First Busey - BUSE Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Busey in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" BUSE shares.
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2 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for First Busey's shares. Their BUSE share price forecasts range from $23.00 to $26.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $24.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.3% from the stock's current price.
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First Busey's stock was trading at $24.72 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, BUSE shares have decreased by 17.7% and is now trading at $20.34.
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First Busey saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 650,600 shares, an increase of 15.9% from the February 28th total of 561,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 176,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 25th 2023.
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First Busey Co. (NASDAQ:BUSE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 25th. The bank reported $0.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.08. The bank had revenue of $104.01 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $102.41 million. First Busey had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.39% and a net margin of 26.36%.

First Busey announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 10th. Investors of record on Friday, January 20th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Friday, January 27th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.72%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 19th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23.
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First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.71%. BUSE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 41.92%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BUSE will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.35% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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28 employees have rated First Busey Chief Executive Officer Van A. Dukeman on Glassdoor.com. Van A. Dukeman has an approval rating of 97% among the company's employees. This puts Van A. Dukeman in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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First Busey trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "BUSE."

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One share of BUSE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.34.

First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) has a market capitalization of $1.12 billion and generates $486.79 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $128.31 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.29 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,544 workers across the globe.

First Busey's mailing address is 100 W. University Avenue, Champaign IL, 61820. The official website for the company is www.busey.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (217) 365-4544, via email at robin.elliott@busey.com, or via fax at 217-365-4879.