NASDAQ:BUSEFirst Busey Stock Price, Forecast & News

First Busey's stock was trading at $18.09 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BUSE shares have decreased by 2.5% and is now trading at $17.64. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Busey in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for First Busey.

First Busey is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for First Busey.

First Busey Co. (NASDAQ:BUSE) released its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The bank reported $0.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.09. The bank had revenue of $96.95 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $98.26 million. First Busey had a return on equity of 8.84% and a net margin of 19.57%. View First Busey's earnings history.

First Busey declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 14th. Investors of record on Friday, April 24th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Friday, May 1st. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.99%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 23rd. View First Busey's dividend history.

3 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for First Busey's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate First Busey's stock price to reach $25.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for First Busey.

News stories about BUSE stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. First Busey earned a news impact score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about First Busey.

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

First Busey's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Skyline Asset Management LP (0.79%) and Investors Financial Group LLC (0.11%). Company insiders that own First Busey stock include David J Downey, Gregory B Lykins, Jeffrey David Jones, John Joseph Powers, Robin N Elliott, Stanley J Bradshaw, Stephen V King, Thomas G Sloan and Van A Dukeman. View institutional ownership trends for First Busey.

BUSE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Investors Financial Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for First Busey.

BUSE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Skyline Asset Management LP. Company insiders that have bought First Busey stock in the last two years include David J Downey, Gregory B Lykins, Jeffrey David Jones, John Joseph Powers, Robin N Elliott, Stanley J Bradshaw, Stephen V King, Thomas G Sloan, and Van A Dukeman. View insider buying and selling activity for First Busey.

Shares of BUSE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BUSE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.64.

First Busey has a market capitalization of $959.62 million and generates $472.65 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $102.95 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.15 on an earnings per share basis. First Busey employs 1,531 workers across the globe.

The official website for First Busey is www.busey.com.

First Busey's mailing address is 100 W. University Avenue, Champaign IL, 61820. The bank can be reached via phone at 217-365-4544 or via email at [email protected]