TOWN, 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.
$0.69$0.74+$0.05$0.73$219.95 million$226.30 million
7/23/2025Q2 2025
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$0.94$0.98+$0.04$0.98$172.13 million$170.52 million
7/23/2025Q2 2025
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
$0.69$0.81+$0.12$0.51$202.18 million$207.44 million
7/22/2025Q2 2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$0.61$0.63+$0.02$0.52$193.91 million$192.05 million
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
$1.004.06%N/A89.29%10 Years
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
$1.003.85%N/A40.00%1 Years
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
$1.443.59%N/A37.31%13 Years
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
$1.083.01%N/A46.96%13 Years

Latest TOWN, BUSE, FFBC, and FRME Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
8/27/2025
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
quarterly$0.272.93%9/29/20259/29/202510/10/2025
8/15/2025
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
quarterly$0.363.51%9/5/20259/5/20259/19/2025
7/22/2025
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
quarterly$0.253.81%9/2/20259/2/20259/15/2025
7/8/2025
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
quarterly$0.254.14%7/18/20257/18/20257/25/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
0.11
0.90
0.90
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
0.40
0.90
0.90
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
0.41
0.90
0.90
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
0.01
0.87
0.85

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
56.49%
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
77.23%
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
73.92%
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
55.99%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
3.85%
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
1.13%
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
1.37%
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
8.14%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
First Busey Corporation stock logo
BUSE
First Busey
1,54889.07 million85.64 millionOptionable
First Financial Bancorp. stock logo
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
2,09095.75 million94.67 millionOptionable
First Merchants Corporation stock logo
FRME
First Merchants
2,12057.73 million56.94 millionOptionable
Towne Bank stock logo
TOWN
Towne Bank
2,72075.00 million68.90 millionOptionable

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First Busey stock logo

First Busey NASDAQ:BUSE

$24.64 +0.01 (+0.04%)
As of 03:44 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.

First Financial Bancorp. stock logo

First Financial Bancorp. NASDAQ:FFBC

$25.98 -0.17 (-0.67%)
As of 03:44 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

$40.06 -0.33 (-0.82%)
As of 03:43 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.

Towne Bank stock logo

Towne Bank NASDAQ:TOWN

$35.90 -0.31 (-0.84%)
As of 03:44 PM Eastern
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TowneBank provides retail and commercial banking services for individuals, commercial enterprises, and professionals. The company operates through three segments: Banking, Realty, and Insurance. It accepts various deposits, including demand deposits, savings accounts, money rate savings, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company also offers secured and unsecured personal loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, and personal investments; commercial loans for working capital, business expansion, and equipment and machinery purchases; and mortgage loans, as well as real estate acquisition, development, and construction loans. In addition, it provides other services, such as safe deposit boxes, treasury management services, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, and automatic drafts for various accounts, as well as online, mobile, and on-call banking services. Further, the company offers documentation services to accomplish tax deferral to investors; investment and asset management services; commercial mortgage brokerage services; and other financial services, such as financial, retirement, and estate planning services, as well as assistance on various investment options comprising alternative investments, annuities, margin accounts, convertible bonds, and pension and profit-sharing plans. Additionally, it provides residential real estate, relocation, property management, vacation rentals, and title and settlement services; and originates residential mortgage loans. The company also offers life, property, casualty, and vehicle insurance services; and employee benefit programs, such as health, dental, vision, and disability insurance. It operates in Richmond, Virginia, the Greater Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia, northeastern North Carolina, Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Greenville, North Carolina. TowneBank was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Portsmouth, Virginia.